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.
April 10
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.
April 8
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
April 7
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.
April 5
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
April 4
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.