The Weekly Almanac with Tiki Jane June 7, 2026

Graceland—Elvis Presley's 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, on this day in 1982. English novelist, essayist, and social and literary critic E.M. Forster, whose acclaimed novels included Howards End  in 1910, and A Passage to India in 1924, died at the age of 91. 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, on this day in 1576. Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson) was born on this day 1958. legendary American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. Widely regarded as one of the most masterful artists of his generation.