On This Day: June 1

Updated May 31, 2012, 2:28 pm

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

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1792 Kentucky became the 15th state.

1796 Tennessee became the 16th state.

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.

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

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Actor Morgan Freeman turns 75 years old today.

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Model and TV host Heidi Klum (“Project Runway”) turns 39 years old today.

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1926 Andy Griffith, Actor, turns 86

1934 Pat Boone, Singer, turns 78

1940 Rene Auberjonois, Actor, turns 72

1947 Jonathan Pryce, Actor, turns 65

1947 Ron Wood, Rock musician (Rolling Stones), turns 65

1948 Powers Boothe, Actor, turns 64

1953 Ronnie Dunn, Country singer (Brooks and Dunn), turns 59

1956 Lisa Hartman Black, Actress, turns 56

1961 Paul Coffey, Hockey Hall of Famer, turns 51

1969 Teri Polo, Actress, turns 43

1974 Alanis Morissette, Rock singer, turns 38

1979 Morena Baccarin, Actress (“V”), turns 33

1979 Santana Moss, Football player, turns 33

1980 Damien Fahey, TV host (“Total Request Live”), turns 32

1982 Justine Henin, Tennis player, turns 30

Historic Birthdays

Marilyn Monroe 6/1/1926 – 8/5/1962 American 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 linguist

1792	Kentucky became the 15th state.
1796	Tennessee became the 16th state.
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.
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.

1926	Andy Griffith, Actor, turns 86
1934	Pat Boone, Singer, turns 78
1940	Rene Auberjonois, Actor, turns 72
1947	Jonathan Pryce, Actor, turns 65
1947	Ron Wood, Rock musician (Rolling Stones), turns 65
1948	Powers Boothe, Actor, turns 64
1953	Ronnie Dunn, Country singer (Brooks and Dunn), turns 59
1956	Lisa Hartman Black, Actress, turns 56
1961	Paul Coffey, Hockey Hall of Famer, turns 51
1969	Teri Polo, Actress, turns 43
1974	Alanis Morissette, Rock singer, turns 38
1979	Morena Baccarin, Actress (“V”), turns 33
1979	Santana Moss, Football player, turns 33
1980	Damien Fahey, TV host (“Total Request Live”), turns 32
1982	Justine Henin, Tennis player, turns 30

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 linguist