Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012)
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Aug
BIRTHDAY OF THE FIRST MOON WALKER
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05
Aug
NATIONAL TV DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1957
In July 1956, DJ Dick Clark inherited WFIL-TV’s Bandstand
from scandal-tainted Bob Horn and revamped it.
On August 5, 1957, TV’s "American Bandstand" began
broadcasting nationally beaming images of clean-cut,
average teenagers dancing to 67 ABC affiliates across
the nation.
Production of the show moved from Philadelphia to the
ABC Television Center in Los Angeles (now known as
The Prospect Studios) on February 8, 1964.
The show would become an iconic expression of American
teen culture.
Dick Clark (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012)
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05
Aug
SEX SYMBOL FOUND DEAD ON THIS DAY IN 1962
Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962)
(born Norma Jeane Mortenson)
Note: One of the last few photos of Marilyn Monroe taken
weeks before her death.
On August 5, 1962, movie actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead
in her home in Los Angeles. She was discovered lying nude on
her bed, face down, with a telephone receiver in one hand.
Empty bottles of pills, prescribed to treat her depression, were
littered around the room. After a brief investigation, Los Angeles
police concluded that her death was “caused by a self-administered overdose of sedative drugs and that the mode of death is probable suicide.”
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