CNN, Elizabeth II, and D-Day: This Week in History

As the world begins the week of June, we take this time to look back at the tremendous events that occurred in this very week many years ago.

June 1:

CNN begins its 24-hour news cycle (1980)

Conan O'Brien debuts as the host of The Tonight Show (2009)

Famous Birthdays:

Morgan Freeman, actor (1937)

Marilyn Monroe, actress (1926)

Marilyn Monroe, 1953 Image: Frank Powolny

Famous Death:

Helen Keller, author (1968)

June 2:

Elizabeth II is crowned Queen of England at 27-years-old (1953)

Queen Elizabeth II, 1952 Image: Charles Dawson

Italy passes a referendum to become a republic (1946)

Famous Birthday:

Thomas Hardy, author (1840)

Famous Death:

Lou Gehrig, baseball athlete (1941)

June 3:

Tiananmen Square (1989)

Montenegro declares independence from Serbia (2006)

Larry King Live debuts on CNN (1985)

Famous Birthday:

Allen Ginsberg, poet (1926)

Charles Drew, physician (1904)

Famous Deaths:

Muhammad Ali, boxer (2016)

Ruhollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of Iran (1989)

June 4:

Women gain the right to vote in the United States of America (1919)

Women's Suffrage (1919) Image: Library of Congress

The Dunkirk Evacuation ends with over 300,000 lives saved

Bruce Springsteen releases Born in the U.S.A. (1984)

Battle of Midway (1942)

Famous Birthdays:

King George III, King of Great Britain (1738)

Angelina Jolie, actress (1975)

Famous Death:

John Wooden, university basketball coach (2010)

June 5:

The Six-Day War begins between Israel and Egypt, Syria, and Jordan (1967)

AIDS is reported for the first time (1981)

Denmark abolishes its absolute monarchy for a constitutional one (1849)

Famous Birthday:

Joe Clark, Prime Minister of Canada (1939)

Famous Deaths:

Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America (2004)

Ronald Reagan (1981) Image: Official Photograph

Robert F. Kennedy, United States Attorney General (1968)

Ray Bradbury, author (2012)

June 6:

The D-Day Invasion of Normandy begins (1944)

Operation: Overlord (1944) Image: Thomas Brassil

Sex and the City premiers on HBO (1998)

The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London (1844)

Famous Birthday:

Björn Borg, tennis athlete (1956)

Famous Death:

Diego Velázquez, painter (1660)

June 7:

Vatican City becomes a sovereign state, (1929)

The United States Supreme Court rules that married persons may use birth control (1965)

The Treaty of Tordesillas, dividing the world between Spain and Portugal, is signed (1494)

Famous Birthday:

Gwendolyn Brooks, poet (1917)

Famous Deaths:

Prince, guitarist (1958)

E. M. Forster, novelist (1970)