On this day: Marilyn Monroe died at 36, in 1962

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 5: 1940 – Latvia was absorbed into the Soviet Union as the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic. 1962 – American film actress Marilyn Monroe died in Los Angeles at the age of 36. 1984 – British actor Richard Burton…

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