History Blog

April 18

Happy Birthday RIP Clarence Darrow(1857–1938) Robert “Bob” Hastings(1925–2014) Barbara Hale(1922–2017) ; Hayley Mills–77 James Woods–76 Frederick “Rick” Moranis–70 Eric Roberts–67 Jane Leeves–62 Eric McCormack–60 Conan O’Brien–60 David Tennant(McDonald)–52 Eli Roth–51 Sean Maguire–47 Melissa Joan Hart–47 Aliah Shawkat–34 Brittany Robertson–33 ; 1923 – Yankee Stadium, “The House that Ruth Built”, opens ; 1924 – Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book