Today's Highlights in History

1533	Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was crowned Queen Consort of England.
1792	Kentucky became the 15th state of the union.
1796	Tennessee became the 16th state.
1801	Mormon leader Brigham Young was born in Whitingham, Vt.
1813	The Navy gained its motto as the mortally wounded commander of the frigate Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, said "Don't give up the ship" during a losing battle with a British frigate.
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.
1967	The album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by the Beatles was released.
1977	The Soviet Union charged Jewish human rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason.
1980	CNN made its debut.
2001	A suicide bomber attacked a Tel Aviv nightclub, killing 21 Israelis.
2005	Dutch voters rejected the European Union constitution.
2007	Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian was released from a Michigan prison after serving eight years for ending the life of a man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease.
2008	Fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent died at age 71.