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 [Prince]( FEATURED BIOGRAPHY 1958 Prince [READ MORE]( [St. Peter's Basilica on St. Peter's Square, Vatican City.]( FEATURED EVENT 1929 Lateran Treaty ratified [READ MORE]( Advertisement Advertisement [Earth's To-Do List]( MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY [Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-] 2006: Jordanian-born Iraqi militant [Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]( 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. [Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee.] 1982: Graceland—[Elvis Presley]( 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. [Gwendolyn Brooks, 1950.] 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. [Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey.] 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. [Forster, E.M.] 1970: British novelist, essayist, and social and literary critic [E.M. Forster]( died in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. [Sir Martin Frobisher.] 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](. [SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY]( ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1952 [Liam Neeson]( Northern Irish American actor 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: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, [click here](. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2019 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. [Privacy Policy]( • [Help](