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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_7" title="June 7">June 7</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/879" title="879">879</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_VIII" title="Pope John VIII">Pope John VIII</a> officially recognised <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Croatia" title="Duchy of Croatia">Croatia</a> as an independent state, and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branimir_of_Croatia" title="Branimir of Croatia">Branimir</a></b> as its duke.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1628" title="1628">1628</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petition_of_Right" title="Petition of Right">Petition of Right</a></b>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_Laws_of_England" title="Fundamental Laws of England">major English constitutional document</a> that set out specific liberties of individuals, received <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">royal assent</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">King Charles I</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> detonated <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mines_in_the_Battle_of_Messines_(1917)" title="Mines in the Battle of Messines (1917)">19 ammonal mines</a></b> under German lines, killing perhaps 10,000 in the deadliest non-nuclear man-made explosion in history during the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Messines_(1917)" title="Battle of Messines (1917)">Battle of Messines</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948" title="1948">1948</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_anti-Jewish_riots_in_Oujda_and_Jerada" title="1948 anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada">Anti-Jewish riots</a></b> broke out in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_protectorate_in_Morocco" title="French protectorate in Morocco">French protectorate in Morocco</a>, during which 44 people were killed and 150 injured.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a> – In their only UK concert, the rock supergroup <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Faith" title="Blind Faith">Blind Faith</a></b>, featuring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Winwood" title="Steve Winwood">Steve Winwood</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Baker" title="Ginger Baker">Ginger Baker</a>, debuted in London's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London" title="Hyde Park, London">Hyde Park</a> in front of 100,000 fans.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderigo_Lopes" title="Roderigo Lopes">Roderigo Lopes</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1594); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gauguin" title="Paul Gauguin">Paul Gauguin</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1848); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Erdrich" title="Louise Erdrich">Louise Erdrich</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1954); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Mike Pence</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1959)</p>
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