DAY IN HISTORY

TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2022

Today is the 158th day of 2022 and the 80th day of spring.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1776, Richard Henry Lee proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a declaration of independence.

In 1929, Vatican City became a sovereign state.

In 1942, the Battle of Midway ended in a U.S. victory against Japan.

In 1971, a U.S. Supreme

Court ruling set the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment.

In 2006, Abu Musab al-zarqawi, leader of alqaida in Iraq, was killed by a U.S. airstrike.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), painter; James Braddock (1905-1974), boxer; Jessica Tandy (1909-1994), actress; Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000), poet; Dean Martin (1917-1995), singer/actor; Tom Jones (1940), singer; Liam Neeson (1952- ), actor; Orhan

Pamuk (1952- ), author; Prince (1958-2016), singersongwriter/musician; Karl Urban (1972- ), actor; Allen Iverson (1975- ), basketball player; Bill Hader (1978- ), actor/comedian; Anna Kournikova (1981), tennis player; Michael Cera (1988- ), actor; Iggy Azalea (1990- ), rapper.

TODAY’S FACT: Pope Julius II hired the Swiss Guard to serve as his personal protection in 1506. The paid mercenary force has been protecting popes in Vatican City ever since.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1978, the Washington Bullets (now Wizards) won the franchise’s first and only NBA championship.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“Live not for battles won. Live not for the-endof-the-song. Live in the along.” — Gwendolyn Brooks

TODAY’S NUMBER: 1,000 — estimated population of Vatican City in 2022.

TODAY’S MOON: First quarter moon (June 7).