Happy Birthday Herbie Hancock-72 Ed O’Neill-66 Tom Clancy-65 David Letterman-65 David Cassidy-62 Nicholas Brendon-41 Shannen Doherty-41 Claire Danes-33 ; 1606 England adopted the Union Jack as its flag.

Happy Birthday Ethel Skakel Kennedy-84 Joel Grey Katz-80 Meshach Taylor-65 Lisa Stansfield-46 ; 1921 Iowa became the first state to impose a cigarette tax.

Happy Birthday RIP Harry Morgan Bratsberg (1915-2011)  Max von Sydow-83 Omar Sharif-80 Steven Seagal-60 Brian Setzer-53 Katrina Leskanich-52 Michael Pitt-31 Haley Joel Osment-24 ; 1866 The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was incorporated.

Happy Birthday Hugh Hefner-86 Michael Learned-73 Dennis Quaid-58 Cynthia Nixon-46 Jenna Jameson-36 Keshia Knight Pulliam-33 Elle Fanning-14

Happy Birthday RIP Betty Ford(1918-2011)  Shecky Greene-86 John Schneider-52 Jeffrey “Izzy” Isbell-50 Julian Lennon-49 Patricia Arquette-44 Emma Caulfield-39 ; 1513 Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain. ;  Happy Easter Sunday

Happy Birthday James Bumgarner-84 Wayne Rogers-79 Jerry Brown-74 Francis Ford Coppola-73 John Oates-63 Jackie Chan-58 Russell Crowe-48 ; 1967 – Film critic Roger Ebert published his very first film review in the Chicago Sun-Times.

Happy Birthday Merle Haggard-75 Billy December Williams Jr.-75 John Ratzenberger-65 Patricka Davidson Darbo-64 Mary Lucy Henner-60 Paul Rudd-43 Zach Braff-37 ; 1896 The first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece.

Happy Birthday RIP Spencer Tracy(1900-1967) Gregory Peck(1916-2003) Bette Davis(1908-1989 ) ; Colin Powell-75 Maxwell Gail-69 Agnetha Fältskog-62 Thea Gill-42 Jason Done-39 ; Dancing Queen

Happy Birthday RIP Heath Andrew Ledger(1979-2008)  Estelle Nussbaum Harris-83 Craig T. Nelson-68 Hugo Weaving-52 Graham Norton Walker-48 Robert Downey Jr.-47 Nancy McKeon-46 ; 1850 The city of Los Angeles was incorporated. ; 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

Happy Birthday  RIP Marlon Brando(1924-2004)  Doris Day-89 Jane Goodall-78 Marsha Mason-70 Wayne Newton-70 Tony Orlando-68 Alec Baldwin-54 Eddie Murphy-51 ; 1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins.