Today In History

Today is Friday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2018. There are 213 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1968: The cult British television series “The Prisoner,” starring Patrick McGoohan as an ex-secret agent who finds himself trapped in a sinister, Orwellian village, had its American premiere on CBS. Author-lecturer Helen Keller, who earned a college degree despite being blind and deaf almost her entire life, died in Westport, Connecticut, at age 87.

ON THIS DATE

› 1533: Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was crowned as Queen Consort of England.

› 1792: Kentucky became the 15th state.

› 1796: Tennessee became the 16th state.

› 1813: The mortally wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, gave the order, “Don’t give up the ship” during a losing battle with the British frigate HMS Shannon in the War of 1812.

› 1958: Charles de Gaulle became premier of France, marking the beginning of the end of the Fourth Republic.

› 1980: Cable News Network made its debut.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actor Richard Erdman is 93. Singer Pat Boone is 84. Actor-writer-director Peter Masterson is 84. Actor Morgan Freeman is 81. Actor Rene Auberjonois is 78. Opera singer Frederica von Stade is 73. Rock musician Ronnie Wood is

71. Actor Jonathan Pryce is 71. Actress Gemma Craven is 68. Actor John M. Jackson (TV: “NCIS: Los Angeles”) is 68. Blues-rock musician Tom Principato is 66. Country singer Ronnie Dunn is

65. Actress Lisa Hartman Black is 62. Rock musician Simon Gallup (The Cure) is 58. Country musician Richard Comeaux (River Road) is

57. Actor-comedian Mark Curry is 57. Actor-singer Jason Donovan is 50. Actress Teri Polo is 49. Basketball player-turnedcoach Tony Bennett is

49. Actor Rick Gomez is 46. Model-actress Heidi Klum is 45. Singer Alanis Morissette is 44. Actress Sarah Wayne Callies is 41. Comedian Link Neal (Rhett & Link) is 40. TV personality Damien Fahey is 38. Pop singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile is 37. Actor Johnny Pemberton is

37. Actress-writer Amy Schumer is 37. Tennis player Justine Henin is

36. Actor Taylor Handley is 34. Actress Willow Shields is 18.