The Wizard of Oz, which became one of the best-loved movies in history, opened in theaters around the United States.
Based on the 1900 children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum (1856-1919), the film starred Judy Garland as the young Kansas farm girl Dorothy.
Barbara is best known for her starring role of "Jeannie" in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannieon the NBC television network, September 18,1965 to May 26, 1970.
Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson) (June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962)
Actress, model, and singer Marilyn Monroe was famous for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters. She became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s. Although she was a top-billed actress for only one decade, her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2018) by the time of her unexpected death in 1962. More than half a century later, she continues to be a major popular culture icon.
Marilyn Monroe poses over the updraft of a New York subway grate while filming "The Seven Year Itch" in New York in 1954. (AP)