History Blog

April 18

Happy Birthday RIP Clarence Darrow(1857–1938) Robert “Bob” Hastings(1925–2014) Barbara Hale(1922–2017) ; Hayley Mills–75 James Woods–74 Frederick “Rick” Moranis–68 Eric Roberts–65 Jane Leeves–60 Eric McCormack–58 Conan O’Brien–58 David Tennant(McDonald)–50 Eli Roth–49 Sean Maguire–45 Melissa Joan Hart–45 Aliah Shawkat–32 Brittany Robertson–21 ; 1923 – Yankee Stadium, “The House that Ruth Built”, opens ; 1924 – Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book