Historical Events -  June 7

1893: Mahatma Gandhi launched the civil disobedience movement.

1975: The first Cricket World Cup begins in England.

1985: Boris Baker became the youngest player to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title at the age of 17.

1994: Economist Prabhakar Narvekar was appointed as the Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he is the first Indian appointed as the deputy managing director of the IMF.

 

Famous Birthdays – June 7 in

1914: K. A. Abbas, an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist.

1935: Shyama, an Indian film actress.

1942: Muammar al-Gaddafi, a Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist.

1974: Bear Grylls, an adventurer, writer, television presenter, and businessman.

1974: Mahesh Bhupathi, a retired Indian professional tennis player.

1975: Ekta Kapoor, an Indian television producer, film producer, and director.

 

Death Anniversaries -  June 7

1954: Alan Turing, an English mathematician.

1970: E. M. Forster, an English fiction writer, essayist, and librettist.

2002: Basappa Danappa Jatti, the fifth Vice President of India.

2008: Alladi Ramakrishnan, an Indian physicist.

2020: Chiranjeevi Sarja, an Indian film actor.