TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2016

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