TODAY IN HISTORY

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June 7, 1942

The Battle of Midway ended in a decisive victory for American naval forces over Imperial Japan, marking a turning point in the Pacific War. ALSO ON THIS DATE

1654

King Louis XIV, age 15, was crowned in Rheims, 11 years after the start of his reign.

1776

Richard Henry Lee of Virginia offered a resolution to the Continental Congress stating “That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.”

1892

Homer Plessy, a “Creole of color,” was arrested for refusing to leave a whitesonly car of the East Louisiana Railroad.

1917

The Lions Clubs service organization was founded in Chicago. Actor-singer Dean Martin was born Dino Paul Crocetti in Steubenville, Ohio.

1929

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

1937

Actress Jean Harlow died in Los Angeles at age 26.

1958

Singer-songwriter Prince was born Prince Rogers Nelson in Minneapolis.

1965

The U.S. Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, struck down, 7-2, a Connecticut law used to prosecute a Planned Parenthood clinic in New Haven for providing contraceptives to married couples.