TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Tuesday, April 23, the 114th day of 2024. There are 252 days left in the year.
Today’⏶ Highlight in Hi⏶tory:
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 standing in front of an elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo.
On thi⏶ 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 1898, Spain declared war on the United States, which responded in kind two days later.
In 1954, Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hit the first of his 755 major-league 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 1988, a federal ban on smoking during domestic airline flights of two hours or less went into effect.
In 2007, Boris Yeltsin, Russia’s first freely elected president, died in Moscow at age 76.
Today’⏶ Birthday⏶: Actor Alan Oppenheimer is
94. Actor Lee Majors is 85. Actor Joyce DeWitt is
75. Actor Valerie Bertinelli is 64. Actor-comedian-talk show host George Lopez is 63. Professional wrestler/actor John Cena is 47. Actor Kal Penn is
47. Retired MLB All-Star Andruw Jones is 47.