Birthdays occurring on June, 7

1848

Paul Gauguin was born on June 7, 1848 French painter, printmaker, and sculptor, 1848-1903 A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got the biggest piece. More quotations from Paul Gauguin

1899

Elizabeth Bowen was born on June 7, 1899 Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak. More quotations from Elizabeth Bowen

1909

Jessica Tandy was born on June 7, 1909 British born American actress. 1909-1994 When he's late for dinner, I know he's either having an affair or is lying dead in the street. I always hope it's the street. More quotations from Jessica Tandy

Deaths occurring on June, 7

1954

Alan Turing died on June 7, 1954 British cryptographer, mathematician and logician. Considered to be one of the fathers of modern computer science. 1912-1954 Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition. More quotations from Alan Turing

1967

Dorothy Parker died on June 7, 1967 American short-story writer and poet, 1893-1967 His ignorance was an Empire State Building of ignorance. You had to admire it for its size. More quotations from Dorothy Parker

1970

E. M. Forster died on June 7, 1970 English novelist and essayist, 1879-1970 It is thus, if there is any rule, that we ought to die--neither as victim nor as fanatic, but as the seafarer who can greet with an equal eye the deep that he is entering, and the shore that he must leave. More quotations from E. M. Forster