This Week in History (June 7-13): Alan Turing is born, Kuwait gains independence, and more

Mankind has existed for hundreds of thousands of years, but some moments have left a bigger mark than others. In this series, we look back at key defining events and interesting developments from the past that continue to shape how we move through the world today. Take modern computing, for example. Much of the digital world we take for granted today can trace its roots to the work of Alan Turing, whose birth anniversary falls this week. This week also marks anniversaries of Ronald Reagan's famous Berlin Wall speech, the publication of the Pentagon Papers, and other defining political, technological, and cultural turning points.