History for June 7

History for June 7 - On-This-Day.com

Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson) 1958 - Musician, actor ("Purple Rain", "Sign 'O' the Times", "Under the Cherry Moon")

• 1775 - The United Colonies changed their name to the United States.
• 1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1965 - In the U.S., the Gemini 4 mission was completed. The mission featured the first spacewalk by an American.
• 1968 - Legoland Billund opend in Billund, Denmark. It was the original Legoland park.