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 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 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.”
April 15
Happy Birthday Linda Bloodworth-Thomason-65 Heloise Cruse-61 Emma Thompson-53 Samantha Fox-46 Seth Rogen-30 Emma Watson-22 ; 1850 The city of San Francisco was incorporated. ; 1912, the British luxury liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg. About 1,500 people died.
April 14
Happy Birthday RIP Sir John Gielgud(1904-2000) Loretta Lynn Webb-80 Pete Rose-71 Brad Garrett Gertstenfeld-52 Anthony Michael Hall-44 Adrian Brody-39 Sarah Michelle Gellar-35 ; 1865, President Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth while attending the comedy “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C.
April 13
Happy Birthday RIP Don Adams (1923-2005) Lyle Waggoner-77 Paul Sorvino-73 Tony Dow-67 Ron Perlman-62 William Sadler-62 Robert Peabo Bryson-61 Caroline Rhea-48 Ricky Schroder-42 ; 1870 The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded. ; 1902 – James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.