April 23
1616 - Playwright William Shakespeare died in Stratford-on-Avon, England.
1616 - Spanish poet Cervantes died in Madrid.
1789 - President-elect George Washington and his wife moved into the first executive mansion, the Franklin House in New York City.
1791 - James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
1898 - Spain declared war on the United States, which responded in kind two days later.
1928 - Child actress Shirley Temple was born in Santa Monica, California.
1940 - About 200 people died in a dance-hall fire in Natchez, Mississippi.
1943 - U.S. Navy Lt. John F. Kennedy assumed command of PT-109, a motor torpedo boat, in the Solomon Islands, during World War II. (On Aug. 2, 1943, PT-109 was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, killing two crew members; Kennedy and 10 others survived.)
1968 - More than 300 leftist Columbia students barricaded the office of the college dean and began a weeklong occupation of several campus buildings, charging the university with supporting the Vietnam War and violating Harlem residents' civil rights.
1968 - The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church merged to form the United Methodist Church.
1969 - Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death (later reduced to a life sentence) for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
1971 - Hundreds of Vietnam War veterans opposed to the conflict protested by tossing their medals and ribbons over a wire fence in front of the U.S. Capitol.
1985 - Coca-Cola announced it was changing its secret formula and introduced New Coke. (Negative public reaction forced the company to revert back to the original version.)
1998 - James Earl Ray, who confessed to assassinating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and then insisted he'd been framed, died at a Nashville hospital at age 70.
2004 - The United States resumed diplomatic relations with Libya.
2005 - The recently created video-sharing website YouTube uploaded its first clip, "Me at the Zoo," which showed YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim standing in front of an elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo.
2007 - Boris Yeltsin, the first freely elected Russian president, died at age 76.
2008 - The Supreme Court unanimously affirmed that police had the power to conduct searches and seize evidence, even when done during an arrest that turned out to have violated state law.
2010 - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed the nation's toughest illegal immigration measure into law.
2013 - France legalized same-sex marriage after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation's heartland and triggered huge demonstrations.
Birthdays
22 - Charlie Rowe (actor)
23 - Gigi Hadid (model)
24 - Stephanie Nala (singer)
27 - Veronica Vega (singer)
28 - Matthew Underwood (actor)
28 - Dev Patel (actor)
29 - Nicole Vaidisova (tennis player)
30 - John Fullbright (singer)
33 - Rachel Skarsten (actress)
33 - Angel Locsin (actress)
34 - Jesse Lee Soffer (actor)
35 - Aaron Hill (actor)
39 - Jaime King (actress)
39 - Joanna Krupa (model)
41 - Andruw Jones (baseball player)
41 - Kal Penn (actor)
41 - John Oliver (actor/comedian)
41 - John Cena (professional wrestler/actor)
44 - Barry Watson (actor)
45 - John Lutz (actor)
48 - Scott Bairstow (actor)
50 - Stan Frazier (musician)
51 - Melina Kanakaredes (actress)
57 - George Lopez (actor/comedian/TV host)
58 - Craig Sheffer (actor)
58 - Valerie Bertinelli (actress)
63 - Judy Davis (actress)
64 - Michael Moore (filmmaker)
65 - James Russo (actor)
69 - Joyce DeWitt (actress)
71 - Blair Brown (actress)
75 - Tony Esposito (hockey player)
79 - Lee Majors (actor)
79 - David Birney (actor)
88 - Alan Oppenheimer (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 23
1903 - The New York Highlanders (now Yankees) win their first game, defeating the Washington Senators 7-2.
1914 - The first professional baseball game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Federals defeated Kansas City, 9-1 (Federal League).
1940 - The New York Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert.
1950 - The Minneapolis Lakers defeat the Syracuse Nationals in six games to win the NBA championship.
1950 - The Detroit Red Wings defeat the New York Rangers to win the Stanley Cup.
1954 - Hank Aaron hit the first of his 755 career home runs.
1964 - Houston Colt 45s' Ken Johnson becomes first major league pitcher to lose a 9-inning no-hitter, Cincinnati Reds win 1-0.
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays in his final NBA regular season game with the Los Angeles Lakers.
2002 - Brent Johson (St. Louis Blues) became the first NHL goalie to win his first 3 wins in the playoffs by shutout. He was only the fourth goalie to record three straight NHL playoff shutouts.
1616 - Playwright William Shakespeare died in Stratford-on-Avon, England.
1616 - Spanish poet Cervantes died in Madrid.
1789 - President-elect George Washington and his wife moved into the first executive mansion, the Franklin House in New York City.
1791 - James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
1898 - Spain declared war on the United States, which responded in kind two days later.
1928 - Child actress Shirley Temple was born in Santa Monica, California.
1940 - About 200 people died in a dance-hall fire in Natchez, Mississippi.
1943 - U.S. Navy Lt. John F. Kennedy assumed command of PT-109, a motor torpedo boat, in the Solomon Islands, during World War II. (On Aug. 2, 1943, PT-109 was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, killing two crew members; Kennedy and 10 others survived.)
1968 - More than 300 leftist Columbia students barricaded the office of the college dean and began a weeklong occupation of several campus buildings, charging the university with supporting the Vietnam War and violating Harlem residents' civil rights.
1968 - The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church merged to form the United Methodist Church.
1969 - Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death (later reduced to a life sentence) for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
1971 - Hundreds of Vietnam War veterans opposed to the conflict protested by tossing their medals and ribbons over a wire fence in front of the U.S. Capitol.
1985 - Coca-Cola announced it was changing its secret formula and introduced New Coke. (Negative public reaction forced the company to revert back to the original version.)
1998 - James Earl Ray, who confessed to assassinating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and then insisted he'd been framed, died at a Nashville hospital at age 70.
2004 - The United States resumed diplomatic relations with Libya.
2005 - The recently created video-sharing website YouTube uploaded its first clip, "Me at the Zoo," which showed YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim standing in front of an elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo.
2007 - Boris Yeltsin, the first freely elected Russian president, died at age 76.
2008 - The Supreme Court unanimously affirmed that police had the power to conduct searches and seize evidence, even when done during an arrest that turned out to have violated state law.
2010 - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed the nation's toughest illegal immigration measure into law.
2013 - France legalized same-sex marriage after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation's heartland and triggered huge demonstrations.
Birthdays
22 - Charlie Rowe (actor)
23 - Gigi Hadid (model)
24 - Stephanie Nala (singer)
27 - Veronica Vega (singer)
28 - Matthew Underwood (actor)
28 - Dev Patel (actor)
29 - Nicole Vaidisova (tennis player)
30 - John Fullbright (singer)
33 - Rachel Skarsten (actress)
33 - Angel Locsin (actress)
34 - Jesse Lee Soffer (actor)
35 - Aaron Hill (actor)
39 - Jaime King (actress)
39 - Joanna Krupa (model)
41 - Andruw Jones (baseball player)
41 - Kal Penn (actor)
41 - John Oliver (actor/comedian)
41 - John Cena (professional wrestler/actor)
44 - Barry Watson (actor)
45 - John Lutz (actor)
48 - Scott Bairstow (actor)
50 - Stan Frazier (musician)
51 - Melina Kanakaredes (actress)
57 - George Lopez (actor/comedian/TV host)
58 - Craig Sheffer (actor)
58 - Valerie Bertinelli (actress)
63 - Judy Davis (actress)
64 - Michael Moore (filmmaker)
65 - James Russo (actor)
69 - Joyce DeWitt (actress)
71 - Blair Brown (actress)
75 - Tony Esposito (hockey player)
79 - Lee Majors (actor)
79 - David Birney (actor)
88 - Alan Oppenheimer (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 23
1903 - The New York Highlanders (now Yankees) win their first game, defeating the Washington Senators 7-2.
1914 - The first professional baseball game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Federals defeated Kansas City, 9-1 (Federal League).
1940 - The New York Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert.
1950 - The Minneapolis Lakers defeat the Syracuse Nationals in six games to win the NBA championship.
1950 - The Detroit Red Wings defeat the New York Rangers to win the Stanley Cup.
1954 - Hank Aaron hit the first of his 755 career home runs.
1964 - Houston Colt 45s' Ken Johnson becomes first major league pitcher to lose a 9-inning no-hitter, Cincinnati Reds win 1-0.
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays in his final NBA regular season game with the Los Angeles Lakers.
2002 - Brent Johson (St. Louis Blues) became the first NHL goalie to win his first 3 wins in the playoffs by shutout. He was only the fourth goalie to record three straight NHL playoff shutouts.
