On This Day for June 7 - Lateran Treaty ratified, Prince is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. June 07 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Prince READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1929 Lateran Treaty ratified READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2006: Jordanian-born Iraqi militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi—the self-styled leader in Iraq of the Islamic militant group al-Qaeda, thought by many to have been the mastermind behind numerous terrorist acts—was killed in a U.S. military air strike. 1982: Graceland—Elvis Presley's home in Memphis, Tennessee, where he died in 1977—was opened for public tours and became one of the top tourist attractions in the United States. 1970: English novelist, essayist, and social and literary critic E.M. Forster, whose acclaimed novels included Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924), died in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. [ Test your knowledge of English authors.] 1917: Poet Gwendolyn Brooks , whose work depicted the everyday life of urban African Americans and who was the first African American poet to win the Pulitzer Prize (1949), was born. [Sort fact from fiction in our poetry quiz.] 1832: Authored by Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, the Reform Act of 1832 came into effect—the first of the British parliamentary bills that expanded the electorate for the House of Commons and rationalized the representation of that body. [Take our quiz about British culture and politics.] 1576: English navigator Martin Frobisher, seeking a Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean, departed England, and weeks later he reached Labrador and Baffin Island and discovered the bay that now bears his name. [Take our quiz about exploration and discovery.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1952 Liam Neeson Northern Irish American actor 1958 Prince American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer 1917 Dean Martin American singer and actor 1975 Allen Iverson American basketball player 1848 Paul Gauguin French painter 1905 James J. Braddock American boxer SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help