TODAY IN HISTORY

1792

Kentucky became the 15th state.

1927

Lizzie Borden, accused but acquitted of the 1892ax murders of her father, Andrew, and her stepmother, Abby, died in Fall River, Massachusetts, at age 66.

1958

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

1968

Author-lecturer Helen Keller, who earned a college degree despite being blind and deaf most of her life, died inWestport, Connecticut, at age87.

1980

Cable News Network made its debut.