Today IX

Birthdays:

• William Shakespeare, April 23 [more or less], 1564 - April 23, 1616


• Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, physicist, April 23, 1858 – October 4, 1947


• Lester Bowles MIKE Pearson, PC, CC, OM, OBE, MA, LL.D., Canadian prime minister, April 23, 1897 – December 27, 1972


• Renault Renaldo Duncan, aka Duncan Renaldo, actor, April 23, 1904 - September 3, 1980


• Warren Edward Spahn, MLB pitcher, April 23, 1921 – November 24, 2003


• Avram Davidson, author, April 23, 1923 – May 8, 1993


• Shirley Jane Temple, actress, 1928


• Ray A. Peterson, pop music singer [Tell Laura I Love Her], April 23, 1935 - January 25, 2005


• Roy Kelton Orbison, musician, April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988


• Sandra Dee, actress, April 23, 1944 [some sources say 1942] – February 20, 2005


• Michael Moore, filmmaker, 1954


• Tove Jensen, actress, 1958


• Andruw Jones, outfielder, 1977

RIP:

• Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, author, September 29, 1547 – April 23, 1616


• William Wordsworth, poet, April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850


• William Henry Hartnell, actor, January 8, 1908 – April 23, 1975


• Clarence Linden BUSTER Crabbe II, actor, February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983


• William RED Garland, musician, May 13, 1923 – April 23, 1984


• Otto Ludwig Preminger, director, December 5, 1906 – April 23, 1986


• César Estrada Chávez, activist, March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993


• Sir John Mills, CBE, born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills, actor, February 22, 1908 – April 23, 2005

Also:

• Easter in the Eastern Church


• National Beer Day in Germany - isn't every day? ;o)


• Hank Aaron hits his first major league home run, April 23, 1954