![]() Following that, on 16th August 1933, Robert Baker, Gladys’ son, died of tuberculosis of the kidneys. Firstly, on 26th May 1933, Gladys’ grandfather, Tilford Hogan, hanged himself in a barn while his wife was out shopping. Shortly after Norma Jeane moved in with her mother two shocking events combined to send Gladys into a tailspin. Gifford resembled Clark Gable, which would in part explain Marilyn’s love of the actor, and a young Norma Jeane used to dream of having her father with her. Gladys had a photograph of Gifford hanging up in the house and Norma Jeane used to gaze at it in wonder. The slightest noise, even the turning pages of a book, would irritate Gladys, and she was known to regularly tell the child to be quiet. Growing up Gladys must have seemed strange to Norma Jeane. In 1933 Gladys decided to bring Norma Jeane to live with her. Gladys would not hear of him even seeing the child, let alone taking her away, and, given the situation with her first husband taking her older two children, it’s most likely the idea horrified her. In the few weeks and months after her birth, Gifford attempted to see his daughter, even suggesting that he would raise the child himself when he heard Norma Jeane was in foster care. When, eventually she did move in with Grace McKee on a more permanent basis, Gladys tried to see Norma Jeane most weekends. Gladys had to go back to work but would stay with the Bolenders when possible. Many have speculated that Gladys abandoned Norma Jeane at this point but this isn’t true. Following the birth Gladys gave the baby her estranged husband’s name, purely for respectability, and moved in with the Bolenders, a fostering family living just opposite the Monroe home. Gifford did not attend the hospital which upset Gladys, who was hopeful of starting a new family with him. On 1st June 1926, Gladys gave birth to a baby girl who she named Norma Jeane. Gladys never visited with the family again. Following a visit to the family home, Gifford was told to either marry Gladys or do something about it. ![]() Gifford’s family were also less than pleased, given Gifford had been married with children prior to this and had walked out on his family. Della Monroe, Gladys’ mother, was unhappy about yet another illegitimate pregnancy. Though her new husband was very much in love with her, the same could not be said for Gladys, and soon she fell for one of her bosses at Consolisdated Films, a 25 year old divorcee named Charles Stanley Gifford.īy May 1925 Gladys had left Mortensen for Gifford and by the following Autumn was pregnant with their first child. However, on 11th October 1924, Gladys shocked everyone when she suddenly married Edward Mortensen. While some computer systems and software did have problems, the panic was unfounded and computer life went on.On her return to Los Angeles and with the beginning of her friendship with Grace McKee, Gladys Baker started going out dancing and dating, leading to the two women having a reputation amongst their male co-workers. In 1999, at the age of 66 years old, Maybelle was alive when the fear that Y2K (year 2000) would cause the failure of computers worldwide when clocks didn't properly update to January 1st, 2000 became near panic. One student died, one was blinded, 128 were injured. ![]() Berkeley students at a protest for People's Park. The previous year, on May 15th, Alameda County Sheriffs used shotguns against U.C. There had been precedent for the killing of American college students. ![]() The students were at a peaceful demonstration protesting the invasion of Cambodia by US forces. ![]() In 1970, at the age of 37 years old, Maybelle was alive when on May 4th, four students at Kent State University in Ohio were shot and killed by National Guardsmen. His eldest daughter, age 25, immediately ascended the throne as Elizabeth II and her coronation was on June 2 1953. In 1952, Maybelle was 19 years old when on February 6th, George VI of England died from a coronary thrombosis and complications due to lung cancer. The next day, newspapers, in writing about the event, first used the word "telethon." It raised $1,100,000 for cancer research and lasted 16 hours. In 1949, she was 16 years old when comedian Milton Berle hosted the first telethon show. South Carolina was the only state to reject the Amendment. The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." Alcohol was legal again! It was the only amendment to the Constitution approved for the explicit purpose of repealing a previously existing amendment. In 1933, in the year that Maybelle Baker was born, on December 5th, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Maybelle's lifetime. ![]()
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