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April 25

Happy Birthday RIP Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) George “Meadowlark” Lemon III(1932–2015) ; Alfredo “Al” Pacino–79 Henry “Hank” Azaria–55 Andrew “Andy” Bell–55 Renée Zellweger–50 Jason Wiles–49 ; 1972 – Polaroid Corp. introduced its SX-70 folding camera, which ejected self-developing photographs

April 24

Happy Birthday Shirley MacLean Beaty–85 Barabra Joan Streisand–77 Richard M. Daley–77 Jean-Paul Gaultier–67 Djimon Hounsou–55 Rory McCann–50 Aidan Gillen(Murphy)–51 Eric Balfour–42 Kelly Clarkson–37 ; 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 23

Happy Birthday RIP William Shakespeare(1564–1616) Roy Orbison(1936–1988) Hervé Villechaize(1943–1993) Shirley Temple Black(1928–2014) “Sandra Dee”(Alexandra Zuck 1942–2005) ; Alan Oppenheimer–89 Harvey Lee Yeary(“Lee Majors”)–80 Joyce DeWitt–70 Michael Moore–65 Valerie Bertinelli–59 George Lopez–58 John Hannah–57 Daniel “DB” Weiss–48 John Cena–42 John Oliver–42 Jacob Taio Cruz–34 ; 1635 – The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts ; 2005 – First YouTube video uploaded, titled “Me at the zoo”

April 22

Happy Birthday RIP Jason Miller(1939–2001) Edward “Eddie” Albert Heimberger(1906–2005) Aaron Spelling(1923–2006) Betty “Bettie” Page(1923–2008) Glen Campbell(1936–2017) Charlotte Rae Lubotsky(1926–2018) ; John “Jack” Nicholson–82 John Waters Jr–73 Peter Frampton–69 Catherine Mary Stewart(Nursall)–60 Ryan Stiles–60 Byron Allen Folks–58 Jeffrey Dean Morgan–53 ; 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 ; 1993 – Version 1.0 of the Mosaic web browser is released by NCSA University of Illinois at Urbana (first web browser)

April 21

Happy Birthday HRH Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor–93 Charles Grodinsky–84 James Osterberg(“Iggy Pop”)–72 Patti LuPone–70 Anthony Iadanza(“Tony Danza”)–68 Rosalie “Andie” MacDowell–61 Robert Smith–60 John Cameron Mitchell–56 Nicole Sullivan–49 James McAvoy–40 Dylan Bruce–39 ; 1989 – Tiananmen Square Protests: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang

April 20

Happy Birthday RIP Luther Vandross Jr(1951–2005) ; Hosato “George” Takei(武井 穂郷)–82 Charles “Ryan” O’Neal III–78 Jessica Lange–70 Crispin Glover–55 Andrew Serkis–55 “Carmen Electra”(Tara Patrick)–47 Joseph “Joey” Lawrence Mignogna Jr–43 ; 1916 – The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (renamed Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings

April 19

Happy Birthday RIP Vera Palmer(“Jayne Mansfield” 1933–1967) Richard Cox(“Dick Sargent” 1930–1994) Dudley Moore(1935–2002) Hugh O’Brian(Krampe 1925–2016) ; Timothy Curry–73 Anne Paloma Ruiz-Picasso y Gilot–70 Ashley Ciminella(“Judd”)–51 James Franco–41 Kate Hudson–40 Hayden Christensen–38 ; 1927 – Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play “Sex” ; 1971 – Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later it is commuted to life imprisonment) for conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders

April 17

Happy Birthday RIP William Holden(Beedle Jr 1918–1981) Donald Kirshner(1934–2011) John Pierpont Morgan(1837–1913) ; Michael Sembello–65 Shaun Bean–60 Elizabeth “Liz” Phair–52 Jennifer Garner-Affleck–47 Victoria Adams-Beckham–45 ; 1937 – Daffy Duck’s first appearance, in Porky’s Duck Hunt ; 1969 – Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy

April 16

Happy Birthday RIP Sir Charles Chaplin (1889–1977) Enrico “Henry” Mancini(1924–1994) ; Stanley “Bobby” Vinton Jr–84 “Kareem Abdul-Jabbar”(Ferdinand Alcindor Jr)–72 Ellen Barkin–65 Jonathan Cryer–54 Martin Lawrence–54 Peter Billingsley-Michaelsen–48 Lukas Haas–43 ; 1962 – Walter Cronkite takes over as the lead news anchor of the CBS Evening News, during which time he would become “the most trusted man in America”

April 15

Happy Birthday RIP Elizabeth Montgomery(1933–1995) Roy Clark(1933–2018) ; Linda Bloodworth-Thomason–72 Heloise Cruse Evans–68 Emma Thompson–60 Samantha Fox–53 Seth Rogen–37 Emma Watson–29 Margaret “Maisie” Williams–22 ; 1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 220am Eastern Time about two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg approx 1140pm. Charles Lightoller claimed that the helmsman Robert Hitchens initially panicked and turned the rudder the wrong way and that subsequently Bruce Ismay ordered the boat to continue “Slow Ahead” in the belief that Titanic was unsinkable but this was kept secret for insurance reasons. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.