June 7th in History: Events and Birthdays

June 7th in History: Events and Birthdays

Today is June 7, 2025, marking the 158th day of the year with 207 days remaining. On this day in history, Graceland, Elvis Presley's Memphis mansion, opened to the public in 1982, five years after Presley's death. In 1776, Richard Henry Lee proposed a resolution to the Continental Congress declaring the colonies' independence. The Battle of Midway ended in a victory for American naval forces over Japan in 1942. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965, striking down a law against providing contraceptives to married couples. Texas recognized Juneteenth as a state holiday in 1979. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the founder of al-Qaida in Iraq, was killed in 2006. Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were found shot and killed on their family's property in 2021.

Birthdays today include filmmaker James Ivory (97), singer Tom Jones (85), actor Liam Neeson (73), author Orhan Pamuk (73), author Louise Erdrich (71), music producer L.A. Reid (69), musician Juan Luis Guerra (68), former Vice President Mike Pence (66), rock musician-TV host Dave Navarro (58), Sen. Ben Ray Luján (53), actor Karl Urban (53), TV personality Bear Grylls (51), basketball Hall of Famer Allen Iverson (50), actor-comedian Bill Hader (47), actor Michael Cera (37), rapper Iggy Azalea (35), actor-model Emily Ratajkowski (34), and NFL running back Christian McCaffrey (29).