History for June 7

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Paul Gauguin (Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin) 1848 - Post-Impressionist artist, painter, sculptor, Virginia Apgar 1909 - Physician that specialized in anesthesia, Dean Martin (Dino Paul Crocetti) 1917 - Singer, actor ("The Dean Martin Show", "Rio Bravo", "Young Lions")


Tom Jones 1940 - Singer, Ken Osmond 1943 - Actor, known for his role as Eddie Haskell in the original "Leave It To Beaver" television series, Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson) 1958 - Musician, actor ("Purple Rain", "Sign 'O' the Times", "Under the Cherry Moon")


1863 - Mexico City was captured by French troops.


1903 - Professor Pierre Curie revealed the discovery of Polonium.


1929 - The sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence as copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome.


1937 - The cover of "LIFE" magazine showed the latest in campus fashions of the times, which included saddle shoes.


1942 - The Battle of Midway ended. The sea and air battle lasted 4 days. Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser, and 292 aircraft, and suffered 2,500 casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown, the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft, and suffered 307 casualties.


1948 - The Communists completed their takeover of Czechoslovakia.


1968 - Legoland Billund opend in Billund, Denmark. It was the original Legoland park.


1981 - Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers destroyed Iraq’s only nuclear reactor.