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Birth Date
Norma Jeane
Mortensen is
born in Los
Angeles, CA -
Enters orphanage
Norma Jeane
enters the
orphanage -
Left orphanage
Left orphanage
to live with
Grace McKee -
Live with Anna Lower
Went to live
with Anna
Lower -
Marriage
Married her
neighbor, James
Dougherty -
Work at Radio Plane Munitions Factory
Started work at
Radio Plane
Munitions Factory -
Family Circle
First National
Magazine Cover
("Family Circle") -
Yank Magazine
Photographed by
David Connover for
"Yank Magazine" -
First interview
First interview at
20th Century Fox
with Ben Lyon -
First screen test
First screen test
for Fox -
First time mentioned
First time mentioned
in a Hollywood
gossip column -
Applied to Modeling agecy
Applied to Blue Book
Modeling Agency -
Changed her name
First studio contract
with Fox; changed
her name to Marilyn
Monroe -
Divorce
Granted a divorce
from Jimmy
Dougherty -
SIgned a contract
Signed contract with
Columbia Pictures -
Met her Agent
Met Johnny Hyde, her
agent, who dedicated
himself to promoting her -
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Started shooting
" A Ticket to
Tomahawk" -
Signed contract for The Asphalt Jungle
Sign contract
with MGM for
role in "The
Asphalt Jungle" -
Started shooting The Fire Ball
Started shooting
"The Fireball" -
Landed role
Landed part in
" All About Eve" -
Signed seven-year contract
Signed seven-year
contract with Fox -
Presented
Presenter at
The Academy
Awards -
Started shooting
Started shooting
"The Love Nest" -
Colliers Magazine
First full-length
magazine feature in
"Colliers Magazine" -
First Life magazine cover
First "Life"
magazine cover" -
Casted in Gentlemen Prefers Blondes
Learned she was
cast in
"Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes" -
Marilyn's live radio debut
Marilyn's live
radio debut -
Grand Marshall
Grand Marchall
at Miss America
pageant -
First televison apperance on "The Jack Benny Show"
First television
appearance on "The
Jack Benny Show" -
Signed recording contract
Signed recording
contract with RCA -
Premiere of "How to Marry a Millionare"
Premiere of "How to
Marry a Millionaire" -
Married Joe DiMaggio
Married Joe DiMaggio at San Francisco City Hall -
Started entertaining trrops in Korea
Started entertaining troops in Korea -
Began filming "There's No Business Like Show Business"
Began filming "There's No Business Like Show Business" -
Officially sperated from Joe DiMaggio
Officially separated from Joe DiMaggio -
Divorce granted from Joe DiMaggio
Divorce granted from Joe DiMaggio -
Honored at Hollywood party
Honored at Hollywood party at Romanoff's -
Formed Marilyn Monroe Productions
Formed Marilyn Monroe Productions -
Press conference with Laurence Olivier
Press conference with Laurence Olivier to announce joint project, "The Prince and the Showgirl" -
Returned to Hollywood after one year exile in New York
Returned to Hollywood after one-year exile in New York -
Married Aurthur Miller
Married Arthur Miller in Jewish ceremony -
"The Prince and the Showgirl" premiere
Premiere of "The Prince and the Showgirl" -
"Some Like it Hot" premiere
Premiere of "Some Like It Hot" -
Divorce from Aurthur Miller granted
Divorce from Arthur Miller granted -
Moved to Bentwood, CA (home)
Moved to Brentwood, CA home -
Won Golder Globe for World Film Favorite
Won Golder Globe for World Film Favorite -
Last public apperance
Marilyn's last public appearance -
Vogue Photo Session
Vogue photo session with Bert Stern -
Marilyn died
Marilyn Monroe died in her Brentwood, CA home -
Funeral
Funeral at Westwooed Memorial Park in Los Angelese, CA -
Apeared on cover of "Life" magazine for the last time
Appeared on cover of "Life" magazine for the last time