ON THIS DAY

JUNE 30, 1941

A TICKING parcel addressed to ‘Franklyn D. Roosevelt’ threw New York’s Grand Central Post Office into a flurry last night. The ‘bomb’ turned out to be an alarm clock and electric wire. Police said it was harmless, and must have been sent by someone with a peculiar sense of humour.

JUNE 30, 1956

MARILYN MONROE and playwright Arthur Miller were married secretly in the court house of a New York suburb. Only two witnesses and a photographer attended the civil ceremony. The bride, who wore a sweater and a creased skirt, had said she would not care for a Grace Kelly- style white wedding.