Today is Tuesday, June 7, the 160th day of 2016. There are 206 days left in the year.
1523 — Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day)
1639 — Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill
1813 — U.S. invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ont)
1844 — Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London
1862 — Battle of Memphis-the city is surrendered
1882 — Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000
1882 — Electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC
1885 — The opera "Lakme" is produced (Paris)
1889 — Great fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown block