TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Friday, April 23, the 113th day of 2021.
Today’s highlight in history
On April 23, 2005, the recently created video-sharing website YouTube uploaded its first clip, “Me at the Zoo,” which showed YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim in front of an elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo.
On this date
In 1616 (Old Style calendar), William Shakespeare died in Stratford-upon-Avon on what has traditionally been regarded as the 52nd anniversary of his birth in 1564.
In 1789, President-elect George Washington and his wife, Martha, moved into the first executive mansion, the Franklin House, in New York.
In 1898, Spain declared war on the U.S., which responded in kind two days later.
In 1940, about 200 people died in the Rhythm Club fire in Natchez, Miss.
In 1954, Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hit the first of his 755 home runs in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals.
In 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. (The sentence was later reduced to life imprisonment.)
In 1988, a federal ban on smoking during domestic airline flights of two hours or less went into effect.
In 1993, labor leader César Chávez died at age 66.
In 1998, James Earl Ray, who confessed to assassinating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and then insisted he’d been framed, died at age 70.
Today’s birthdays
Actor Alan Oppenheimer is 91. Actor David Birney is 82. Actor Lee Majors is 82. Hockey star Tony Esposito is 78. Director Paul Brickman is 72. Actor Joyce DeWitt is 72. Actor James Russo is 68. Filmmaker Michael Moore is 67. Actor Judy Davis is
66. Actor Valerie Bertinelli is 61. Comedian-actor George Lopez is 60. Skier Donna Weinbrecht is 56. Actor Melina Kanakaredes is 54. Actor Barry Watson is 47. Pro wrestler-actor John Cena is 44. TV host John Oliver is 44. Actor Kal Penn is
44. Actor Jaime King is 42. Actor Dev Patel is 31. Snowboarder Chloe Kim is 21.