“BORN TODAY”
- Brooklyn Decker (1987)
- Brendon Urie (1987)
- Matt McGorry (1986)
- Brian McFadden (1980)
- Claire Danes (1979)
- Jennifer Morrison (1979)
- Sarah Jane Morris (1977)
- Marley Shelton (1974)
- Claudia Jordan (1973)
- Christina Moore (1973)
- Shannen Doherty (1971)
- Nicholas Brendon (1971)
- Retta (1970)
- Art Alexakis (1962)
- Magdalene Mary “Magda” Szubanski (1961)
- Suzzanne Douglas (1957)
- Vince Gill (1957)
- Alexander “Alex” Briley (1956)
- Andy Garcia (1956)
- Pat Travers (1954)
- David Cassidy (1950) – (Featured Above)
- Flavio Briatore (1950)
- David Letterman (1947)
- Dan Lauria (1947)
- Ed O’Neill (1946)
- John Kay (1944)
- Frank Bank (April 12, 1942 – RIP 2013)
- Herbie Hancock (1940)
- Charles Lewis Napier (April 12, 1936 – RIP 2011)
- Tiny Tim – (April 12, 1932 – RIP 1996)
- Helen Forrest – (April 12, 1917 – RIP 1999)
- Jane Withers 1926
- Ann Miller (Lucille Ann Collier) – (April 12, 1923 – RIP 2004)
- Billy Vaughn (William Richard “Billy” Vaughn) – (April 12, 1919 RIP 1991)
- Beverly Cleary (1916)
- Walter J. Gorney (April 12, 1912 – RIP 2004)
“DIED TODAY”
- Linda Cook (June 8, 1948 – April 12, 2012)
- Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)
“MOVIES TODAY”
- 1973 – The film “That’ll Be the Day,” starring David Essex and Ringo Starr, premiered in London.
- 1985 – Cat’s Eye (also known as Stephen King’s Cat’s Eye) is a 1985 American anthology horror film directed by Lewis Teague and written by Stephen King.
- 1985 – Girls Just Want to Have Fun is a 1985 American romantic comedy dance film directed by Alan Metter and starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt.
- 1985 – Ladyhawke is a fantasy adventure film directed by Richard Donner, starring Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, and Michelle Pfeiffer.
“MUSIC TODAY”
- 1963 – Bob Dylan performed his first major solo concert at Town Hall in New York City.
- 1969 – Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Boxer” was released.
- 1971 – Crosby, Stills Nash & Young‘s live album “Four Way Street” was certified gold by the RIAA.
- 1974 – Bad Company’s “Can’t Get Enough” was released.
- 1978 – The Four Tops performed at Aretha Franklin’s wedding.
- 1984 – “Louie Louie Day” was held in Olympia, WA.
- 1988 – Sonny Bono was elected mayor of Palm Springs, CA.
- 1989 – Garth Brooks’ self-titled debut album was released.
- 1994 – Hole’s second album “Live Through This” was released.
- 1999 – Shania Twain became the first female artist in music history to sell at least 10 million units with back to back releases.
“TV/RADIO TODAY”
- 1953 – KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1982 – Three CBS employees were shot to death in a parking lot.
- 1987 – CBS’ premiere of fact based World War II drama “Escape from Sobibor”
- 1991 – 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
“OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…”
- 1927 – Rocksprings, Texas is hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 buildings in town and killed 72.
- 1934 – F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “Tender Is the Night” was first published.
- 1938 – The first U.S. law requiring a medical test for a marriage license was enacted in New York.
- 1945 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office and Vice President Truman becomes President.
- 1955 – The Polio vaccine by Dr. Jonas Salk in the University of Michigan is declared safe and effective.
- 1961 – Soviet Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin became first man to orbit the Earth.
- 1963 – Police used dogs and cattle prods on peaceful civil rights demonstrators in Birmingham, AL.
- 1966 – Emmett Ashford became the first African-American major league umpire.
- 1969 – Lucy and Snoopy of the comic strip “Peanuts” made the cover of “Saturday Review.”
- 1981 – The space shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral, FL, on its first test flight.
- 1982 – Three CBS employees were shot to death in a New York City parking lot.