History Blog

April 18

Happy Birthday RIP Clarence Darrow(1857–1938) Robert “Bob” Hastings(1925–2014) Barbara Hale(1922–2017) ; Hayley Mills–74 James Woods–73 Frederick “Rick” Moranis–67 Eric Roberts–64 Jane Leeves–59 Eric McCormack–57 Conan O’Brien–57 David Tennant(McDonald)–49 Eli Roth–48 Sean Maguire–44 Melissa Joan Hart–44 Aliah Shawkat–31 Brittany Robertson–20 ; 1923 – Yankee Stadium, “The House that Ruth Built”, opens ; 1924 – Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book