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April 6

Happy Birthday Billy December Williams–76 Merle Haggard–76 John Ratzenberger–66 Patrika Darbo–65 Mary Lucy Henner–61 Paul Rudd–44 Anders Jensen–41 Zach Braff–38 Candace Cameron–37 ; 1896 – In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games

April 5

Happy Birthday RIP Eldred Gregory Peck(1916–2003) Ruth “Bette” Davis(1908–1989) Spencer Tracy(1900–1967) ; Colin Powell–76 Maxwell Gail–70 Agnetha Fältskog–63 Thea Gill–43 Pharrell Williams–40 ; 1792 – U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.

April 4

Happy Birthday RIP Heath Ledger(1979–2008) Anthony Perkins(1932–1992) Daniel David White(1916–1990) ; Estelle Nussbaum(“Harris”)–85 Craig T. Nelson–69 Hugo Weaving–53 Graham Walker(“Norton”)–50 David Cross–49 Robert Downey Jr–48 Nancy McKeon–47 James Rodriguez(“Roday”)–37; 1850  – The city of Los Angeles was incorporated ; 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

April 3

Happy Birthday  RIP Marlon Brando(1924–2004) ; Doris Kappelhoff(“Doris Day”)–90 Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall–79 Marsha Mason–71 Carson “Wayne” Newton–71 Michael Orlando Cassavitis(“Tony Orlando”)–69 Alexander “Alec” Baldwin III–55 David Hyde Pierce–54 Edward “Eddie” Murphy–52 Jamie Bamber Griffith–40 ; 1860–The Pony Express began service between St. Joseph, Mo., and Sacramento, Calif.

April 2

Happy Birthday RIP Alec Guinness de Cuffe(1914–2000) Christian “Buddy” Ebsen(1908–2003) Ron Paolillo(1949–2012) Marvin Gaye(1939–1984) ; Emmylou Harris–66 Chris Meloni–52 Michael Fassbender–36 Aiden Turner–36 ; 1956 – As The World Turns debuts on CBS-TV

April 1

Happy Birthday RIP Leonidas “Lon” Chaney(1883–1930) Gordon Jump(1932–2003) ; Mary “Debbie” Reynolds–81 Elizabeth “Ali” MacGraw–75 Barry Sonnenfeld–60 Susan Boyle–52 Rachel Maddow–40 Sam Huntington–31 Matt Lanter–30 Hillary Scott–27 ; 1970 – President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General’s warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio in the United States

March 31

Happy Birthday RIP Cesar Chavez(1927–1993) Anne “Liz” Claiborne(1929–2007) ; George Richard Chamberlain–79 Shirley Jones–79 Herbert Alpert–78 Ronald “Christopher” Walken–70 Gabe Kaplan–68  Albert Gore Jr.–65 Rhea Perlman–65 William McNamara–48 Ewan McGregor–42 ; 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.

March 30

Happy Birthday RIP Vincent van Gogh(1853–1890) ; “Peter Marshall”(Ralph LaCock)–87 John Astin–83 Henry Warren Beaty–76 Eric Clapton–68 Paul Reiser–56 Ian Ziering–49 Tracy Chapman–49 Céline Dion–45 Mark Consuelos–42 Geetali Norah Jones Shankar–34 Jason Dohring–31 ; 1964 – The TV game show “Jeopardy!” premiered on NBC

March 29

Happy Birthday RIP Pearl Bailey(1918–1990) ; Judith Guest–77 Evangelos “Vangelis” Papathanassiou–70 Eric Idle–70 Marina Sirtis–55 “Perry Farrell”(Peretz Bernstein)–54 Amy Sedaris–52 “Elle Macpherson”(Eleanor Gow)–49 Michel Hazanavicius–46 “Lucy Lawless”(Lucille Ryan)–45 ; 1973 – the last United States troops left South Vietnam, ending America’s direct military involvement in the Vietnam War.

March 28

Happy Birthday Dianne Wiest–65 Reba McEntire–58 Bart Conner–55 Vince Vaughn–44 Julia Stiles–32 Stefani Germanotta(“Lady Gaga”)–27 ; 1979 – America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred inside the Unit Two reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Penn.