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On This Day: June 1

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On June 1, 1968, author-lecturer Helen Keller, who earned a college degree despite being blind and deaf most of her life, died in Westport, Conn.
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On June 1, 1926, Marilyn Monroe, the film actress and American icon, was born. Following her death on Aug. 5, 1962, her obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1533	Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was crowned Queen Consort of England.
1792	Kentucky became the 15th state.
1796	Tennessee became the 16th state.
1801	Mormon leader Brigham Young was born in Whitingham, Vt.
1868	James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, died near Lancaster, Pa., at age 77.
1925	Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig's streak of playing in 2,130 consecutive games began when he entered a game as a pinch hitter for the New York Yankees.
1926	Actress Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortensen in Los Angeles.
1944	The BBC broadcast a coded message to inform the French resistance that the D-Day invasion was imminent.
1958	Charles de Gaulle became premier of France.
1968	Deaf and blind author and educator Helen Keller died at age 87.
1980	CNN made its debut.
2009	Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330 carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of everyone on board.
2009	General Motors filed for Chapter 11, becoming the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection.
2009	Conan O'Brien debuted as host of NBC's "Tonight Show." (He stepped down in January after a dispute with the network.)
2010	Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, announced their separation after 40 years of marriage.

Current Birthdays

Actor Morgan Freeman turns 74 years old today.

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Model and TV host Heidi Klum ("Project Runway") turns 38 years old today.

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1926	Andy Griffith, Actor, turns 85
1934	Pat Boone, Singer, turns 77
1940	Rene Auberjonois, Actor, turns 71
1947	Jonathan Pryce, Actor, turns 64
1947	Ron Wood, Rock musician (Rolling Stones), turns 64
1948	Powers Boothe, Actor, turns 63
1953	Ronnie Dunn, Country singer (Brooks and Dunn), turns 58
1956	Lisa Hartman Black, Actress, turns 55
1961	Paul Coffey, Hockey Hall of Famer, turns 50
1969	Teri Polo, Actress, turns 42
1974	Alanis Morissette, Rock singer, turns 37
1979	Santana Moss, Football player, turns 32
1980	Damien Fahey, TV host ("Total Request Live"), turns 31
1982	Justine Henin, Tennis player, turns 29

Historic Birthdays

Marilyn Monroe6/1/1926 - 8/5/1962American film actress.Go to obituary »

48	Robert Cecil Salisbury 6/1/1563 - 5/24/1612 English statesman
37	Jacques Marquette 6/1/1637 - 5/18/1675 French Jesuit missionary explorer
80	Francesco Maffei 6/1/1675 - 2/11/1755 Italian dramatist, archaeologist and scholar
76	Brigham Young 6/1/1801 - 8/29/1877 American Mormon leader
52	Mikhail Glinka 6/1/1804 - 2/15/1857 Russian composer
78	John Marshall Harlan 6/1/1833 - 10/14/1911 American associate justice of the U. S. Supreme Court (1877-1911)
88	John Masefield 6/1/1878 - 5/12/1967 English poet
67	C. K. Ogden 6/1/1889 - 3/20/1957 English writer and linguis