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April 25

Happy Birthday RIP Ella Fitzgerald(1917-1996) George “Meadowlark” Lemon-80 Alfredo Pacino-72 Björn Ulvaeus-67 Herny “Hank” Azaria-48 Andy Bell-48 Renee Zellweger-43 ; 1901 New York became the first state to require automobile license plates.

April 24

Happy Birthday Shirley MacLaine-78 Barbara Streisand-70 Djimon Hounsou-48 Kelly Clarkson-30 ; 1704 – The first regular newspaper in the United States, the News-Letter, is published in Boston, Massachusetts.

April 23

Happy Birthday Shirley Temple Black-84 Alan Oppenheimer-82 Harvey Lee Yeary(Lee Majors)-73  Joyce DeWitt-63 Michael Moore-58 Valerie Bertinelli-52 Jacob Taio Cruz-29 ; 1635 – The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.

April 22

Happy Birthday RIP Eddie Albert Heimberger(1906-2005)  Charlotte Rae Lubotsky-86 John “Jack” Nicholson-75 John Waters-66 Peter Frampton-62 Ryan Stiles-53 Byron Allen Folks-51 Jeffrey Dean Morgan-46 ; 1864 Congress authorized the use of the phrase “In God We Trust” on U.S. coins.

April 21

Happy Birthday Queen Elizabeth Windsor-86 Iggy Pop(James Ostenberg)-65 Patti LuPone-63 Tony Iadanza-61 Rosalie Andie MacDowell-54 Robert Smith-53 John Cameron Mitchell-49 James McAvoy-33 ; 1989 – Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang

April 20

Happy Birthday George Takei-75 Ryan O’Neal-71 Jessica Lange-63 Carmen Electra-40 Joey Lawrence Mignogna-36 ; 1836 – U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.

April 19

Happy Birthday Tim Curry-66 Ashley Judd Ciminella-44 James Franco-34 Kate Hudson-33 Hayden Christensen-31  ; 1995, a truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring 500. (Timothy McVeigh was later convicted of federal murder charges and executed.)

April 18

Happy Birthday James Woods-65 Rick Moranis-59 Eric McCormack-49 Conan O’Brien-49 ; 1906 – An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California. ; 1923 – Yankee Stadium opens. ; 1924 – Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book.

April 17

Happy Birthday RIP William Holden(1918-1981)  Michael Sembello-58 Sean Bean-53 William Mapother-47 Liz Phair-45 Jennifer Garner-40  Victoria Beckham-38 ; 1964 The Ford Motor Co. unveiled the Mustang. 

April 16

Happy Birthday RIP Sir Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)  Stanley Bobby Vinton-77 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-65 Ellen Barkin-58 Jon Cryer-47 Martin Lawrence-47 ; 1962 Walter Cronkite succeeded Douglas Edwards as anchorman of “The CBS Evening News.”