- 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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