TODAY

Photo:dannyfriar.wordpress.com Doris Day (92) Paris Jackson (18) Amanda Bynes (30) Leona Lewis (31) Chrissie Fit (32) Cobie Smulders (34) Matthew Goode (38) Aries Spears (41) Jennie Garth (44) Catherine McCormack (44) Picabo Street (45) Sebastian Bach (48) Cat Cora (49) Eddie Murphy (55) David Hyde Pierce (57) Alec Baldwin (58) Tony Orlando (72) Marsha Mason (74) Wayne Newton (74) Eric Braeden (75) Jane Goodall (82) Rev Evans (Born: April 13, 1903 / Died: April 3, 1969) Mary Ure (Born: February 18, 1933 / Died: April 3, 1975) Luella Gear (Born: September 5, 1897 / Died: April 3, 1980) Juan Trippe (Born: June 27, 1899 / Died: April 3, 1981) Katharine Balfour (Born: February 7, 1921 / Died: April 3, 1990) 1930 – The 2nd Academy Awards was held. 1955 – A fire in Belgium cinema kills 39 people 1978 – Diane Keaton wins an Oscar for her role in Annie Hall. 1980 – Hardly Working, a comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis, premiered on this day. 1985 – Alamo Bay, a drama about a Vietnam veteran living in Texas, premiered. It stars Amy Madigan and Ed Harris. 1987 – Making Mr. Right, a romance/comedy film directed by Susan Seidelman, was released on this day. 1987 – Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol is the fourth comedy film in the Police Academy series. 1956 – Elvis Presley performed on “The Milton Berle Show.” 1960 – The Everly Brothers made their debut in UK. 1969 – Jim Morrison was arrested by FBI for an interstate flight. 1978 – Cher and Rod Stewart’s TV special aired on ABC. 1989 – Pepsi refused to have Madonna be their spokesperson, claiming her video “Like A Virgin” was inappropriate. 1996 – MC Hammer filed for bankruptcy. 1998 – Dave Navarro left Red Hot Chili Peppers 1949 – WLWS TV Channel 4 in Ohio begins broadcasting (NBC) 1953 – “TV Guide” was published for the first time. 1955 – Fred Astaire’s first television appearance airs for “The Toast of the Town” with Ed Sullivan. 1967 – WNYE TV Channel 25 in Brooklyn, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting 1948 – US President Truman signed the Marshall Plan. 1948 – US first figure skating championships held 1955 – American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” that was charged for obscenities 1966 – Luna 10 was the first artificial satellite of the moon 1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “mountaintop” speech 24 hours before he was assassinated. 1972 – Charlie Chaplin returned to the US after a twenty-year absence. 1979 – Jane Byrne became the first female mayor in Chicago. 1993- The Norman Rockwell Museum opened for the first time in Massachusetts.