The month of June has been home to many historical events over the years. Here’s a look at some that helped to shape the world in June 1926.

• Underwater construction of the Holland Tunnel is halted on June 1. The work stalls due to the sinking of the PS Washington Irving while the ship was being towed to Jersey City, New Jersey. The ship initially experienced trouble after it was struck by another ship in the North River during a fog.

• Norma Jeane Mortenson is born in Los Angeles on June 1. Mortenson would grow up and gain worldwide recognition and fame as an actress and model using the stage name Marilyn Monroe.

• A spectator at San Francisco’s Ewing Field accidentally drops a lit cigarette on June 5. The cigarette sparks a fire that burns down the wooden structure and soon spreads to adjacent buildings, ultimately destroying or damaging 40 buildings and houses.

• Babe Ruth hits a homerun that sportswriters at the June 8 game at Navin Field in Detroit estimate traveled 600 feet. That distance has never been confirmed.

• The Seventh Street Bridge opens in Pittsburgh on June 17. The bridge is renamed to honor Pittsburgh native and acclaimed artist Andy Warhol in 2005.

• Tens of thousands of spectators at Chicago’s Soldier Field on June 21 watch a performance by the world’s largest children’s choir, composed of 60,000 children from more than 300 Roman Catholic parochial schools across the city.