Sunday, April 23, 2017

History for April 23

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History for April 23 - On-This-Day.com:
William Shakespeare 1564 - Poet, playwright ("Julius Caesar," "Romeo and Juliet," "MacBeth"), believed to have been born on April 23 based on his baptism on April 26, 1564, James Buchanan 1791 - 15th U.S. President, nickname: Old Buck, Shirley (Jane) Temple Black 1928 - Child actress ("Little Miss Marker," "Heidi," "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm")


Roy Orbison 1936 - Singer (Traveling Wilburys), Lee Majors (Harvey Lee Yeary II) 1940 - Actor ("The Six Million Dollar Man," "Big Valley," "The Bionic Woman"), Joyce DeWitt 1949 - Actress ("Three's Company)


1900 - The word "hillbilly" was first used in print in an article in the "New York Journal." It was spelled "Hill-Billie".


1908 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt signed an act creating the U.S. Army Reserve.
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1945 - The Soviet Army fought its way into Berlin.


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.
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1967 - The Soyuz 1 was launched by Russia.


1985 - The Coca-Cola Company announced that it was changing its 99-year-old secret formula. New Coke was not successful, which resulted in the resumption of selling the original version.
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1988 - A U.S. federal law took effect that banned smoking on flights that were under two hours.
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2005 - The first video was uploaded to YouTube.com.
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