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April 25

Happy Birthday RIP Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) ; George “Meadowlark” Lemon III–83 Alfredo “Al” Pacino–75 Henry “Hank” Azaria–51 Andrew “Andy” Bell–51 Renée Zellweger–46 Jason Wiles–45 ; 1972 – Polaroid Corp. introduced its SX-70 folding camera, which ejected self-developing photographs.

April 24

Happy Birthday Shirley MacLean Beatty–81 Barbra Joan Streisand–73 Richard M. Daley–73 Jean-Paul Gaultier–63 Djimon Hounsou–51 Aidan Gillen(Murphy )–47 Eric Balfour–38 Kelly Clarkson–33 ; 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–85 Harvey Lee Yeary(“Lee Majors”)–76 Joyce DeWitt–66 Michael Moore–61 Valerie Bertinelli–55 George Lopez–54 Jacob Taio Cruz–30 ; 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) ; Charlotte Rae Lubotsky–89 Glen Campbell–79 John “Jack” Nicholson–78 John Waters Jr–69 Peter Frampton–65 Catherine Mary Stewart(Nursall)–56 Ryan Stiles–56 Byron Allen Folks–54 Jeffrey Dean Morgan–49 ; 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 WWW tool).

April 21

Happy Birthday HRH Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor–89 Charles Grodinsky–80 James Osterberg(“Iggy Pop”)–68 Patti LuPone–66 Anthony Iadanza(“Tony Danza”)–64 Rosalie “Andie” MacDowell–57 Robert Smith–56 John Cameron Mitchell–52 Nicole Sullivan–45 James McAvoy–36 Dylan Bruce–35 ; 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)–78 Charles “Ryan” O’Neal III–74 Jessica Lange–66 Crispin Glover–51 “Carmen Electra”(Tara Patrick)–43 Joseph “Joey” Lawrence Mignogna Jr–39 ; 1916 – The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently 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)–90 Timothy Curry–69 Anne Paloma Ruiz-Picasso y Gilot–66 Ashley Ciminella(“Judd”)–47 James Franco–37 Kate Hudson–36 Hayden Christensen–34 ; 1927 – Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex ; 1971 – Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted life imprisonment) for conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders

April 18

Happy Birthday RIP Clarence Darrow(1857–1938) Robert “Bob” Hastings(1925–2014) ; Barbara Hale–93 Hayley Mills–69 James Woods–68 Frederick “Rick” Moranis–62 Eric Roberts–59 Jane Leeves–54 Eric McCormack–52 Conan O’Brien–52 David Tennant(McDonald)–44 Eli Roth–43 Sean Maguire–39 Melissa Joan Hart–39 ; 1906 – a major earthquake struck San Francisco and set off raging fires. More than 3,000 people died ; 1923 – Yankee Stadium, “The House that Ruth Built”, opens ; 1924 – Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book

April 17

Happy Birthday RIP William Holden(Beedle Jr 1918–1981) Donald Kirshner(1934–2011) John Pierpont Morgan(1837–1913) ; Michael Sembello–61 Shaun Bean–56 Elizabeth “Liz” Phair–48 Jennifer Garner-Affleck–43 Victoria Adams-Beckham–41 ; 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 Elizabeth Montgomery(1933–1995) ; Linda Bloodworth-Thomason–68 Heloise Cruse Evans–64 Emma Thompson–56 Samantha Fox–49 Seth Rogen–33 Emma Watson–25 Margaret “Maisie” Williams–18 ; 1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.