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#1 Today in History - June 1
Today is Sunday, June 1, the 153rd day of 2008. There are 213 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On June 1, 1813, the mortally wounded commander of the U.S. frigate Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, said, "Don't give up the ship" during a losing battle with a British frigate.
On this date:
In 1533, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was crowned as Queen Consort of England.
In 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state of the Union.
In 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.
In 1868, James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, died near Lancaster, Pa.
In 1926, actress Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson in Los Angeles.
In 1943, a civilian flight from Portugal to England was shot down by the Germans during World War II, killing all aboard, including actor Leslie Howard.
In 1958, Charles de Gaulle became premier of France, marking the beginning of the end of the Fourth Republic.
In 1968, author-lecturer Helen Keller, who earned a college degree despite being blind and deaf almost all of her life, died in Westport, Conn., at age 87.
In 1968, the British television series "The Prisoner," starring Patrick McGoohan, had its American premiere on CBS.
In 1980, Cable News Network made its debut.
Ten years ago: President Clinton abruptly abandoned his claim of executive privilege in the Monica Lewinsky investigation. Thousands of refugees from Serbia's Kosovo province streamed into neighboring Albania to escape deadly fighting.
Five years ago: Leaders of the world's seven wealthiest nations and Russia pledged billions of dollars to fight AIDS and hunger on the opening day of their summit in Evian, France.
One year ago: The FDA warned consumers to avoid using toothpaste made in China because it might contain a poisonous chemical used in antifreeze. Kidnapped British journalist Alan Johnston appeared in a videotape posted on an Islamic Web, the first time he was seen since being abducted nearly three months earlier in Gaza. (Johnston was freed July 4.) Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian walked out of a Michigan prison, where he'd spent eight years for ending the life of a man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Richard Erdman is 83. Actor Andy Griffith is 82. Actor Edward Woodward is 78. Singer Pat Boone is 74. Actor-writer-director Peter Masterson is 74. Actor Morgan Freeman is 71. Actor Rene Auberjonois is 68. Opera singer Frederica von Stade is 63. Actor Brian Cox is 62. Rock musician Ronnie Wood is 61. Actor Jonathan Pryce is 61. Actor Powers Boothe is 60. Actress Gemma Craven is 58. Country singer Ronnie Dunn (Brooks and Dunn) is 55. Actress Lisa Hartman Black is 52. Singer-musician Alan Wilder is 49. Rock musician Simon Gallup (The Cure) is 48. Country musician Richard Comeaux (River Road) is 47. Actor-singer Jason Donovan is 40. Actress Teri Polo is 39. Model-actress Heidi Klum is 35. Singer Alanis Morissette is 34. TV personality Damien Fahey is 28. Actor Taylor Handley is 24.
Thought for Today: "Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last." — Charlotte Bronte, English novelist (1816-1855).
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