1962: Marilyn Monroe found dead
Film actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her bed with an empty bottle of sleeping tablets by her side.
Screen icon Marilyn Monroe has been found dead in bed at her Los Angeles home.
The 36-year-old actress' body was discovered in the early hours of this morning by two doctors who were called to her Brentwood home by a concerned housekeeper.
The doctors were forced to break into Miss Monroe's bedroom after being unable to open the door. She was found lying naked in her bed with an empty bottle of Nembutal sleeping pills by her side.
The local coroner, who visited the scene later, said the circumstances of Miss Monroe's death indicated a "possible suicide".
From rags to riches
Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on 1 June 1926 in Los Angeles.
Her mother, Gladys Baker, had mental problems which resulted in Norma Jeane spending most of her childhood in foster homes and orphanages.
She wed her neighbour, Jimmy Dougherty in 1942, but the marriage failed in 1946 due to Norma Jeane's new-found fame as a photographic model.
In 1944 while her husband was serving in the South Pacific with the Merchant Marines, Norma Jeane was discovered by photographer David Conover.
By 1946 she had signed her first studio contract with 20th Century Fox and changed her name to Marilyn Monroe.
Since 1947 she has appeared in 30 films, including The Prince and the Showgirl, Bus Stop, The Seven Year Itch, How to Marry a Millionaire and Some Like it Hot, for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy.
Her 1954 marriage to baseball star Jo DiMaggio lasted just nine months and on 29 June 1956 the star married playwright Arthur Miller.
But that marriage ended in 1961. Miss Monroe's romantic life has long been the subject of speculation and she has been linked with President Kennedy.
Millions of fans around the world will be deeply shocked by the star's premature and tragic death.
In Context
Marilyn Monroe was buried in the Corridor of Memories at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles. Two months before she died Monroe had been fired by Fox Productions for repeatedly failing to turn up on the set of the film "Something has got to Give".
The production was never completed even though Monroe was re-hired by the film company on 1 August.
During the months before her death she had been seeing Joe DiMaggio and the pair had agreed to re-marry on 8 August 1962.
For 20 years after her death flowers from DiMaggio were delivered weekly to Monroe's crypt.
There has been much speculation about Marilyn Monroe's death and the causes of it. Many have suggested that it was highly unlikely she committed suicide but perhaps accidentally took an overdose of drugs.
Others have suggested that a third party may have administered the drug.
1983: IRA members jailed for 4,000 years
Twenty two members of the IRA have been jailed for a total of more than 4,000 years following Northern Ireland's biggest-ever terrorist trial.
1991: Toddler 'poorly' after dog attack
A two-year-old girl is recovering in hospital after being savaged by a Rottweiler dog.
1975: Deadly tree disease spreads
Dutch elm disease which has so far attacked more than three million trees in Britain is spreading, according to Forestry Commission officials.
On this day in 1864 Commander David Farragut ordered: Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!" at the Battle of Mobile Bay. Mobile Bay was the Civil War battle in which Farraguts command broke through the Confederate's defensive forts and destroyed key posts of the South. The battle was one step in the North's plan to surround the Confederacy.
The precursor to Dick Clarks American Bandstand" made its television debut in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on this day in 1952. The rock and roll show, originally called simply "Bandstand" and without its trademark host, was targeted specifically at the exploding youth market. "Bandstand" was an unprecedented experiment that soon became an icon of television and bobby soxers.
The first live airing of play-by-play major league baseball was aired on this day in 1921 from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on radiio station KDKA. The first full-time radio announcer in the world, Harold Arlin, hosted the game in which the Pittsburgh Corsairs beat Philly 8-5.
On this day in 1192 Richard I, the Lionheart, won the Battle of Jaffa in Palestine. The victory won him much admiration throughout the Christiandom he ruled, however, Richards real goal was to take Jerusalem which he never even layed eyes on.
Born: On this day in 1850 French author Guy deMaupassant was born in the Norman town of Miromensil. deMaupassant, heavily influenced by the school of Naturalism, was encouraged to write by fellow literary giants Flaubert and Zola. deMaupassants and Flaubert's work were concerned with the same theme of bourgeouis pretension and hypocrisy. deMaupassant wrote almost 300 shoprt stories and several novels, the most known of which is Une Vie".
No died information exists for this day.?! (What?! How about Marilyn Monore?)
1964: Three civil rights activists found dead
FBI agents uncover the bodies of three missing civil rights workers at a dam near Philadelphia, Mississippi.
2000: Queen Mother celebrates centenary
Celebrations have been taking place all over the United Kingdom to mark the 100th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
1987: Moors murderer claims more killings
Moors murderer Ian Brady has claimed he was involved in another five killings.
1972: Would-be assassin jailed for 63 years
The man who tried to assassinate Governor George Wallace has been sentenced to 63 years in jail.
On this day in 1944 Gestapo forces discovered the hiding place of Anne Frank and her family in Amsterdam, Holland. The Frank family had been hidden in an attic for over two years before they were betrayed during which time Anne wrote her now immortal diary describing her experience as a prisoner in the rooms. Anne Franks Diary of a Young Girl remains one of the most poignant and moving accounts of Nazi persecution.
Born:
On this day in 1822 Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born near Horsham in Sussex, England. Shelley, an eccentric aetheist, anarchist and practitioner of free love, is widely acclaimed for his masterpiece epic Prometheus Unbound', as well as his shorter works including 'Ode to the West Wind'. He consorted with other literary giants of his time including his second wife, Mary Wollstonecraft ( creator of Frankenstein") and Lord Byron. Shelley is a famous for his personal life as for his literary achievements.
Born on this day in 1900 was Elizabeth, the Queen Mother of England. The Queen Mother, who was born Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, married Albert, Duke of York, who later became King George VI of England. The Queen Mother bore King George VI two children: Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. The Queen Mother is celebrated for her typically" British dignity and manners.
Died:
On this day in 1578 King Sebastian of Portugal died in the battle of Alcazar-Qivir in Algeria during the war with the Moors. Sebastian asssumed the throne at the tender age of 14; he was immersed in fantasies of conquest and war which led him to launch a futile and costly war against the Moors. Because he left no heir to the throne, Portugal was to be united with Spain much to the dismay of the Portugese.
On this day in 1875 writer Hans Christian Andersen died in Copenhagen, Denmark. Andersen is best remebered as the creator of 168 fairytales based on Danish folklore. Among his most loved fairytales are The Ugly Duckling" and "The Emperors New Clothes." His work is still among the most popular literature for children in the world.
>>August 3, 2003 at 6:34:42 PM GMT+8
2003 年 8 月 2 日 星期六 【晴】
2001: Car bomb in west London injures seven
A bomb has exploded in a busy west London street, injuring seven people.
1978: Queen opens Commonwealth Games
The Queen has officially opened the 11th Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada.
1990: UK temperatures reach record high
A weather station in Leicestershire has recorded the highest temperature ever known in Britain.
1957: Rahman to lead independent Malaya
Tunku Abdul Rahman, a British-educated Malay prince, is elected as head of state ahead of independence from Britain.
Louis Antoine received his allotted fifteen minutes of fame on this day in 1830: Dauphin Louis Antoine reigned as King of France for fifteen minutes, then abdicated the throne to Henri V.
1974: 小學生效忠紅衛兵 (相傳人地老豆都做過) 段官方新聞片都幾得人驚 (個人意見)
2002: 陳水扁 提出 一邊一國
1992: 四人幫之一 王洪文逝世
Born:
On this day in 1895 actor and vaudevillian Bert Lahr (Irving Lahrheim) was born in New York City. Best known as the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz, Lahr made a name for himself in stage and film in the 1920s and 30s. Lahr was a versatile performer. He appeared regularly in Broadway comedies with actresses including Ethel Merman and Beatrice Lillie; he also performed classic Shakespeare on the stage. Lahr brought the Cowardly Lion to life with his warmth and humor which shone through despite all the fur.
No died information exists for this day.
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>>August 3, 2003 at 5:46:04 PM GMT+8
2003 年 8 月 1 日 星期五 【晴】
1966: Football glory for England
England win football's World Cup for the first time since the tournament began in 1930.
1974: Peace deal for Cyprus
Greek, Turkish and UK foreign ministers sign a peace agreement for Cyprus.
1986: Parents appeal for missing agent
The parents of missing London estate agent Suzy Lamplugh make an emotional appeal for her safe return.
1991: Pavarotti sings in the British rain
Italian tenor Pavorotti celebrates 30 years in opera with a huge, free concert in Hyde Park.
Controversial labor leader and former Teamster union president James (Jimmy) Hoffa famously disappeared on this day in 1975 and is presumed to have died at or about the same time. Recently freed form prison (where he had been sent through the efforts of his hated nemesis Robert F. Kennedy), he was struggling to reassert control of the Teamsters when he likely ran afoul of the Mafia. Hoffa is pictured speaking in the 1970s.
1971: 實施免費小學教育
1980: 英國國籍法(British Nationality Law)白皮書公佈
1970: 墨西哥囚犯 (前蘇爾菲列白爵) 開畫展
Born:
Born on this day in 1863, Henry Ford was apprenticed to a Detroit machinist at the age of fifteen, then learned sufficient mechanical engineering to design his first gasoline-fueled motor car in 1893. Founding his own motor company in 1903, he later refined and profited immensely from his techniques for the mass production of the automobile. Ford is seen seated behind the wheel of his first model.
Born on this day in 1890, Casey Stengel played professional baseball for thirteen years (1912 to 1925), but it is for his colorful, effusive management of the New York Yankees that he is considered a legend in the game. From 1949 to 1960 he led the club to ten pennants and seven World Series (winning two) and was always a reliable source of folksy baseball anecdotes to the doting New York City press. Stengel is seen wearing his Yankees uniform on the bench.
Born in rural Austria on this day in 1947, Arnold Schwarzenegger achieved fame first as a musclebound champion body-builder, then made the jump to film in the 1976 documentary Pumping Iron. Since then he has become perhaps the greatest box-office draw in the world for his laconic and sometimes self-deprecating roles in such action spectaculars as The Terminator and Total Recall. He is seen wearing black tie in a 1990s headshot.
Died:
Prince Otto von Bismarck died on this day in 1898 after a forceful political career in which he almost single-handedly created a modern German nation out of previously disparate and quarrelsome entities. As Chancellor of the Prusso-German Empire from 1870 to 1890 he gave the French a humiliating defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and guided his countrys rapid and successful industrialization and militarization. He is seen wearing military uniform in a portrait.
>>August 2, 2003 at 8:56:54 AM GMT+8
2003 年 8 月 1 日 星期五 【晴】
On This Day:
1990: Iraq invades Kuwait
More than 100,000 Iraqi soldiers backed up by 700 tanks invaded the Gulf state of Kuwait in the early hours of this morning.
1973: Dozens die in resort fire
More than 30 people have died in a fire which gutted the Summerland leisure resort on the Isle of Man.
1965: Riviera fires force campers to flee
Thousands of British holiday makers abandon their tents as forest fires devastate the south of France
1984: Euro Court condemns phone-tapping
A Surrey businessman who accused the police of illegally tapping his phone is celebrating after a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.
http://www.elibrary.com/s-default/today/
On this day in 1858 British Columbia became a Crown Colony of England. Located in Western Canada on the Pacific Ocean, the area had been spersely inhabited and visited until the mid-1850s when gold was discovered. British Columbias population escalated, as did England's desire to possess the area.
1990: 伊拉克入侵科威特
1972:海底隧道通車
2000:入境處縱火案
1979:颱風荷貝正面襲港
No born information exists for this day.
Died:
On this day in 1788 pastoral painter Thomas Gainsborough died in London, England. Gainsborough is best known for the portrait Blue Boy", executed in the 1770s, although his primary passion was landscapes which he often used as background. Gainsboroughs potraiture was so popular with the elite of England that he was commissioned to paint George III and Queen Charlotte. Gainsborough was very influential on Constable and other landscape painters in the 19th century.
American eduactor and politician Horace Mann died in Yellow Springs, Ohio on this day in 1859. Mann, a pioneer of liberal education and thought, is considered to be the father of public education in the United States. He was the founder of Antioch College in Ohio as well as a politician. He served as a senator, congressman and secretary of education to further his personal causes.
On this day in 1100 King William II of England died in a hunting accident possibly caused by his brother, Henry I, who succeeded his throne. William II, son of William the Conqueror, lead an particularly imperious and savage reign during which he quarrelled with France, Scotland, Wales and his own countrypeople. He was also quarreled with St. Anselm concerning the independence of the Church.
On this day in A.D. 257 Saint Stephen, accused of blasphemy, was stoned to death. Immortalized in the Bible, Stephen became the first saint of the Christian religion. His feast day is December 26.
On This Day:
1976: Lauda fights for life after Grand Prix crash
Formula One racing driver Niki Lauda is in a critical condition in hospital after crashing at the German Grand Prix.
1994: Library fire wipes out historic records
Thousands of historic documents and more than 100,000 books have been destroyed in a blaze which ripped through Norwich Central Library early today.
1989: Britain's oldest person turns 112
Charlotte Marion Hughes from Cleveland celebrates her birthday - and enters the record books.
2001: Boy 'held prisoner for eight years'
Officers from Scotland Yard's Child Protection Team are investigating a boy's claims he was held captive in his own home for eight years.
http://www.elibrary.com/s-default/today/
On this day in 1921 future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt was stricken with polio on Campobello Island, New Brunswick. Roosevelts polio partially paralyzed him for the rest of his life which his public relations group successfully subverted during campaigns; he felt that drawing attention to his paralysis would weaken his image in public.
On this day in 1798 Admiral Horatio Nelson of England destoyed a French fleet during the Aboukir Battle on the Nile. Nelson is one of the national heros of Great Britain and led the country to many more victories at sea during his career . His most famous battle was at Trafalgar in the early 1800s; both the Spanish and French were defeated.
On this day in 1831 the New London Bridge opened in, of course, London. The bridge was actually one in a series of successive bridges that began in the 1100s and had to be perpetually rebuilt due to erosion. The bridge was replaced again in the 1960s.The constant demise of the bridge is the root of the childrens rhyme London Bridge Is Falling Down".
On this day in 1714 George I was proclaimed the King of England upon the death of Queen Anne, who left no heirs. George, a Hanoverian, was not very popular during his reign largely due to the fact that he never learned English and spent much of his time in Hanover. The language barrier forced George I to relenquish much of his kingly duties to his Chief Minister, Sir Robert Wadpole.
1927: 中共建軍 1937: 國共合作
1936: 希特拉主持柏林奧運會揭幕
1973: 三藩市纜車 百周年紀念
Born: On this day the Roman Emperor Claudius was born in the year 10 B.C. in Ludgunum, Gaul. Claudius, a scholar and writer, ruled Rome from A.D. 41-55 during which time he made social and legal improvements in the society. Claudius was intent on colonization; he invaded Britain during his reign, as well as annexed Mauretania, Lycia and Thrace. Charlotte Marion Hughes, from Marske in Cleveland, was born on August 1, 1877 - the same day that Alexander Bell founded his first telephone company.
Charlotte Hughes died on 17 March 1993 at the age of 115 at St David's Nursing home in Redcar, Cleveland.
Died:
On this day in 1137 Louis VI of France died. The son of Philip I, Louis VI engaged in constant fighting in Paris during his reign in an attempt to quelch the bandits that frequently made attacks on the city. Louis VI, called Louis the Fat", was very supportive of the State Church and often received his chief counsel from its elders. Intent on expansion, he led invasions into Britain against Henry I.
On this day in 1714 Queen Anne of England died in Kensington, England. The last of the Stuart monarchs, Annes reign was governed by the War of the Spanish Succession , the Act of Union( which joined England and Scotland to form Great Britain) and the Queen's own devout Protestantism. Queen Anne left no heirs and the throne was passed to the Hanoverian George I.
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>>August 2, 2003 at 8:58:16 AM GMT+8
2003 年 7 月 30 日 星期三 【晴】
1998: UK imposes total ban on landmines
The British Government announces a total ban on landmines, a month before the first anniversary of the death of Princess Diana.
1962: Violence flares at right-wing rally
Former fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley is assaulted at a rally in London's east end.
1973: Chaotic meeting of Belfast Assembly
Loyalists disrupt the new Northern Ireland Assembly, the first elected body since the British imposed direct rule in March.
1987: Newspaper caught in Spycatcher row
The Government sues the Sunday Telegraph over secret service memoirs.
Apollo 15 astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin took the first motorized ride on the Moon on this day in 1971, riding some five miles away form their landing craft in the specially designed moon buggy. Carrying a television camera with them on their rock and sample gathering mission, they transmitted beautiful images of the Sea of Rains and surrounding lunar landscape back home to earth. The buggy is seen crossing the Moons surface.
1992: 南京空難 1987:麥加朝聖者發生衝突 疑為美國+沙地所為
1989: 有港人露宿反對建船民中心
No born information exists for this day. *梁德基牛一
Died:
By the time of his death on this day in 1886, Franz Liszt was probably the most famous and acclaimed piano virtuoso of 19th century Europe. Inspired by the dexterous violinist Paganini as a young man, he went on to develop unprecedented speed and mastery on the keyboard, changing forever the way the instrument would be played and heard. Liszt is seen standing relaxed in a portrait.
Americas seventeenth President Andrew Johnson died on this day in 1875 after a political career which saw him succeed the assassinated Lincoln to the White House, then narrowly survive efforts to impeach him by a vengeful Senate. Opposed to the policies of reconciliation Johnson advocated towards the South, the Senate failed in its vote to impeach the former tailor by a single vote. He is seen in a portrait.
1962: Marilyn Monroe found dead
1964: Three civil rights activists found dead
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