TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS SUNDAY, APRIL 23, the 113th day of 2017. There are 252 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1789, President-elect George Washington and his wife, Martha, moved into the first executive mansion, the Franklin House, in New York.
In 1016, Aethelred II “The Unready,” King of the English, died in London after 38 years on the throne.
In 1616 (Old Style calendar),
English poet and dramatist William Shakespeare died in Stratford-upon-Avon on what has traditionally been regarded as the 52nd anniversary of his birth in 1564.
In 1910, former President Theodore Roosevelt delivered his “Man in the Arena” speech at the Sorbonne in Paris.
In 1940, about 200 people died in the Rhythm Night Club Fire in Natchez, Miss.
In 1954, Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hit the first of his 755 majorleague home runs in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Braves won, 7-5.
In 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for assassinating New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. (The sentence was later reduced to life imprisonment.)
In 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.
In 1987, 28 construction workers were killed when an apartment complex being built in Bridgeport, Conn., suddenly collapsed.
In 2005, the recently created videosharing 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.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actor Alan Oppenheimer is 87. Actors David Birney and Lee Majors are 78. Hockey Hall-of-Famer Tony Esposito is 74. Writer-director Paul Brickman and actress Joyce DeWitt are 68. Actress Judy Davis is 62. Actress Valerie Bertinelli and actor Craig Sheffer are
57. Actor-comedian-talk show host George Lopez is 56. Actress Melina Kanakaredes is 50. Rock musician Stan Frazier (Sugar Ray) and country musician Tim Womack (Sons of the Desert) are 49. Rock musicians Aaron and Bryce Dessner (The National) are
41. Professional wrestler/actor John Cena, actor-writer-comedian John Oliver, and MLB All-Star Andruw Jones are 40. Actor Jesse Lee Soffer is 33. Actors Dev Patel, and Camryn Walling are 27. Model Gigi Hadid is 22.