The Battle of Guadalcanal. The Battle of Guadalcanal took place in 1942 when the US Marines landed on August 7th. The landing at Guadalcanal was unopposed â but it took the Americans six months to defeat the Japanese in what was to turn into a classic battle of attrition.
Marilyn Monroe won three Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture Actress in Comedy or Musical for Some Like It Hot (1960) World Film Favorite Female (1953) World Film Favorit â¦ e Female (1962) She was also nominated for another Golden Globe for: Best Motion Picture Actress in Comedy or Musical for Bus Stop (1956).
She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress four times, for Stella Dallas (1937), Ball of Fire (1941), Double Indemnity (1944) and Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). For her television work, she won three Emmy Awards, for The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961), The Big Valley (1966) and The Thorn Birds (1983). The Thorn Birds also won her a Golden Globe. She received an Honorary Oscar at the 1982 Academy Award ceremony and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1986.