1904, 7 June
After recent attacks on US and British citizens, a British battleship anchors in the port of Tangiers.
1925, 7 June
Nine people implicated in the murder of British Governor-General of Sudan, General Sir Lee Stack, are sentenced to death in Cairo.
1941, 7 June - World War II: North Africa
Libyan ports of Benghazi and Derna are bombed by the RAF.
1962, 7 June
Phosphorous bombs are detonated at Algiers University by members of the Organisation de l'Armee Secrete (OAS), a secret (terrorist) French army organisation opposed to the withdrawal of French troops from Algeria.
1990, 7 June
A four-year old state of emergency in three of South Africa's four provinces is finally lifted by President FW de Klerk.
1991, 7 June
Zahi Hawass and fellow Egyptologists announce the discovery of a workers' cemetery and village just beyond Heit el-Shorab (the Wall of the Crow) near the Sphinx, Giza.
