1962: JFK and Marilyn
Monroe
On May 19, 1962, President John F. Kennedy
celebrated his birthday with a Democratic fundraiser at Madison Square Garden.
The party drew a crowd of more than 15,000 celebrities and VIPs. Marilyn
Monroe, rumored at the time to be having an affair with the president, appeared at the event to sing her famously sultry version of
"Happy Birthday, Mr. President." Later that night, White House
photographer Cecil Stoughton captured the only existing image of Monroe with
JFK, alongside his brother Bobby Kennedy.
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