17 moments

1. Born at Los Angeles General Hospital

   1926-06-01 · Los Angeles General Hospital, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, United States

   

   Norma Jeane Mortenson, later known as Marilyn Monroe, was born at Los Angeles General Hospital in Boyle Heights.

2. Entered the Los Angeles Orphans Home

   1935-09-01 · Los Angeles Orphans Home, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States

   After an unstable succession of foster placements, nine-year-old Monroe was placed in the Los Angeles Orphans Home, later known as Hollygrove. Coordinates represent the former orphanage complex at 815 North El Centro Avenue.

3. Worked on the Radioplane assembly line

   1944-01-01 · Radioplane factory, Van Nuys Airport, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, United States

   

   While working at Radioplane's Van Nuys factory during World War II, Norma Jeane Dougherty was photographed by David Conover, helping initiate her modeling career. Coordinates represent the northeast side of Van Nuys Airport, where the wartime Radioplane factory complex stood.

4. Filmed Niagara at Niagara Falls

   1952-06-01 · Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

   

   Monroe worked at Niagara Falls during location production of Niagara, the film that elevated her to top-billed star status. Filming continued from early June to mid-July 1952; coordinates represent the Canadian side of Niagara Falls.

5. Based at Banff Springs for River of No Return

   1953-06-01 · Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta, Canada

   Monroe traveled with the River of No Return company to Alberta, using the Banff Springs Hotel as the base for Canadian Rockies location work. The source identifies late June and the production base but not Monroe's individual arrival day.

6. Married Joe DiMaggio in San Francisco

   1954-01-14 · San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco, California, United States

   

   Monroe and retired baseball star Joe DiMaggio married at San Francisco City Hall after a highly publicized courtship.

7. Performed for troops in Inje County

   1954-02-01 · Hangye-ri, Buk-myeon, Inje County, Gangwon Province, South Korea

   During her four-day Korean tour, Monroe appeared before military personnel at Hangye-ri in mountainous Inje County. The archive supplies February 1954 but not an exact performance day; coordinates represent Hangye-ri.

8. Stayed at Tokyo's Imperial Hotel

   1954-02-01 · Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan

   Monroe and DiMaggio stayed at the Imperial Hotel during the opening phase of their Japanese honeymoon and his baseball-related business tour. The surviving hotel occupies the same Hibiya site, although the 1954 Wright Building was subsequently demolished.

9. Dined during a Fukuoka honeymoon stay

   1954-02-08 · Royal Nakasu Honten site, Nakasu, Fukuoka, Japan

   During a three-day Fukuoka stay, Monroe and DiMaggio repeatedly dined at Royal Nakasu Honten, where she became associated with its onion gratin soup. Coordinates are a representative point in Nakasu near the former restaurant; the restaurant later relocated and became Hananoki.

10. Arrived in South Korea for a military tour

    1954-02-16 · South Korea

    Monroe left her Japanese honeymoon temporarily and entered South Korea to entertain United States and United Nations personnel stationed after the Korean War armistice. The quotation states that Monroe visited South Korea on February 16, 1954. Coordinates are a broad representative point because the cited record does not identify the arrival airfield.

11. Continued Bus Stop filming in Phoenix

    1956-01-01 · Phoenix, Arizona, United States

    The Bus Stop production also brought Monroe to Phoenix for Arizona location filming connected with the story's rodeo sequences. Only early 1956 is supported; the source does not identify a single Phoenix venue.

12. Filmed Bus Stop in Sun Valley

    1956-01-01 · Sun Valley, Idaho, United States

    

    Monroe undertook Idaho location work for Bus Stop, her first film under the contract that gave her greater creative control. Only early 1956 is supported; coordinates represent Sun Valley.

13. Filmed at the Hotel del Coronado

    1958-01-01 · Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, California, United States

    

    Monroe worked at the Hotel del Coronado during production of Some Like It Hot; the California resort represented a fictional Miami hotel. The source provides a summer-to-autumn production range rather than Monroe's individual shooting dates.

14. Moved back to Los Angeles

    1961-01-01 · Los Angeles, California, United States

    

    After approximately six years centered in Manhattan, Monroe returned to Los Angeles, reestablishing California as her principal home base. The source gives only later 1961 and city-level location precision.

15. Met the Mexican press at Hotel Continental

    1962-02-24 · Hotel Continental, Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City, Mexico

    During a late-life trip to Mexico, Monroe appeared at a press gathering at the Hotel Continental in Mexico City. Sources differ on whether the principal press conference occurred February 22 or February 24; this card follows the cited UNAM Film Archive date. Coordinates approximate the former hotel site.

16. Sang for President Kennedy at Madison Square Garden

    1962-05-19 · Madison Square Garden III site, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

    

    Monroe gave her famous birthday serenade to President John F. Kennedy before a large audience at the third Madison Square Garden. The third Madison Square Garden stood at Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets and was demolished in 1968.

17. Died at her Brentwood home

    1962-08-04 · 12305 Fifth Helena Drive, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, United States

    

    Monroe died from acute barbiturate poisoning at her home on Fifth Helena Drive. The official ruling was probable suicide. Coordinates are rounded to the residential parcel area; Monroe's body was discovered before dawn on August 5.