1962: Marilyn Monroe found dead Film actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her bed with an empty bottle of sleeping tablets by her side.
1983: IRA members jailed for 4,000 years Twenty two members of the IRA are jailed for a total of more than 4,000 years following one of Northern Ireland's biggest mass trials.
1975: Deadly tree disease spreads Dutch elm disease, which has so far attacked more than three million trees in Britain, is spreading, according to Forestry Commission officials.
