On This Day for June 1 - Debut of CNN, Morgan Freeman is featured, and more

Created: 2020-06-01 10:03 Updated: 2020-06-01 10:03 Notebook: On this Day in History

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June 01

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Morgan Freeman

FEATURED EVENT

1980

Debut of CNN

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2009: American comedian Conan O'Brien made his debut as host of the The Tonight Show, NBC's long-running late-night talk show; however, he left after less than one year. [Sort fact from fiction in our pop culture quiz.]

2009: American motor-vehicle manufacturer General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection; it soon emerged from the reorganization and in 2010 returned to the stock market with one of the largest IPOs in U.S. history.

1958: Following the outbreak of an insurrection in Algiers, Charles de Gaulle came before the French National Assembly as prime minister designate. [ Test your knowledge of French history.]

1907: English aviation engineer and pilot Frank Whittle, who invented the jet engine, was born.

1968: Blind and deaf American author Helen Keller died in Westport, Connecticut. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about famous Americans.]

1945: In a speech, Indonesian nationalist leader Sukarno articulated the Pancasila—the Five Principles—that became the founding philosophy of the independent Indonesian state. [ Take our quiz about Asia.]

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ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY

1926

Marilyn Monroe
American actress

1937

Morgan Freeman
American actor

1974

Alanis Morissette
Canadian musician

1973

Heidi Klum
German American model and businesswoman

1926

Andy Griffith
American actor