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Norma Jeane, the famous actress more commonly known as Marilyn Monroe, was married three times.

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One of her husbands was Joe DiMaggio, a former centerfielder for the New York Yankees.

At first, Marilyn didn’t want to meet DiMaggio, thinking that he was a stereotypical arrogant athlete. Her opinion obviously changed with time, before they eloped at San Francisco City Hall on 14 January 1954.

However, even if they looked perfect together, their marriage was far from perfect.

After the famous skirt scene in The Seven Year Itch was filmed on 14 September 1954, an incident between the couple occurred. It’s assumed that the couple had a shouting match in the theater lobby. A month later, the couple divorced. Marilyn’s attorney filed for divorce on grounds of mental cruelty only nine months after the wedding.

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