the term 420 originated at San Rafael High School, in 1971, among a group of about a dozen pot-smoking wiseacres who called themselves the Waldos, who are now pushing 50. The term was shorthand for the time of day the group would meet, at the campus statue of Louis Pasteur, to smoke pot.
Confidence votes 17. Marilyn Monroe was probably killed (research concludes) because she knew too much about what the Kennedy's were planning in Viet Nam actually Joe Kennedy who had government contracts with munitions plants in the us and was for personal profit interested in Nam.
Death of Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe was found dead on August 5, 1962 at her home in Los Angeles of a barbiturate overdose. She was a major sex symbol and one of the most popular Hollywood stars during the 1950s and early 1960s. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million by 1962.