Today is also Norway's Independence Day (Unionsoppl¿sningsdag), although it is not a public holiday, and not many Norwegian flags are to be seen in the streets! (Alex Gordon)
June 7th, 1939 (WEDNESDAY)
GERMANY: Hundreds of Jews are deported to Poland.
U.S.A.: King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, arrive at Niagara Falls, New York, from Canada on the first visit to the United States by a reigning British monarch.