1960s Timeline

Aug. 6, 1962 - Funeral services for Marilyn Monroe were set today for Wednesday afternoon. The funeral will begin at 1 p.m. at the...

Aug. 6, 1962 - The Vatican City newspaper L’Osservatore Romano said today that Marilyn Monroe was a “victim of a symbolic form of life...

Aug. 6, 1962 - Marilyn Monroe’s body was released to the Westwood Village Mortuary today after Coroner Theodore J. Curphey announced that...

Aug. 5, 1962 - A special “suicide team” will be enlisted to aid in determining if Marilyn Monroe’s death was suicidal or accidental, Los...

Aug. 5, 1962 - At his estate in Woodbury, Conn., Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe’s third husband, was asked today if he had any comment on...

Aug. 5, 1962 - The stunned entertainment world groped for words today to express its grief over the death of Marilyn Monroe. Actor Jack...

Aug. 5, 1962 - Marilyn Monroe, a troubled beauty who failed to find happiness as Hollywood’s brightest star, was found dead early today...

Apr. 20, 1962 - Roszika Dolly Netcher, one of the two Dolly sisters (pictured in 1926) of musical comedy four decades ago, was found...

Apr. 20, 1962 - Mrs. Barbara Powers, 27-year-old wife of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, was taken to a hospital today after taking an...

Apr. 9, 1962 - Juan Belmonte (pictured in 1955), the Spanish bullfighter who died yesterday, was reported today to have committed...

Aug. 24, 1961 - The will of Ernest Hemingway, written in his own hand in stilted legal language, was filed for probate today in New York...

Aug. 20, 1961 - Percy W. Bridgman, a retired Harvard University professor and a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, was found dead at his...

Aug. 12, 1961 - Fred Morrison, the father of Janet Leigh, the movie actress, was found dead in his business office in Beverly Hills...

Aug. 1, 1961 - The death certificate concerning Ernest Hemingway (pictured in 1935) was filed in Ketchum, Idaho today. It said the author...

July 7, 1961 - Mrs. Mary Hemingway (left) will meet four newsmen tomorrow morning to "clear up historical inaccuracies" about her late ...

July 5, 1961 - The family of Ernest Hemingway (pictured with his father in 1928) was reunited today for the author's funeral tomorrow. ...

July 3, 1961 - The death of Ernest Hemingway (pictured in 1959) brought tears, shock, and mourning to Madrid today. In the city's cafés ...

July 3, 1961 - There will be no inquest in the shotgun death of Ernest Hemingway (pictured in 1952), authorities in Blaine County,...

July 2, 1961 - President Kennedy mourned today the death of Ernest Hemingway, whom he called one of America's greatest authors and "one...

July 2, 1961 - Ernest Hemingway was found dead this morning of a shotgun wound to the head at his home in Ketchum, Idaho. The Nobel and...