BBC
The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of World War II.
80th anniversary in 2026
In context
- When
- Friday, June 7 194680 years ago
- Category
- Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Era
- 20th century · 1940s
- Anniversary
- 80th in 2026
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
At a glance
Dates: From 1946.
What happened
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on 1 January 1927. It is the oldest and largest local and global broadcaster by stature and by number of employees, with a total staff of 22,000.
June 7 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1946BBC
- 1975Sony
- 19751975 Cricket World Cup
- 1977Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II
- 1981Israeli Air Force
- 1982Priscilla Presley
- 1989Surinam Airways Flight 764
- 1991Mount Pinatubo
- 1998White supremacy
- 2000United Nations
- 2017Myanmar Air Force
Also in 1946
- October 22Operation OsoaviakhimOver twenty-two hundred engineers and technicians from eastern Germany are forced to relocate to the Soviet Union, along with their famil…
- July 5Bikini AtollNamed after Bikini Atoll, the site of the nuclear-weapons test Operation Crossroads in the Marshall Islands, the modern bikini was introd…
- October 271946 Bihar riotsInter-religious riots in which Hindu mobs targeted Muslim families began in the Indian state of Bihar, resulting in 2,000 to 30,000 deaths.
- May 1Pilbara strikeStart of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
- July 22King David Hotel bombingKing David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil admin…
- December 26Bugsy SiegelAmerican gangster Bugsy Siegel opened The Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, the oldest casino still in operation on the Las Vegas Strip.
- June 21946 Italian institutional referendumBirth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King U…
- August 7Turkish StraitsThe Soviet Union informed Turkey that the way in which the latter was handling the Turkish Straits no longer represented the security int…
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“BBC”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/event/bbc-1946-june-7, accessed October 24, 2026.
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June 7 1946 — 80 years ago, on a Friday.
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