April 23
1616 - Playwright William Shakespeare died in Stratford-on-Avon, England.
1898 - Spain declared war on the United States, which responded in kind two days later.
1940 - About 200 people died in the Rhythm Night Club Fire in Natchez, Mississippi.
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 formula and introduced "New Coke."
1988 - A federal ban on smoking during domestic airline flights of two hours or less went into effect.
1992 - McDonald’s opened its first fast-food restaurant in the Chinese capital of Beijing.
1993 - Labor leader Cesar Chavez died in San Luis, Arizona, at age 66.
1998 - James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died in Nashville 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, Russia’s first freely elected president, died in Moscow at age 76.
2013 - France legalized same-sex marriage after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation’s heartland and triggered huge demonstrations.
2018 - A man plowed a rental van into crowds of pedestrians in Toronto, killing 10 people and leaving 16 others hurt; (Alek Minassian was later convicted of 10 counts of murder and sentenced to life in prison.)
2020 - At a White House briefing, President Donald Trump noted that researchers were looking at the effects of disinfectants on the coronavirus, and wondered aloud whether they could be injected into people.
2021 - U.S. health officials lifted an 11-day pause on COVID-19 vaccinations using Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot, after scientific advisers decided its benefits outweighed a rare risk of blood clot.
Birthdays
24 - Ella Thomas (reality star)
24 - Chloe Kim (snowboarder)
27 - Maddison Brown (model)
28 - Ashleigh Barty (tennis player)
28 - Charlie Rowe (actor)
29 - Gigi Hadid (model)
34 - Matthew Underwood (actor)
34 - Dev Patel (actor)
39 - Rachel Skarsten (actress)
41 - Aaron Hill (actor)
47 - Andruw Jones (baseball player)
47 - Kal Penn (actor)
47 - John Oliver (actor/comedian)
47 - John Cena (actor/professional wrestler)
50 - Barry Watson (actor)
51 - John Lutz (actor)
54 - Scott Bairstow (actor)
57 - Melina Kanakaredes (actress)
63 - George Lopez (actor/comedian)
64 - Craig Sheffer (actor)
64 - Valerie Bertinelli (actress)
69 - Judy Davis (actress)
70 - Michael Moore (filmmaker)
71 - James Russo (actor)
75 - Joyce DeWitt (actress)
77 - Blair Brown (actress)
85 - Lee Majors (actor)
94 - Alan Oppenheimer (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 23
1903 - The New York Highlanders (Yankees) win their first game; beat Washington Senators, 7-2 at American League Park
1914 - The first major league baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago took place.
1950 - The Minneapolis Lakers won the inaugural NBA championship, defeating the Syracuse Nationals in six games.
1954 - Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hit the first of his MLB record 755 career home runs.
1964 - Ken Johnson (Houston Astros) threw the first no-hitter for a loss. The game was lost 1-0 to the Cincinnati Reds due to two errors.
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played his last regular season game in the NBA.
1989 - The Dallas Cowboys select UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
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.
2005 - The San Francisco 49ers select Utah quarterback Alex Smith with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
2020 - The Cincinnati Bengals select LSU quarterback Joe Burrow with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1616 - Playwright William Shakespeare died in Stratford-on-Avon, England.
1898 - Spain declared war on the United States, which responded in kind two days later.
1940 - About 200 people died in the Rhythm Night Club Fire in Natchez, Mississippi.
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 formula and introduced "New Coke."
1988 - A federal ban on smoking during domestic airline flights of two hours or less went into effect.
1992 - McDonald’s opened its first fast-food restaurant in the Chinese capital of Beijing.
1993 - Labor leader Cesar Chavez died in San Luis, Arizona, at age 66.
1998 - James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died in Nashville 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, Russia’s first freely elected president, died in Moscow at age 76.
2013 - France legalized same-sex marriage after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation’s heartland and triggered huge demonstrations.
2018 - A man plowed a rental van into crowds of pedestrians in Toronto, killing 10 people and leaving 16 others hurt; (Alek Minassian was later convicted of 10 counts of murder and sentenced to life in prison.)
2020 - At a White House briefing, President Donald Trump noted that researchers were looking at the effects of disinfectants on the coronavirus, and wondered aloud whether they could be injected into people.
2021 - U.S. health officials lifted an 11-day pause on COVID-19 vaccinations using Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot, after scientific advisers decided its benefits outweighed a rare risk of blood clot.
Birthdays
24 - Ella Thomas (reality star)
24 - Chloe Kim (snowboarder)
27 - Maddison Brown (model)
28 - Ashleigh Barty (tennis player)
28 - Charlie Rowe (actor)
29 - Gigi Hadid (model)
34 - Matthew Underwood (actor)
34 - Dev Patel (actor)
39 - Rachel Skarsten (actress)
41 - Aaron Hill (actor)
47 - Andruw Jones (baseball player)
47 - Kal Penn (actor)
47 - John Oliver (actor/comedian)
47 - John Cena (actor/professional wrestler)
50 - Barry Watson (actor)
51 - John Lutz (actor)
54 - Scott Bairstow (actor)
57 - Melina Kanakaredes (actress)
63 - George Lopez (actor/comedian)
64 - Craig Sheffer (actor)
64 - Valerie Bertinelli (actress)
69 - Judy Davis (actress)
70 - Michael Moore (filmmaker)
71 - James Russo (actor)
75 - Joyce DeWitt (actress)
77 - Blair Brown (actress)
85 - Lee Majors (actor)
94 - Alan Oppenheimer (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 23
1903 - The New York Highlanders (Yankees) win their first game; beat Washington Senators, 7-2 at American League Park
1914 - The first major league baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago took place.
1950 - The Minneapolis Lakers won the inaugural NBA championship, defeating the Syracuse Nationals in six games.
1954 - Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hit the first of his MLB record 755 career home runs.
1964 - Ken Johnson (Houston Astros) threw the first no-hitter for a loss. The game was lost 1-0 to the Cincinnati Reds due to two errors.
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played his last regular season game in the NBA.
1989 - The Dallas Cowboys select UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
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.
2005 - The San Francisco 49ers select Utah quarterback Alex Smith with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
2020 - The Cincinnati Bengals select LSU quarterback Joe Burrow with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
