History Blog

April 18

Happy Birthday RIP Clarence Darrow(1857–1938) Robert “Bob” Hastings(1925–2014) Barbara Hale(1922–2017) ; Hayley Mills–78 James Woods–77 Frederick “Rick” Moranis–71 Eric Roberts–68 Jane Leeves–63 Eric McCormack–61 Conan O’Brien–61 David Tennant(McDonald)–53 Eli Roth–52 Sean Maguire–48 Melissa Joan Hart–48 Aliah Shawkat–35 Brittany Robertson–34 ; 1923 – Yankee Stadium, “The House that Ruth Built”, opens ; 1924 – Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book