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At around 7:40–7:45, Monroe telephoned Greenson to tell him the news about the breakup of DiMaggio and his girlfriend. [ 31 ] Monroe retired to her bedroom at approximately 8:00 p.m. [ 32 ] She received a call from actor Peter Lawford , brother-in-law of President Kennedy , who was hoping to persuade her to attend his party that night.
John Geddert (2021), American gymnastics coach, gunshot [463] shortly after being charged with 24 felony counts related to sexual abuse of his trainees [464] Helen Palmer (1967), American author and actress who was the first wife of famed children's author Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, barbiturate overdose [465]
Before 1860, California had 57 newspapers and periodicals serving an average readership of 290,000. The Mountain Democrat, located in Placerville, CA, is the oldest newspaper in California, boasting continuous publication since 1851. The Mountain Democrat is a local newspaper covering news, sports, and features in El Dorado County.
Edith Rose Ceccarelli (née Recagno, formerly Keenan; February 5, 1908 – February 22, 2024) was an American supercentenarian. [1] At the age of 116 years, 17 days, she was the oldest person living in the United States and was also the second oldest living person in the world after Maria Branyas Morera from Spain.
Christine Chubbuck [a] (August 24, 1944 – July 15, 1974) was an American television news reporter who worked for stations WTOG and WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida. She is the first person to die by suicide on a live television broadcast.
Florence Lawrence (born Florence Annie Bridgwood; January 2, 1886 – December 28, 1938) was a Canadian-American stage performer and film actress.She is often referred to as the "first movie star", and was long thought to be the first film actor to be named publicly [1] until evidence published in 2019 indicated that the first named film star was French actor Max Linder. [2]
Evelyn McHale was born in Berkeley, California, [4] one of nine children born to Helen and Vincent McHale. Her father was a bank examiner who relocated to Washington, D.C. , in 1930. Her mother suffered from undiagnosed and untreated depression .
The Daily Alta California descended from the first newspaper published in the city, Samuel Brannan's California Star, which debuted on January 9, 1847.Brannan, who had earlier assisted in publishing several Mormon newspapers in New York, had brought a small press with him when he immigrated to California as part of a group of Mormon settlers in 1846 aboard The Brooklyn.