On this day — June 7

Myanmar, killing all 122 aboard.

generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) high.

the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.

the first videocassette recorder format.

setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades.

Connecticut, killing 28 of 31 aboard.

Connecticut, prohibiting the states from criminalizing the use of contraception by married couples.

destroying about 500,000 books.

The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.