Paul Gauguin (Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin) 1848 - Post-Impressionist artist, painter, sculptor
- 1712 - The Pennsylvania Assembly banned the importation of slaves.
- 1775 - The United Colonies changed their name to the United States.
- 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.
- 1942 - Japan landed troops on the islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutians. The U.S. invaded and recaptured the Alutians one year later.
- 1948 - The Communists completed their takeover of Czechoslovakia.
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