History Blog

April 18

Happy Birthday RIP Clarence Darrow(1857–1938) Robert “Bob” Hastings(1925–2014) Barbara Hale(1922–2017) ; Hayley Mills–76 James Woods–75 Frederick “Rick” Moranis–69 Eric Roberts–66 Jane Leeves–61 Eric McCormack–59 Conan O’Brien–59 David Tennant(McDonald)–51 Eli Roth–50 Sean Maguire–46 Melissa Joan Hart–46 Aliah Shawkat–33 Brittany Robertson–32 ; 1923 – Yankee Stadium, “The House that Ruth Built”, opens ; 1924 – Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book