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April 1, 1815 - Otto von Bismarck, German chancellor, statesman April 1, 1928 - Jane Powell, actress/singer April 1, 1932 - Debbie Reynolds, actress April 1, 1939 - Ali MacGraw, actress April 1, 1947 - David Eisenhower, author, grandson of Pres. Dwight Eisenhower April 1, 1963 - General Hospital premiered on television. April 2, 1513 - Ponce de Leon discovers Florida. April 2, 1805 - Hans Christian Anderson, children's author April 2, 1834 - Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, sculpted the Statue of Liberty April 2, 1908 - Buddy Ebsen, actor April 2, 1914 - Sir Alec Guinness, actor April 2, 1920 - Jack Webb, actor, "Joe Friday "on TV series "Dragnet" April 2, 1939 - Marvin Gaye, singer April 2, 1955 - Dana Carvey, actor, comedian April 3, 1783 - Washington Irving, author April 3, 1924 - Marlon Brando, actor April 3, 1924 - Doris Day, American actress, singer April 3, 1926 - Virgil "Gus" Grissom, astronaut , died in a fire during a simulation aboard Apollo 1 April 3, 1942 - Wayne Newton, singer and actor April 3, 1944 - Tony Orlando, singer April 3, 1958 - Alec Baldwin, American actor April 3, 1961 - Eddie Murphy, American actor, comedian April 3, 1970 - Rick Schroder, actor April 3, 1971 - Picabo Street, Olympic champion skier April 4, 1895 - Arthur Murray, dance studio fame April 4, 1906 - John Cameron Swayze, TV news anchorman April 4, 1915 - Muddy Waters, blues singer April 4, 1924 - Gil Hodges, baseball player, manager April 4, 1926 - Cloris Leachman, actress April 4, 1946 - Craig T. Nelson, actor April 4, 1965 - Robert Downey Jr., actor April 5, 1900 - Spencer Tracy, actor April 5, 1908 - Bette Davis, actress April 5, 1916 - Gregory Peck, actor April 5, 1920 - Arthur Hailey, author April 5, 1934 - Frank Gorshin, actor, comedian April 5, 1937 - Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of State April 5, 1941 - Michael Moriarty, actor April 5, 1949 - Judith Resnick, astronaut, died in the Challenger space shuttle explosion April 6, 1483 - Raphael (Sanzio), Italian painter, architect April 6, 1870 - Oskar Straus, Austrian composer April 6, 1892 - Lowell Thomas, broadcaster, journalist April 6, 1928 - James D. Watson, biochemist, co-discovered the structure of DNA April 6, 1937 - Merle Haggard, singer, songwriter April 6, 1937 - Billy Dee Williams, actor April 6, 1947 - John Ratzenberger, actor April 6, 1952 - Marilu Henner, actress April 6, 1976 - Candace Cameron, actress April 7, 742 - Charlemagne, King of the Franks April 7, 1770 - William Wordsworth, poet, philosopher April 7, 1897 - Walter Winchell, journalist, broadcaster April 7, 1915 - Billie Holiday, jazz singer April 7, 1928 - James Garner, actor April 7, 1933 - Wayne Rogers, actor April 7, 1939 - Francis Ford Coppola, filmmaker April 7, 1951 - Janis Ian, singer, songwriter April 7, 1954 - Jackie Chan, actor April 7, 1964 - Russell Crowe, actor April 8, 563 BC - Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama), religious leader, founded of Buddhism April 8, 1918 - Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States April 8, 1928 - John Gavin, actor April 8, 1938 - Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General April 8, 1940 - John Havlicek, basketball player April 8, 1963 - Julian Lennon, singer, musician, son of John & Cynthia Lennon April 8, 1968 - Patricia Arquette, Oscar winning actress April 9, 1879 - W. C. Fields, actor April 9, 1883 - Frank King, cartoonist, created "Gasoline Alley" April 9, 1926 - Hugh Hefner, publisher of Playboy April 9, 1928 - Tom Lehrer, songwriter April 9, 1939 - Michael Learned, actress April 9, 1954 - Dennis Quaid, actor April 9, 1957 - Seve Ballesteros, golfer April 10, 1794 - Commodore Matthew Perry, opened naval relations with Japan April 10, 1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, journalist, publisher April 10, 1882 - Frances Perkins, first U.S. woman cabinet member- Secretary of Labor April 10, 1915 - Harry Morgan, actor April 10, 1921 - Chuck Connors, actor April 10, 1932 - Omar Sharif, actor April 10, 1936 - John Madden, football coach, sportscaster April 10, 1938 - Don Meredith, football player, sportscaster April 10, 1951 - Steven Seagal, actor April 10, 1982 - Actress, "Grey's Anatomy", "The Practice". April 11, 1913 - Oleg Cassini, fashion designer April 11, 1928 - Ethel Kennedy, wife of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy April 11, 1932 - Joel Grey, actor April 11, 1939 - Louise Lasser, actress , "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" April 11, 1950 - Bill Irwin, actor, choreographer April 12, 1777 - Henry Clay, statesman, Speaker of the House April 12, 1916 - Beverly Cleary, children's author April 12, 1919 - Ann Miller, actress, dancer April 12, 1926 - Jane Withers, actress April 12, 1930 - Tiny Tim, actor, musician, "Tip Toe through the Tulip" April 12, 1947 - Tom Clancy, author April 12, 1947 - David Letterman, TV personality, comedian April 12, 1949 - Scott F. Turow, author April 12, 1950 - David Cassidy, singer, actor April 12, 1956 - Andy Garcia, actor April 12, 1971 - Shannen Doherty, actress, "Beverly Hills 90210" April 12, 1979 - Claire Danes, actress April 13, 1743 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd U. S. President (1801-1809) April 13, 1866 - Butch Cassidy, Wild West outlaw April 13, 1899 - Alfred Butts, invented the board game "Scrabble" April 13, 1923 - Don Adams, TV Actor, "Maxwell Smart" on "Get Smart" April 13, 1945 - Tony Dow, actor played "Wally Cleaver" on television sitcom "Leave it to Beaver". April 13, 1950 - Ron Perlman, actor April 13, 1951 - Peabo Bryson, singer April 13, 1963 - Gary Karsparov, Russian Chess Master April 13, 1970 - Rick Shroefder, Actor, "Silver Spoons", "NYPD Blue". April 14, 1866 - Anne Sullivan, taught Helen Keller April 14, 1925 - Rod Steiger, actor April 14, 1935 - Loretta Lynn, country western singer April 14, 1940 - Julie Christie, actress April 14, 1941 - Pete Rose, baseball player, manager April 14, 1960 - Brad Garrett, Actor, "Robert "on TV series "Everybody Loves Raymond" April 14, 1977 - Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" April 15, 1452 - Leonardo da Vinci, artist, sculptor, inventor April 15, 1741 - Charles Wilson Peale, portrait painter April 15, 1843 - Henry James, novelist, short story writer, critic April 15, 1894 - Nikita Khrushchev, Premier of Soviet Union, Famous Cold War Quote to U.S.: "We will bury You" April 15, 1924 - Henry Mancini, U.S. actor April 15, 1933 - Elizabeth Montgomery, Actress, "Samantha Stevens" on TV series "Bewitched" April 15, 1933 - Roy Clark, singer, musician April 15, 1957 - Evelyn Ashford, Olympic champion, sprinter April 15, 1959 - Emma Thompson, Oscar winning actress April 15, 1971 - Selena Quintanilla, U.S. award winning singer April 15, 1982 - Seth Rogen, actor April 15, 1990 - Emma Thompson, French actress, Harry Potter films, Beauty and the Beast April 16, 1867 - Wilbur Wright, pioneer aviator April 16, 1889 - Charlie Chaplin, comic actor, filmmaker April 16, 1921 - Peter Ustinov, actor April 16, 1924 - Henry Mancini, composer April 16, 1929 - Edie Adams, singer, actress April 16, 1930 - Herbie Mann, jazz musician April 16, 1935 - Bobby Vinton, singer April 16, 1939 - Dusty Springfield, British pop star April 16, 1947 - Kareem Abdul Jabbar, one of the greatest players in NBA history. Born Frederick Lewis Alcindor Jr. April 16, 1952 - Bill Belichick, Head Coach, New England Patriots Superbowl teams. April 16, 1955 - Ellen Barkin, actress April 16, 1971 - Selena Quintanilla, popular Hispanic singer, tragically murdered at peak of career April 17, 1837 - John Pierpont Morgan, financier, philanthropist April 17, 1894 - Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet leader, famous quote: "We will bury you!" April 17, 1897 - Thornton Wilder, playwright, novelist April 17, 1918 - William Holden, actor April 17, 1923 - Harry Reasoner, TV anchorman, journalist April 17, 1961 - Norman "Boomer" Esiason, NFL Quarterback April 17, 1972 - Jennifer Garner, Actress, "Sidney Bristow" on TV series "Alias" April 17, 1974 - Victoria Addams, singer, "Posh Spice" of Spice Girls April 18, 1857 - Clarence Darrow, attorney April 18, 1922 - Barbara Hale, actress April 18, 1946 - Jim "Catfish" Hunter, baseball pitcher April 18, 1946 - Hayley Mills, actress April 18, 1947 - Dorothy Lyman, actress April 18, 1953 - Rick Moranis, actor, "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" April 18, 1963 - Conan O'Brien, TV late night talk show April 18, 1992 - Cloe Bennet, actress played in "Agents of "S.H.I.E.L.D." April 19, 1903 - Eliot Ness, American Lawman April 19, 1912 - Glenn T. Seaborg, chemist, discovered plutonium April 19, 1925 - Hugh O'Brien, actor April 19, 1935 - Dudley Moore, actor April 19, 1962 - Al Unser Jr., auto racer April 19, 1968 - Ashley Judd, actress April 19, 1979 - Kate Hudson, actress April 20, 1889 - Adolf Hitler, Nazi dictator of Germany April 20, 1908 - Lionel Hampton, bandleader, musician April 20, 1941 - Ryan O'Neal, actor April 20, 1949 - Jessica Lange, Oscar winning actress April 20, 1951 - Luther Vandross, singer, songwriter April 20, 19770 - Shemar Moore, actor, "S.W.A.T.", "Criminal Minds" April 20, 1973 - Carmen Electra, actress , "Baywatch" April 21, 1915 - Anthony Quinn, actor April 21, 1926 - Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of England April 21, 1935 - Charles Grodin, actor April 21, 1951 - Tony Danza, actor April 21, 1782 - Friedrich Froebel, started the first Kindergarten in Germany in 1837. April 21, 1958 - Andie MacDowell, actress, model April 21, 1961 - Don Mattingly, baseball player April 22, 1908 - Eddie Albert, actor April 22, 1928 - Aaron Spelling, TV writer, producer April 22, 1936 - Glen Campbell, singer April 22, 1936 - Jack Nicholson, Oscar winning actor, director, producer, writer April 22, 1939 - Jason Miller, playwright, actor April 22, 1950 - Peter Frampton, singer April 23, 1564 - William Shakespeare, playwright, poet. Died: April 23, 1616. April 23, 1791 - James Buchanan, 15th U.S. President (1857-1861) April 23, 1928 - Shirley Temple Black, child actress, diplomat April 23, 1936 - Roy Orbison, singer April 23, 1940 - Lee Majors, actor, "Six Million Dollar Man" April 23, 1942 - Sandra Dee, actress April 23, 1960 - Valerie Bertinelli, actress, "One Day at a Time" April 23, 1961 - George Lopez, actor and comedian April 24, 1766 - Robert Bailey Thomas, founder & editor of "The Farmer's Almanac" April 24, 1884 - Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese Naval Commander who led invasion of Pearl Harbor, starting WWII. April 24, 1905 - Robert Penn Warren, poet, novelist April 24, 1934 - Shirley MacLaine, actress, dancer April 24, 1942 - Barbra Streisand, actress, director, singer April 24, 1955 - Michael O'Keefe, actor April 24, 1982 - Kelly Clarkson, First "American Idol" winner April 25, 1874 - Guglielmo Marconi, inventor, wireless telegraphy April 25, 1906 - William J. Brennan Jr., Supreme Court justice April 25, 1917 - Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer April 25, 1932 - Meadowlark Lemon, basketball player, Harlem Globetrotters April 25, 1940 - Al Pacino, actor April 25, 1969 - Renee Zellweger, Oscar winning actress April 26, 1564 - William Shakespeare, English writer and actor April 26, 1785 - John James Audubon, artist, naturalist April 26, 1798 - Eugene Delacroix, painter April 26, 1822 - Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape architect, park designer April 26, 1894 - Rudolf Hess, Nazi leader April 26, 1900 - Charles Francis Richter, physicist, seismologist, developed Richter scale April 26, 1936 - Carol Burnett, actress, comedian April 26, 1942 - Bobby Rydell, singer Aoruk 26, 1965 - Kevin James, U.S. actor, starred in "King of Queens" April 26, 1970 - Melania Trump, Slovenian super model, First Lady of the United States of America April 27, 1521 - Ferdinand Magelan, Portuguese explorer April 27, 1791 - Samuel Morse, invented magnetic telegraph April 27, 1822 - Ulysses S. Grant, 18th U.S. President, Civil War general (1869-1877) April 27, 1896 - Rogers Hornsby, baseball player April 27, 1922 - Jack Klugman, actor April 27, 1927 - Coretta Scott King, civil rights leader, wife of Martin Luther King Jr. April 27, 1932 - Casey Kasem, radio personality April 27, 1937 - Sandy Dennis, actress April 27, 1959 - Sheena Easton, singer April 28, 1758 - James Monroe, 5th U.S. President (1817-1825) April 28, 1878 - Lionel Barrymore, actor April 28, 1937- Saddam Hussein, Iraqi president April 28, 1941 - Ann-Margret, actress, singer April 28, 1950 - Jay Leno, TV comedian, "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" April 28, 1974 - Penelope Cruz - Oscar winning actress April 28, 1981 - Jessica Alba, actress, "Sin City". April 29, 1727 -Jean-Georges Noverre, creator of the modern ballet. April 29, 1863 - William Randolph Hearst, newspaper editor, publisher April 29, 1899 - Duke Ellington, jazz musician, bandleader April 29, 1901 - Emperor Hirohito, emperor of Japan during World War II April 29, 1915 - Donald Mills, singer and member of the Mills Brothers April 29, 1938 - Bernie Madoff, American businessman, investor, stock broker, convicted of major Ponzi scheme, bilking thousands of people. April 29, 1951 - Dale Earnhardt, auto racer April 29, 1954 - Jerry Seinfeld, actor, comedian April 29, 1958- Michelle Pfeiffer, actress April 29, 1970 - Andre Agassi, tennis champion April 29, 1970 -Uma Thurman, actress, "Pulp Fiction" April 30, 1933 - Willie Nelson, country singer April 30, 1938 - Gary Collins, actor April 30, 1945 - Michael J. Smith, astronaut, died in Challenger space shuttle explosion April 30, 1948 - Perry King, actor April 30, 1961 - Isaiah Thomas, NBA basketball player April 30, 1975 - John Galecki, actor, played son Rusty in "Christmas Vacation" movie, Leonard on TV series "Big Bang Theory" April 30, 1981 - Kunal Nayyar, Indian-English actor, played "Raj Koothrappali" on TV series "Big Bang Theory" April 30, 1982 - Kirsten Dunst, actress
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