MONDAY 5 AUGUST 2019THE WORLD TODAY
Millie Bull on the key events from 5 August
Marilyn Monroe died in 1962 from a suspected overdose (Rex)
The first ever traffic light was installed in 1914. It was put in place in Cleveland, Ohio.
Film star Marilyn Monroe was found dead in 1962. She was discovered in her bed with an empty bottle
of sleeping pills on her bedside table.
Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962 by the government at Rivonia, a suburb of Johannesburg. After a year-
long trial, Mandela was imprisoned for the next 18 years.
Three people were killed after two guerillas opened fire on a crowded passenger lounge at Athens
airport in 1973. Fifty-five were injured.
Twenty-two IRA members were jailed for a total of 4,000 years in 1983. However, 18 had their convictions