Add Your Piece of History… 5th August

On this day in 1962. Famous actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her bed. Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Mortensen on 1 June 1926, in Los Angeles, California. Monroe was found dead of a sleeping pill overdose on 5 August 1962.

On this day in 1930. Neil Armstrong was born on this day in Wapakoneta, Ohio, U.S. Neil Armstrong is best known as the first person to set foot on the Moon in 1969.

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Cropped screenshot of Marilyn Monroe from the trailer for the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

American astronaut Neil Armstrong (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Add Your Piece of History… 25th May

On this day in 1967. John Lennon’s psychedelic Rolls Royce was delivered. The Rolls Royce caused an uproar, including the Rolls Royce company raising a formal complaint. John Lennon had bought the car new from Rolls Royce in 1965 and become bored with the colour so had a psychedelic paint job. The car was sold […]