I . James Monroe
(1758–1831)
the fifth US President . He is best remembered for the Monroe Doctrine , which aimed to keep new European interests out of the Americas. He fought in the American Revolution and helped to establish the Democratic Republican Party. He was elected as a US Senator (1790–4) and twice as governor of Virginia (1799–1802 and 1811). His time as President was called the ‘Era of Good Feeling’. He bought Florida from Spain in 1819, settled a dispute with Britain over the US–Canadian border, and signed the Missouri Compromise .
See also Democratic Party .
II . Marilyn Monroe
(1926–62)
a US actor who became Hollywood’s most famous sex symbol, though she was often unhappy. Her films include Niagara (1952), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), The Seven Year Itch (1954), Bus Stop (1956), The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), Some Like It Hot (1959) and The Misfits (1961). Her second and third husbands were the baseball player Joe DiMaggio and the writer Arthur Miller . Many books and films have told her story, and the original version of Elton John’s song Candle in the Wind was about her. She died, perhaps accidentally, after taking too much medicine to help her sleep. Many people believe she had love affairs with President Kennedy (V) and his brother Robert Kennedy .