History Blog

April 18

Happy Birthday RIP Clarence Darrow(1857–1938) Robert “Bob” Hastings(1925–2014) Barbara Hale(1922–2017) ; Hayley Mills–72 James Woods–71 Frederick “Rick” Moranis–65 Eric Roberts–62 Jane Leeves–57 Eric McCormack–55 Conan O’Brien–55 David Tennant(McDonald)–47 Eli Roth–46 Sean Maguire–42 Melissa Joan Hart–42 Brittany Robertson–28 ; 1923 – Yankee Stadium, “The House that Ruth Built”, opens ; 1924 – Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book