PORTLAND, Ore. — This Sunday is the 118th birthday of Oaks
Park in Portland, Oregon.

Oaks Park is one of the oldest continually operating amusement
parks in America.

To celebrate 118 years, they are hosting a birthday party from
noon to 7 p.m. Sunday.

In 1985 the Bollinger Family donated Oaks Amusement Park to
the non-profit Oaks Park Association, which continues to
operate the park to this day.

Oaks Park Roller Rink is not only the oldest in the country,
but one of the largest.

    
 Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962)   
    
    
   

Norma Jeane Mortenson—who would later become better
known around the world as the glamorous actress and sex
symbol Marilyn Monroe—was born on June 1, 1926, in Los
Angeles, California. She was later given her mother’s name,
and baptized Norma Jeane Baker.

After a tumultuous childhood—both maternal grandparents
and her mother were committed to mental institutions, and
she lived with a string of foster families. Norma Jeane married
one of her neighbors, James Dougherty, when she was 16. He
later joined the Merchant Marines and was sent to the South
Pacific during World War II. A photographer “discovered” the
naturally photogenic Norma Jeane while she was working in
a California munitions factory, and she was soon launched
into a successful modeling career. She divorced Dougherty
in June 1946 and soon after signed a film contract with 20th
Century Fox.

1961

The Seven Year Itch, a 1955 romantic comedy film
directed by Billy Wilder.

Prolific actor and director Clint Eastwood was born on this day,
May 31, 1930, in San Francisco, California.

He and his family moved a number of times before settling in
Piedmont, California. reports

Eastwood was drafted during the Korean War and stationed
in California — and upon his discharge from the Army in 1953,
Eastwood moved to Hollywood.

Likely best-known for portraying police Inspector "Dirty" Harry
Callahan, the Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker started his
noteworthy career with a screen test with Universal in 1954 —
which netted him a 40-week contract. 

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ROSS SIMPSON

Benjamin David Goodman
(May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986)

Benny Goodman was a clarinetist and bandleader
known as the "King of Swing".

From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one
of the most popular swing big bands in the United
States.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)

One of America’s best-loved presidents, John Fitzgerald
Kennedy, was born into a politically and socially prominent
family in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917.

He was the first American president to be born and then
serve in the 20th century.