Today in history

On June 1, 1533,

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

In 1637

Jesuit missionary and explorer Jacques Marquette was born in Laon, France.

In 1792

Kentucky became the 15th state of the union.

In 1796

Tennessee became the 16th state.

In 1801

Mormon leader Brigham Young was born in Whitingham, Vt.

In 1813

Capt. James Lawrence, commander of the U.S. frigate Chesapeake and mortally wounded in a losing battle with the British frigate Shannon, gave the Navy its motto when he said: “Don’t give up the ship.”

In 1868

James Buchanan, the 15th president, died near Lancaster, Pa.; he was 77.

In 1926

Norma Jean Baker, who would become actress Marilyn Monroe, was born in Los Angeles. Also in 1926 actor Andy Griffith was born in Mount Airy, N.C.

In 1934

singer Pat Boone was born in Jacksonville.

In 1943

British actor Leslie Howard was killed when a civilian airliner en route from Lisbon to London was shot down by the Germans in World War II.

In 1944

the British Broadcasting Corp. aired a coded message to warn the French resistance that the D-Day invasion was imminent.

In 1948

blues musician Sonny Boy Williamson, who was born John Lee Williamson, died in Chicago; he was 34.