This was Norma Jean Dougherty, a young girl posing for a photo
in 1943. Little did she know that she would become one of the
biggest stars in the world a few years after this photo was taken.
This girl went on to become Marilyn Monroe. She started out as
a model and slowly made her way into Hollywood. The rest is
history.
Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962)
Richard Treat Williams
(December 1, 1951 – June 12, 2023)
On June 12, 2023, Williams was hit by a car
while riding his motorcycle on Vermont Route
30, near Dorset. He was airlifted to a hospital
in New York, where he died at the age of 71.
Treat Williams was an actor, writer and aviator
who has appeared on film, stage and television
in over 120 credits. He first became well known
for his starring role in the 1979 musical film Hair,
and later also starred in the films The Eagle Has
Landed, Prince of the City, Once Upon a Time in
America, and The Late Shift.
Williams was nominated for two Screen Actors
Guild Awards and nominated for three Golden
Globe Awards, two Satellite Awards and an
Independent Spirit Award.
Treat was the lead of the TV series Everwood from
2002 to 2006.
The landmark film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" was released on
this day in history, June 11, 1982.
With Steven Spielberg (below) as its director, the enduring
science-fiction film stars Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore,
Robert McNaughton and Dee Wallace.
(Fox News) – Iconic and celebrated American composer Cole
Porter was born on this day in history, June 9, 1891, into a
prestigious family in Peru, Indiana.
His mother, Kate Cole Porter, was the daughter of wealthy
businessman J.O. Cole — and due to his upbringing, young
Cole Porter enjoyed a privileged childhood, according to
the Indiana Historical Society.
At the age of 6, Porter started playing both the violin and
piano — and became quite good at both instruments.
On June 6, 1933, eager motorists parked their automobiles on
the grounds of Camden Drive-In, the first-ever drive-in movie
theater, located on Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Pennsauken,
New Jersey.
Park-In Theaters–the term “drive-in” came to be widely used
only later–was the brainchild of Richard Hollingshead, a movie
fan and a sales manager at his father’s company, Whiz Auto
Products, in Camden. Reportedly inspired by his mother’s
struggle to sit comfortably in traditional movie theater seats, Hollingshead came up with the idea of an open-air theater
where patrons watched movies in the comfort of their own
automobiles.
Richard Milton Hollingshead, Jr.
(February 25, 1899 – May 13, 1975)
