ALMANAC On this day, April 20

1812 The fourth vice president of the United States, George Clinton, died in Washington at age 72, becoming the first vice president to die while in office.

1901 The Golden Triangle had a flood equaling that of February 1884, when floodwaters reached a level of over 36 feet.

1942 Following an auction sale of prize dairy herds, bulldozers began leveling an 1,100-acre tract of the old Bell farm in Moon for a $3 million defense airport.

1998 It was announced that Honus Wagner, former player and coach for the Pirates and one of the first five players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, would be memorialized with a plaque on Mansfield Boulevard in Carnegie, where he was born. 2020 Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp announced plans to restart the state’s economy by lifting some coronavirus restrictions before the end of the week; the plan would allow gyms, hair salons, bowling alleys and tattoo parlors to reopen as long as owners followed strict requirements.

Some items are from Stefan Lorant’s “Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City” (digital.library.pitt.edu/chronology).

— Compiled by Rick Nowlin Today’s birthdays: Actor Leslie Phillips, 97. Former Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., 85. Actor George Takei, 84. Singer Johnny Tillotson, 83. Actor Ryan O’Neal, 80. Actor Judith O’Dea, 76. Actor Gregory Itzin, 73. Actor Jessica Lange, 72. Actor Veronica

Cartwright, 72. Actor Clint Howard, 62. Actor Crispin Glover, 57. Actor Andy Serkis, 57. Olympic silver medal figure skater Rosalynn Sumners, 57. Actor William deVry, 53. Country singer Wade Hayes, 52. Actor Shemar Moore, 51. Actor Carmen Electra, 49. Reggae singer Stephen Marley, 49. Rock musician Marty Crandall, 46. Actor Joey Lawrence, 45. Country musician Clay Cook (Zac Brown Band), 43. Actor Clayne Crawford, 43. Actor Tim Jo, 37. Actor Carlos Valdes, 32.

Thought for today: “Life is made up of desires that seem big and vital one minute, and little and absurd the next. I guess we get what’s best for us in the end.”