Happy Birthday RIP “Eve Arden”(Eunice Quedens 1908–1990) “Al Lewis”(Alexander Meister 1923–2006) Gary Collins(1938–2012) ; Cloris Leachman–87 Willie Nelson–80 Adrian Pasdar–48 Jeff Timmons–40 Johnny Galecki–38 Kirsten Dunst–31 Dianna Agron–27 ; 1900 – Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor
April 29
Happy Birthday RIP Edward “Duke” Ellington(1899–1974) ; Richard Klein–69 Nora Dunn–61 Jerome “Jerry” Seinfeld–59 Leslie Jordan–58 Katherine “Kate” Mulgrew–58 Daniel Day-Lewis–56 Michelle Pfeiffer–55 Eve Plumb–55 Uma Thurman–43 Andre Agassi–43 ; 1996 – The musical “Rent” opened on Broadway
April 28
Happy Birthday RIP Carolyn Jones(1930–1983) Lionel Barrymore(1878–1954) ; Ann-Margret Olsson–72 James “Jay” Leno–63 Mary McDonnell–61 Jorge Garcia–40 Penélope Cruz Sánchez–39 Jessica Alba–32 ; 1932 – A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans
April 26
Happy Birthday Carol Burnett–80 Jet Li Lian Jie( 李連杰) –50 Kevin George “James” Knipfing–48 Thomas “Tom” Welling–36 Channing Tatum–33 : 1986 – the world’s worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl plant in the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire in the No. 4 reactor sent radioactivity into the atmosphere; at least 31 Soviets died immediately.
April 24
Happy Birthday Shirley MacLean Beatty–79 Barabra Joan Streisand–71 Richard M. Daley–71 Jean-Paul Gaultier–61 Djimon Hounsou–49 Eric Balfour–36 Kelly Clarkson–31 ; 1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 USD to purchase “such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress”
April 22
Happy Birthday RIP Edward Albert Heimberger(1906–2005) Aaron Spelling (1923–2006) Bettie Page(1923–2008) ; Charlotte Rae Lubotsky–87 Glen Campbell–77 John “Jack” Nicholson–76 John Waters–67 Peter Frampton–63 Catherine Mary Stewart(Nursall)–54 Ryan Stiles–54 Byron Allen Folks–52 Jeffrey Dean Morgan–47 ; 1864 – The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
April 21
Happy Birthday Queen Elizabeth Mary Windsor–87 Charles Grodinsky–78 James Osterberg(“Iggy Pop”)–66 Patti LuPone–64 Anthony Iadanza(“Tony Danza”)–62 Rosalie “Andie” MacDowell–55 Robert Smith–54 John Cameron Mitchell–50 Nicole Sullivan–43 James McAvoy–34 ; 1789 – John Adams was sworn in as the first vice president of the United States.