Today is Sunday, June 1, the 153rd day of 2008. There are 213 days left in the year.



Today’s Highlight in History:

On June 1, 1813, the mortally wounded commander of the U.S. frigate Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, said, “Don’t give up the ship” during a losing battle with a British frigate.

On this date:

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

• In 1926, actress Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson in Los Angeles.

• In 1968, author-lecturer Helen Keller, died in Westport, Conn., at age 87.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Andy Griffith is 82. Singer Pat Boone is 74. Actor Morgan Freeman is 71.



Thought for Today: “Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.” — Charlotte Bronte, English novelist (1816-1855).