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Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) was an American model and actress. One of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s, she played stereotypically "dumb blonde" characters that were emblematic of the era's attitudes towards sexuality. After beginning her career as a pin-up model, she had two short-lived film contracts before being signed by 20th Century-Fox in 1951. The next year, scandalous nude photographs of her were featured in a popular calendar. She became one of the most bankable Hollywood stars with starring roles in comedies such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), and The Seven Year Itch (1955). Disappointed in being typecast and underpaid, Monroe formed her own production company in 1955 and successfully fought for a better contract with Fox. She received critical acclaim for her performances in Bus Stop (1956) and Some Like It Hot (1959), winning a Golden Globe for Best Actress for the latter. Her last completed film was the drama The Misfits (1961). Troubled by mental health and addiction problems, Monroe died of a barbiturate overdose in 1962. She continues to be considered a popular culture icon. This Associated Press photograph of Monroe was taken on September 9, 1954, during the filming of The Seven Year Itch on the streets of New York. She is wearing her white dress, worn in the "skirt scene" in which air from a subway grate blows up her skirt.Photograph credit: Associated Press
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    • Lincoln, Abraham; Grant, U. S.; & Davis, Jefferson (1861). Resolving family differences peacefully (3rd ed.). Gettysburg: Printing Press. ISBN 0-12-345678-9.
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  • Myrtle Avenue 747 approach - Heathrow Airport - Off Hatton Road, Hatton Cross tube
  • Dray horses from Young's Brewery, Wandsworth SW18 4JD - soon to be retired
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  • George Best's house in Blossoms Lane, Bramhall - modernist split level house designed by architect Frazer Crane in 1969.

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People persecuted by the Christian church

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  • Giordano Bruno burnt at the stake in 1600 for suggesting that the universe is infinite.
  • Galileo Galilei interned 1633 for insisting that the Earth was not at the centre of the solar system

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