1980: Debut of CNN.Ted Turner's Cable News Network, headquartered in Atlanta, began 24-hour live news broadcasts this day in 1980, the network gaining worldwide attention in 1991 for its around-the-clock coverage of the First Persian Gulf War.More events on this day1968:Blind and deaf American author Helen Keller died in Westport, Connecticut. |
1958:Following the outbreak of an insurrection in Algiers, Charles de Gaulle came before the French National Assembly as prime minister designate. |
1945:In a speech, Indonesian nationalist leader Sukarno articulated the Pancasila—the Five Principles—that became the founding philosophy of the independent Indonesian state. |
1926:American motion-picture star Marilyn Monroe was born in Los Angeles. |
1907:English aviation engineer and pilot Frank Whittle, who invented the jet engine, was born. |
1794:The first great naval engagement of the French revolutionary wars, the Battle of the First of June, was fought between England and France in the Atlantic Ocean. |
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