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.

(AP) – Loni Anderson, who famously portrayed receptionist
Jennifer Marlowe in the comedy "WKRP in Cincinnati," has
died.

According to a statement to the Associated Press, Anderson
died at a Los Angeles hospital following a "prolonged" illness.

Charles Whitman took a stockpile of guns and ammunition
to the observatory platform atop a 300-foot tower at the
University of Texas and proceeded to shoot 46 people,
killing 14 people and wounding 32.

Whitman (below) who had killed both his wife and mother
the night before, was eventually shot to death after Austin
police officers courageously charged up the stairs of the
tower to subdue the attacker.

A Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30, similar
to the one involved.

On July 31, 1973, Delta Flight 723 struck a concrete seawall
as it descended into Boston’s Logan International Airport
amid heavy ground fog.

The collision broke off some of the fuselage and the plane
slimed into the ground, breaking apart and bursting into
flames.

Almost all on board died instantly in what became the worst
air disaster at Logan and in all of New England.

                        
TIM MAGUIRE

1959