7 June 2026
► EVENTS ON 7 JUNE;
On this day in 1906, in Clydebank Scotland, the liner RMS Lusitania was launched and christened at the John Brown & Co Ltd, shipyard.
After being torpedoed by a German submarine 19 km off the coast of Ireland on 7 May 1915, she sank in eighteen minutes, with the loss of 1,198 of the 1,959 people aboard.
The sinking of this vessel resulted in America’s entry into World War 1.
1962, in Bellerive, Tasmania, plans for an “American-style, ultra-modern, drive-in shopping centre” were announced by the General Manager of an investing insurance company.Estimated to cost £500,000, construction of the shopping centre, to be known as Rosny Regional, was scheduled to begin on 5.6 hectares of land purchased from the Rosny Golf Club late the following year.
Rosny Regional is now known as Eastlands.
1968, in Wellington, New Zealand, the New Zealand Government sent an official protest to France over continuing French atmospheric nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean.
1991, in Luzon, Philippines, Mt Pinatubo erupted, generating an ash column 40 kilometres high. This was the second largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century, after the 1912 eruption of Novarupta, in Alaska.
► ARRIVALS ON THIS DATE
Dino Paul Crocetti, alias Dean Martin, in 1917, in Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.A.. He was a actor, comedian and singer, whose hit singles included Memories Are Made Of This, Volare, That’s Amore, and Everybody Loves Somebody. He died in 1995.
Virginia McKenna,in 1931, in Marylebone, London, England. She was an actress noted for her roles in the movies A Town Like Alice in 1956; Carve Her Name With Pride (1958) and as Joy Adamson in Born Free (1966).
Thomas John Woodward alias Tom Jones, in 1940, in Pontypridd, Wales. He is a singer with numerous Top 40 hits, and has sold over 100 million records.
► DEPARTURES ON THIS DATE
Judy Holliday in 1965, in New York, U.S.A. aged 43. She was a award-winning stage and movie actress, comedienne and singer.
Dan Duryea in 1968, inLos Angeles, California, U.S.A. aged 61. He was a actor on film, stage and television, frequently in the role of a villain.
Adriana Xenides, in 2010, in Liverpool, New South Wales, aged 54. She was an Argentine-born Australian TV personality particularly known for her role as co-host of the television game show, Wheel of Fortune.
Today’s Photo: Arthur Square, New Norfolk, featuring St Matthews Anglican Church, the oldest in Tasmania. (Yours Truly)
Today’s Playlist :
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | LAST PLAYED |
| Lawson Vallery & Lene Lie – Lying In The Darkness | 2026 | 06:06 | 8/5/2026 |
| Rob Cass – I’ve Hit Rock Bottom | 2026 | 06:12 | 19/4/2026 |
| Andy Martin – Corrine Corrina | 2024 | 06:15 | 6/9/2024 |
| Dean Martin – Red Roses For A Blue Lady Dean Martin, born this day in 1917, in Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.A.. He died in 1995. | 1963 | 06:21 | – |
| Tom Jones – You’re My World Thomas John Woodward alias Tom Jones, in 1940, in Pontypridd, Wales. | 06:24 | 14/4/2024 | |
| For A Listener: Black Sorrows – Harley And Rose | 1990 | 06:27 | 8/6/2025 |
| David Cullen & His Orchestra – A Whole New World | 06:34 | – | |
| Vintage Vinyl Jimmie Rodgers -The Long Hot Summer | 1958 | 06:39 | 13/2/2015 |
| Victoria Eman – Slow and Easy | 2026 | 06:42 | 10/5/2026 |
| Jim Reeves – The Storm | 1967 | 06:49 | – |
| Diamond 45s Charting on this day 1966 +Dusty Springfield – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me | 1966 | 06:52 | 5/6/2026 |
| +Simon & Garfunkel – I Am A Rock | 1966 | 06:55 | 5/6/2026 |
| Danny Stain & Ashleigh Watson – It Ain’t Me Babe | 2017 | 06:58 | 18/8/2023 |
| Dee Jay Rufus & Jazz Aughton – Never Gonna Give You Up | 2026 | 07:06 | 5/6/2026 |
| COUNTRY ROAD + Greg Champion – Les And Buddy | 2026 | 07:11 | 22/5/2026 |
| + Slim Dusty – Up The Old Nulla Road | 1988 | 07:14 | 21/4/2019 |
| For A Listener: Bobbi Martin – We’ll Sing In The Sunshine | 1964 | 07:18 | – |
| Vintage Vinyl Billy Williams – I’ll Get By | 1958 | 07:22 | 28/12/2018 |
| Tim Withano – This Is Not My Place | 2026 | 07:25 | 26/4/2026 |
| Tornados – The Ice Cream Man | 1963 | 07:29 | 27/2/2026 |
| Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Say You Say Me | 07:33 | 4/5/2025 | |
| Alice Benfer – Saddle Dreaming | 2026 | 07:38 | 5/6/2026 |
| Allan Barron – Misty River | 2026 | 07:42 | 6/12/2024 |
| Diamond 45s Charting on this day 1966 + Verdelle Smith – Tar And Cement | 1966 | 07:47 | 5/6/2026 |
| + Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass – What Now My Love | 1966 | 07:50 | 5/6/2026 |
| Owen Blundell & Rex Dallas – Snowy River Yodel | 07:54 | – | |
| Seekers – The Hammer Song | 07:57 | 6/2/2026 | |
| Kathy Carver – The Old House | 2026 | 08:05 | 24/5/2026 |
| COMFORT ZONE + Jim Reeves – Trying To Forget | 08:11 | 23/8/2015 | |
| + Nat King Cole – That Sunday That Summer | 08:12 | 20/10/2023 | |
| Louise Howell & Lorraine Keast – Free To Be Betty | 2026 | 08:19 | – |
| For A Listener: Roy Orbison – California Blue | 08:28 | 15/5/2026 | |
| Frank Mills & His Orchestra – Theme From The Silver Broom | 08:35 | 25/8/2023 | |
| Brian Stitt – Through The Window Of A Train | 2026 | 08:38 | – |
| Gary R Farmer – I’m Hanging Around (2m 29s) | 2026 | 08:43 | 22/5/2026 |
| Bill Haley & His Comets – A B C Boogie | 1954 | 08:46 | 10/7/2016 |
| Jonny Blue – Kids Can’t Wait | 2026 | 08:50 | 5/6/2026 |
| Geoff McKay – Love Country Living | 2026 | 08:54 | – |