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🎭🎵Mary Costa -- is 94 in the year 2024 and 95 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1930
Actress, Opera Soprano
Misc: New York Met

🏆🏁Tina Maria Stone -- is 90 in the year 2024 and 91 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1934
Runner
Misc: runner of the greatest distance in one year: 15,472 miles.

🏆Rusty Fisher -- is 89 in the year 2024 and 90 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1935 N.S.
Model, Playmate
Misc: April 1956

✍🎭🎵Michael Moriarty -- is 83 in the year 2024 and 84 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1941
Dramatist/Playwright (x), TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Composer, Pianist
Names/Places: b. in Detroit, Mi.
TV Shows: Holocaust, Law & Order (as Asst. DA Benjamin "Ben" Stone)
Movie Titles: Pale Rider, James Dean, Courage Under Fire

✍🎭Peter Greenaway -- is 82 in the year 2024 and 83 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1942
Screen/Scriptwriter (x), Director, Welsh (Wales)
Movie Titles: The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover, The Pillow Book, The Draughtman's Contract, Drowning By Numbers

🎵Allan Clarke -- is 82 in the year 2024 and 83 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1942
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Pop Singer, English
Names/Places: FN:Harold
Misc: some say b. Apr 15
Group Names: The Hollies

🎭🎵Max Gail -- is 81 in the year 2024 and 82 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1943
TV Actor, Singer, Keyboardist
Names/Places: b. in Detroit, Mi.
TV Shows: Barney Miller (as Det. Stanley 'Wojo' Wojohowicz), Whiz Kids, Pearl, Normal Life (as Max Harlow)
Movie Titles: 42, D.C. Cab, Forrest Warrior

🏆🥊Masahiko "Fighting" Harada -- is 81 in the year 2024 and 82 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1943 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Boxer, Japanese

🏆🏒Doug Favell -- is 79 in the year 2024 and 80 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1945
NHL Player, Lacrosse Player, Canadian

✍🎭Jane (Actress) Asher -- is 78 in the year 2024 and 79 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1946 N.S.
Author, Movie/Stage Actress, English
Names/Places: Paul McCartney's ex-girlfriend
Movie Titles: Death at a Funeral, Alfie, I Give It a Year, Deep End

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🏆🏁🏊Đurđa "Đurđica" Bjedov -- is 77 in the year 2024 and 78 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1947 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, Yugoslav

🎵🎸Les Binks -- is 76 in the year 2024 and 77 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1948 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Heavy Metal Drummer, British
Group Names: Judas Priest

🏆🏈Marv Bateman -- is 74 in the year 2024 and 75 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1950
NFL Player

🎵Agnetha Fältskog -- is 74 in the year 2024 and 75 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1950
Hall of Famer, Pop Singer, Swedish
Names/Places: LN:Ulvaeus; Pron:Ag-nyet-ta Felts-kogue
Group Names: ABBA

🎵Anna Ulvaeus -- is 74 in the year 2024 and 75 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1950
Pop Musician
Names/Places: not the daughter of Bjorn Ulvaeus who has a daughter of his own named Anna
Group Names: Aha

🎭Mitch Pileggi -- is 72 in the year 2024 and 73 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1952
Actor
TV Shows: X-Files (as Skinner), The Mountain (as Colin Dowling), Sons of Anarchy (occasional), Dallas (as Harris Ryland), Stargate: Atlantis (as Colonel Steven Caldwell)
Movie Titles: Basic Instinct

🏆🎾"Sandy" Mayer -- is 72 in the year 2024 and 73 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1952 N.S.
Tennis Player

🏆⚾Andy MacPhail -- is 71 in the year 2024 and 72 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1953
MLB General Manager, MLB Player
Misc: general manager of 2 World Series champions in Minnesota (1987,91), the first title coming at age 34; son of Lee.

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🎭Christopher S. Nelson -- is 70 in the year 2024 and 71 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1954
Actor
Names/Places: Ed's son
Misc: retired from acting in 1982
Movie Titles: Without Warning, Roller Boogie

🎵🎸Stan Ridgeway -- is 70 in the year 2024 and 71 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1954
Composer, Songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist, New Wave Singer
Group Names: Wall of Voo Doo (through 1983), soloist
Song Titles: Ring of Fire, Mexican Radio (previous titles as lead of Wall of Voo Doo), Camouflage
Album Titles: Wall of Voo Doo, Drk Continent, Call of the West (previous titles as lead of Wall of Voo Doo), The Big Heat

💻Michael W. Butler -- is 70 in the year 2024 and 71 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1954
Computer Software Programmer
Misc: computer programmer of the Today program

🎵🎸Peter Case -- is 70 in the year 2024 and 71 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1954 N.S.
Songwriter, Modern Rock Singer/Guitarist, American
Group Names: The Plimsouls

⚖Lazarus Chakwera -- is 69 in the year 2024 and 70 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1955 N.S.
President
Misc: Malawian

✍Anthony Horowitz -- is 69 in the year 2024 and 70 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1955 N.S.
Novelist, Mystery Writer, English
Names/Places: b. in London
Misc: Suspense Writer
Book Titles: The Power of Five, Alex Rider, The Diamond Brothers

🎭Dwight Hicks -- is 68 in the year 2024 and 69 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1956
Actor
Movie Titles: Armageddon, The Rock, Jack, 07

🎭🏆🥊Diamond Dallas Page -- is 68 in the year 2024 and 69 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1956 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Actor, Wrestler
Names/Places: RN:Page Joseph Falkinburg; aka Dallas Page
Misc: Motivational Speaker, Fitness Instructor

🎭Cindy Weintraub -- is 66 in the year 2024 and 67 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1958 N.S.
Actress

🎭Shawn Stevens -- is 66 in the year 2024 and 67 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1958
Actor, Producer
TV Shows: The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove (as Kevn MacKenzie), Last Convertible
Movie Titles: Savage Harvest, Going Undercover

🏆Cammie Lusko -- is 66 in the year 2024 and 67 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1958 N.S.
Bodybuilder
Misc: Guinness' World Strongest Woman.

🏆🎾Johan Kriek -- is 66 in the year 2024 and 67 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1958
Tennis Player, South African

⚖🎭Greg Mathis -- is 64 in the year 2024 and 65 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1960
Judge, TV Host
TV Shows: Judge Mathis

🏆⚽Charles Richard Gough -- is 62 in the year 2024 and 63 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1962
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Swedish

🏆🏒Gord Donnelly -- is 62 in the year 2024 and 63 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1962 N.S.
NHL Defensive, Canadian

🏆🏌Billy Ray Brown -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1963
Golfer

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🎭🎵Christopher "Kid" Reid -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1964 N.S.
Actor, Hip-Pop Singer
Group Names: Kid 'n Play
Movie Titles: House Party

🎭Lisa Zane -- is 59 in the year 2024 and 60 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1965
TV Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress, Director
Names/Places: Billy's sister
TV Shows: L.A. Law (as Melina Paros), ER (s Diane Leeds), Biker Mice from Mars (as Charley, voice)
Movie Titles: Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Bad Influence, Monkeybone, Terrified

🏆⛸Elaine Zayak -- is 59 in the year 2024 and 60 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1965
Hall of Famer, Figure Skater, Olympic Athlete
Misc: Olympics-6th-1984

🏆⚾Cris Carpenter -- is 59 in the year 2024 and 60 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1965
MLB Pitcher
Names/Places: not to be confused with MLB pitcher Chris Carpenter of 1975 or MLB pitcher Chris Carpenter of 1985; just don't get your Chris's crossed!

🏆🏈Scott Dill -- is 58 in the year 2024 and 59 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1966
NFL Player

🎵🎸Mike McCready -- is 58 in the year 2024 and 59 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1966
Hall of Famer, Rock and Roll Guitarist
Group Names: Pearl Jam

🏆🏒Brent Hughes -- is 58 in the year 2024 and 59 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1966
NHL Player, Canadian

🎭🎮Tasia Valenza -- is 57 in the year 2024 and 58 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1967 N.S.
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress, Video Game Voice Actress
Misc: primarily a cartoon and video game actress since 1996
TV Shows: All My Children, The Heights (as Jodie Abramowitz), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (series), Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Resistance
Movie Titles: Sometimes They Come Back
Video Games: Star Wars (series), Batman (series), Infinite Crisis (series), World of Warcraft (series), The Evil Within, Wildstar, Elder Scrolls Online, Marvel (series), Saints Row (series), Dissidia (series), Spider-Man 3

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🏆⚾Greg Smith -- is 57 in the year 2024 and 58 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1967
MLB Player

🎭🏆Gianna Amore -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1968
Actress, Model, Playmate
Misc: August 1989

🎵Paula Cole -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1968
Songwriter, Adult-Pop Singer
Song Titles: Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?, I Don't Want to Wait (theme for Dawson's Creek)
Album Titles: This Fire, Amen

🎵🎸Steve DeBoard -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1968
Rock and Roll Drummer
Names/Places: RFMN:Stephen Joseph
Group Names: Slammin' Gladys

🏆🏈Tim Jacobs -- is 54 in the year 2024 and 55 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1970
NFL Player

🎭Victoria Hamilton -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1971 N.S.
Actress, English
TV Shows: The Crown (as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother)

🎭🏆Krista Allen-Moritt -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1971
Actress, Model
TV Shows: Baywatch (as Jenna Avid)
Movie Titles: Liar Liar

🏆🏈Bob Kuberski -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1971
NFL Player

🏆⚾Andrés Berumen -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1971
MLB Pitcher, Mexican

🎵Pat Green -- is 52 in the year 2024 and 53 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1972
Country Music Singer
Song Titles: Wave on Wave
Album Titles: Wave on Wave

🏆🏈Tony Banks -- is 51 in the year 2024 and 52 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1973
NFL Quarterback

🎭🎵Pharrell Williams -- is 51 in the year 2024 and 52 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1973
Producer, Rapper
Group Names: N*E*R*D, soloist
Song Titles: Happy
Album Titles: Girl

🎵Juicy J -- is 49 in the year 2024 and 50 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1975
Music Producer, Rap Music Performer

🎭Sterling K. Brown -- is 48 in the year 2024 and 49 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1976 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: Army Wives (as Roland Burton), American Crime Story, This is Us (as Randall Pearson)
Movie Titles: Black Panther, Righteous Kill, Stay, Our Idiot Brother

🏆🏈Ike Hilliard -- is 48 in the year 2024 and 49 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1976
NFL Wide Receiver

🏆Péter Biros -- is 48 in the year 2024 and 49 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1976 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Olympic Athlete, Water Polo Player, Hungarian

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🏆⚾Winston Abreu -- is 47 in the year 2024 and 48 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1977
MLB Pitcher, Dominican Republican

🏆🏁Franziska van Almsick -- is 46 in the year 2024 and 47 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1978 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, German

🏆🏀Matt Bonner -- is 44 in the year 2024 and 45 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1980 N.S.
NBA Center

🎵Mike Eli -- is 43 in the year 2024 and 44 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1981
Country Music Singer
Group Names: The Eli Young Band

🎭🎵Eugenio Siller -- is 43 in the year 2024 and 44 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1981 N.S.
Actor, Singer, Mexican
Group Names: Klishe

🎭Hayley Atwell -- is 42 in the year 2024 and 43 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1982
Actress, American, English
TV Shows: Marvel's Agent Carter (as Peggy Carter)
Movie Titles: Cinderella, Captain America (series), Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man

🎭Marshall Allman -- is 40 in the year 2024 and 41 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1984
Actor, Producer
TV Shows: Prison Break (as LJ Burrows), True Blood (as Tommy Mickens)
Movie Titles: Hostage, Blue Like Jazz

🏆Anna Sophia Berglund -- is 39 in the year 2024 and 40 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1985
Playmate
Misc: January 2011

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🏆🥊Charlotte Flair -- is 38 in the year 2024 and 39 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1986 N.S.
Wrestler
Names/Places: NN: Nature Girl

🏆🏉Quade Cooper -- is 36 in the year 2024 and 37 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1988 N.S.
Rugby Player, New Zealand

🎭Lily James -- is 35 in the year 2024 and 36 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1989 N.S.
Actress, English
TV Shows: Downtown Abbey
Movie Titles: Cinderella, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Wrath of the Titans, Broken

🏆🏈Patrick Dangerfield -- is 34 in the year 2024 and 35 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1990 N.S.
Australian Rules Football Player, Australian

🏆⚽Nathaniel Clyne -- is 33 in the year 2024 and 34 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1991 N.S.
Soccer Player, English

Stella Irene Augustus Aykroyd -- is 26 in the year 2024 and 27 in the year 2025; b.4/5/1998
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Donna Dixon and Dan's daughter

Annabelle Jayne Park -- is 20 in the year 2024 and 21 in the year 2025; b.4/5/2004
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Laurie and Michael's daughter

Pemma Mae Krumholtz -- is 10 in the year 2024 and 11 in the year 2025; b.4/5/2014
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Vanessa Brittany and David's daughter

Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd -- is -149 in the year 2024 and -148 in the year 2025; b.4/5/2173 N.S.
General Fictious Character
Misc: Arcturus (Star Trek)

✍Thomas Hobbes -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1588 J-LD d.12/4/1679 J-LD (91)
Writer, Philosopher, English
Misc: political

🎵John Wilson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1595 J-LD d.2/22/1674 J-LD (78)
Composer, Musician, British

💰Elihu Yale -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1649 J-LD d.7/8/1721 J-LD (72)
Philanthropist, English
Misc: Yale University was named in his honor

👑Empress Catherine The Great I Of Russia -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1684 O.S. or 4/15/1684 N.S. d.5/6/1727 O.S. (43) or 5/17/1727 N.S. (43)
Empress, Russian

🎭Adrienne Lecouvreur -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1692 N.S. d.3/20/1730 N.S. (37)
Actor, French

🎖Benjamin Harrison -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1726 d.4/24/1791 (65)
Revolutionary
Misc: Declaration of Independence signer

🎨Jean-Honoré Fragonard -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1732 N.S. d.8/22/1806 N.S. (74)
Painter, Engraver, French

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🎵Louis "Ludwig" Spohr -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1784 N.S. d.10/22/1859 N.S. (75)
Composer, Musician, Violinist, Conductor, German
Misc: Faust

💰Jonas Chickering -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1798 d.12/8/1853 (55)
Manufacturer
Misc: Grand pianos

⚖Samuel F. Miller -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1816 d.10/13/1890 (74)
Supreme Court Justice
Misc: Associate Supreme Court Justice 1862-90

⚛Sir Joseph Lister -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1827 N.S. d.2/10/1912 N.S. (84)
Scientist, Physician, Surgeon, English
Misc: Introduced antiseptic measure use in surgery; 1st Baron of Lyme Regis; wanted to name a U.S. coin mint after him: The Lister...mint? (GROAN)

✍Frank Richard Stockton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1834 N.S. d.4/20/1902 N.S. (68)
Novelist, Short Story Writer, Humorist
Misc: best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.

✍Algernon C. Swinburne -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1837 d.4/10/1909 (72)
Dramatist/Playwright (x), Poet, Critic, British, Gay
Names/Places: MN:Charles

⚛Alpheus Hyatt -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1838 d.1/15/1902 (63)
Scientist, Palentologist, Zoologist

✍Booker Taliaferro Washington -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1856 d.11/14/1915 (59)
Hall of Famer, Author, Social Reformer, Educator
Names/Places: b. in Franklin County, Virginia
Misc: Vocational training for blacks

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⚛Washington Atlee Burpee -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1858 d.11/26/1915 (57)
Botanist, Canadian
Misc: developed lima beans, founder of world's largest mail-order seed company

💰Lincoln Filene -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1865 d.8/27/1957 (92)
Merchant

🎵Albert Roussel -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1869 d.8/23/1937 (68)
Composer, French

🏆⚾🏈Glenn "Scobey Pop" Warner -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1871 N.S. d.9/7/1954 N.S. (83)
Hall of Famer, College Baseball Coach, College Football Coach
Misc: he was an innovative football coach at seven different schools over a 49-year period. Among his achievements was the "discovery" of Jim Thorpe.
Sports Teams: Cornell (player 1892-1894), Syracuse Athletic Club (player 1902), Georgia (coach 1895-1896), Iowa State (coach, 1895-1899), Cornell (coach, 1897-1898), Carlisle Indian (coach, 1899-1903), Cornell (coach, 1904-1906), Carlisle Indian (coach, 1907-1914), Pittsburgh (coach, 1915-1923), Stanford (coach, 1924-1932), Temple (coach, 1933-1938), San Jose State (associate coach 1939), Cornell (baseball coach 1905-1906)

William Casey Jones -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1872 d.??/??/????
Misc: what's he famous for?

🏆⚾Bill Dinneen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1876 d.1/13/1955 (78)
MLB Pitcher, MLB Umpire

🎭🎵Walter Huston -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1883 N.S. d.4/7/1950 N.S. (67)
Movie/Stage Actor, Movie Director, Singer, Canadian
Names/Places: RLN:Houghston; John's dad, Anjelica's granddad
Movie Titles: Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre

⚛Hedwig Kohn -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1887 N.S. d.3/26/1964 N.S. (76)
Physicist, American, German

🏆🏒John Douglas "Jack" Ruttan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1889 N.S. d.1/7/1973 N.S. (83)
Hall of Famer, NHL Coach, NHL Defensive, Canadian
Misc: played 1905-1918
Sports Teams: Winnipeg Hockey Club, Winnipeg Somme

🏆🏁🚲Alf Goullet -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1891 d.3/11/1995 (103)
Bicyclist, Australian
Misc: he gained fame and fortune early in century as premier performer on U.S. 6-day bike race circuit; won 8 annual races at Madison Square Garden with 6 different partners from 1913-23.

⚛David Burpee -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1893 d.6/24/1980 (87)
Scientist, Horticulturist

🎭Chesney Allen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1894 N.S. d.11/13/1982 N.S. (88)
Comedian, English
Misc: of Flanagan & Allen

💰Lawrence Dale Bell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1894 d.10/20/1956 (62)
Businessperson
Misc: Bell Aircraft Co. founder; aircraft designer whose experimental X-1 rocket-propelled airplane in 1947 was the first to break the sound barrier in level flight.

🏆🥊Mike O'Dowd -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1895 d.7/28/1957 (62)
Hall of Famer, Boxer

🏆🏀Henry G. "Dutch" Dehnert -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1898 N.S. d.4/20/1979 N.S. (81)
Hall of Famer, NBA Player, Basketball Coach
Misc: 4x ABL champion; originated the pivot play. Famed member of the Original Celtics of New York in the 1920s, also a successful pro coach.
Sports Teams: Original Celtics (1926-1928), Cleveland Rosenblums (1928-1930), Detroit Eagles (coach 1939-1941), Sheboygan Red Skins (coach 1944-1946), Cleveland Rebels (coach 1946-1947)

⚛Alfred Blalock -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1899 d.9/15/1964 (65)
Surgeon

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🎭Spencer Tracy -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1900 d.6/10/1967 (67)
Movie Actor
Names/Places: b. in Milwaukee, Wi.
Movie Titles: Captains Courageous, Boys Town, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (as General James H. Dolittle)

🎭Melvyn Douglas -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1901 N.S. d.8/4/1981 N.S. (80)
Movie/Stage Actor, Game Show Host
Names/Places: RLN:Hesselberg; Helen's hubby
Misc: had a 60-year acting career

🏆⚾🏈🏀"Doggie" Julian -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1901 d.7/28/1967 (66)
Hall of Famer, College Baseball Player, College Baseball Coach, Baseball Player, College Football Coach, College Football Player, NBA Coach, College Basketball Player, College Basketball Coach
Names/Places: RN: Alvin Fred Julian
Sports Teams: Bucknell (football player 1920-1922, basketball player 1921-1922, baseball player 1922-1923), Pottsville Maroons (football player 1924), Reading Keystones (baseball player 1923), Harrisberg Senators (baseball player 1924), York White Roses (baseball player 1924-1925), Chambersburg Maroons (baseball player 1926), Lawrence Merry Macks (baseball player 1926), Albright (football coach 1929-1930), Ashland HS (PA) (football coach 1933-1935), Muhlenberg College (football coach 1936-1944, basketball coach 1936-1945, baseball coach 1942-1944), Holy Cross (basketball coach 1945-1948), Boston Celtics (coach 1948-1950), Dartmouth College (basketball coach 1950-1967)

✍⚛Raynor Johnson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1901 d.5/16/1987 (86)
Author, Physicist, British

✍📰⚖💰Chester Bowles -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1901 d.5/25/1986 (85)
Author, Economist, Politician, Presidential Aide, Diplomat, Businessperson

⚛Hattie Alexander -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1901 d.6/24/1968 (67)
Physician
Misc: known for her development of the first effective remedies for Haemophilus influenzae infection,[1] as well as being one of the first scientists to identify and study antibiotic resistance.

🎵Frank Warner -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1903 N.S. d.2/27/1978 N.S. (74)
Songwriter, Banjoist, Folk Singer, American

✍Richard Eberhart -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1904 d.6/9/2005 (101)
Dramatist/Playwright (x), Poet

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🎭Bill Raisch -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1905 d.7/31/1984 (79)
Actor
TV Shows: The Fugitive (as Fred Johnson the mysterious one-armed man)

🎭Lord Buckley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1906 N.S. d.11/12/1960 N.S. (54)
Actor, Comedian

⛪🎭Bette Davis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1908 N.S. d.10/6/1989 N.S. (81)
Protestant, Movie Actress
Names/Places: b. in Lowell, Ma.; FN:Ruth Elizabeth
Misc: Acted in more than 80 films, Best Actress 2x's, nominated 10x's
TV Shows: Hotel (as Laura Trent in pilot)
Movie Titles: Dangerous, Jezebel

🎭Grady Sutton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1908 d.9/17/1995 (87)
TV/Movie Actor, Comedian
TV Shows: The Pruitts of Southhampton (as butler Sturgis)

✍Ernestine Carey -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1908 d.11/4/2006 (98)
Writer
Book Titles: Cheaper by the Dozen

🎵Herbert von Karajan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1908 N.S. d.7/16/1989 N.S. (81)
Conductor, Austrian
Misc: one of 20th century's most powerful music figures
Group Names: Berlin Philharmonic (conductor for 35 years)

📰Mary Hemingway -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1908 d.11/26/1986 (78)
Correspondent
Names/Places: Ernest's 4th wife

🎭Albert Romolo "Cubby" Broccoli -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1909 N.S. d.6/27/1996 N.S. (87)
Movie Producer
Movie Titles: James Bond (film series)

🎭Gordon Jones -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1911 d.1/20/1963 (51)
Actor
TV Shows: Abbott & Costello Show (as Mike the cop), Ray Milland Show, The Aventures of Ozzie & Harriet (as Butch Barton)

💰🎵Goddard Lieberson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1911 d.5/29/1977 (66)
Executive, Music Figure
Misc: record co head

🎨Antoni Clave -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1913 d.9/1/2005 (92)
Illustrator, Lithographer, French

⚛🎭John H. M. D. Davis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1914 d.11/3/1992 (78)
Cardiologist, Professor, Movie Actor
Movie Titles: Our Gang (as Jackie Davis)

🎭Allan Frank -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1915 d.8/9/1979 (64)
Actor

🏆🏀John McLendon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1915 N.S. d.10/8/1999 N.S. (84)
Hall of Famer, College Basketball Coach, Basketball Coach
Misc: in both the College Basketball and Basketball Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: North Carolina College for Negroes (1941-1952), Hampton Institute (1953-1954), Tennessee State A&I University (1955-1959), Cleveland Pipers (ABL, 1961-1962), Kentucky State (1964-1966), Cleveland State (1967-1969), Denver Rockets (ABA, 1969)

🎭Gregory Peck -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1916 N.S. d.6/12/2003 N.S. (87)
Actor
Names/Places: b. in San Diego, CA.; FN:Eldred
TV Shows: The Blue & the Gray (as President Abraham Lincoln)
Movie Titles: To Kill A Mockingbird, Moby Dick, Duel in the Sun

✍Robert Bloch -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1917 N.S. d.9/23/1994 N.S. (77)
Author, Novelist, Screenwriter
Misc: some say b. Apr 17
Movie Titles: Psycho, Psycho II

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🎭Ted Liss -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1919 d.3/3/1992 (72)
Actor

✍Arthur Hailey -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1920 d.11/24/2004 (84)
Novelist, English
Names/Places: b. in Luton
Book Titles: Hotel, Airport

🎭Christopher Hewett -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1921 N.S. d.8/3/2001 N.S. (80)
Actor, English
TV Shows: Fantasy Island (as Lawrence), Mr. Belvedere (as Mr. Lynn Belvedere)
Movie Titles: The Producers (1967)

🎭🎵Gale Storm -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1922 d.6/27/2009 (87)
TV/Movie Actress, Comedienne, Singer
Names/Places: b. in Bloomington, Tx.; RN:Josephine Owaissa Cottle
Misc: some sources say b. in 1921
TV Shows: My Little Margie (as Margie Albright), Gale Storm Show (as Susanna Pomeroy)
Movie Titles: It Happened on Fifth Avenue

🏆⚽Tom Finney -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1922 d.2/14/2014 (91)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, English
Misc: MBE

✍🎭Michael V. Gazzo -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1923 d.2/14/1995 (71)
Dramatist/Playwright (x), Movie Actor
Movie Titles: The Godfather Part II

⚖Nguyên Văn Thiêu -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1923 d.9/29/2001 (78)
Head of State
Misc: South Vietman president 1967-75

✍📰Peter Chew -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1924 d.7/16/2006 (82)
Author, Journalist
Misc: wrote about horses, mules, and middle-aged men

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George Metalious -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1925 d.12/31/2015 N.S. (90)
Celebrity Relative
Names/Places: 2x Grace's hubby

🎭Roger Corman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1926 N.S. d.5/9/2024 N.S. (98)
Actor, Movie Producer/Director
Misc: Horror films
Movie Titles: Death Race 2000, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Death Race, The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), The Terror, House of Usher

🎵🎷Stan Levey -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1926 d.4/19/2005 (79)
Drummer, Jazz Musician

🎭Chao-Li Chi -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1927 d.10/16/2010 (83)
Actor
TV Shows: Falcon Crest (as Chao-Li Chi)

🎭Michael Bryant -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1928 d.4/25/2002 (74)
Actor, English

🎭Nigel Hawthorne -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1929 d.12/26/2001 (72)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, English
TV Shows: Yes, Minister
Movie Titles: Amistad, Tarzan (1999), Demolition Man, Gandhi

🎵Joe Meek -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1929 d.2/3/1967 (37)
Music Producer, Songwriter, Musical Engineer, British
Misc: some say b. 1933
Group Names: The Tornadoes
Song Titles: Telstar (writer)

📰Maxine Cheshire -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1930 N.S. d.12/31/2020 N.S. (90)
Journalist
Misc: reporter

🎵🎷Nabil "Nobby" Totah -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1930 N.S. d.6/7/2012 N.S. (82)
Jazz Bassist

📰🎵Jack Clement -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1931 d.8/8/2013 (82)
Hall of Famer, Publisher, Music Producer, Songwriter, Country Music Singer
Names/Places: NN:Cowboy
Misc: in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

🎵Billy Bland -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1932 N.S. d.3/22/2017 N.S. (84)
Songwriter, Rhythm and Blues Singer

🎭Frank Gorshin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1934 d.5/17/2005 (71)
Actor, Comedian, Impressionist
Names/Places: b. in Pittsburgh
TV Shows: Batman (as The Riddler)

🎵🎷Stanley Turrentine -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1934 d.9/12/2000 (66)
Tenor-sax, Jazz Performer

✍Richard Peck -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1934 N.S. d.5/23/2018 N.S. (84)
Novelist

🏆Felicia Atkins -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1937 N.S. d.12/8/2016 N.S. (79)
Model, Playmate, Australian
Misc: April 1958

🎖⚖Colin Luther Powell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1937 N.S. d.10/18/2021 N.S. (84)
General, Statesman, Government Official
Misc: ex-Nat'l Security Adviser & Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff; Secretary of State 2001-

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✍🎭David Winters -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1939 N.S. d.4/23/2019 N.S. (80)
Screenwriter, Actor, Producer, Director, Choreographer, Dancer, English
Movie Titles: West Side Story, Space Mutiny, The Last Horror Film, Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare

🎵Ronnie White -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1939 N.S. d.8/26/1995 N.S. (56)
Hall of Famer, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Group Names: The Miracles (backing group for Smokey Robinson)

🎵Krispian Saint Peters -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1939 d.6/8/2010 (71)
Guitarist, Pop Singer, British
Names/Places: RN:Peter Smith

🎵Tommy Cash -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1940 N.S. d.9/13/2024 N.S. (84)
Songwriter, Country Music Singer
Names/Places: b. in Dyess, AK; Johnny's brother

🏆Jean Cannon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1941 d.11/17/2005 (64)
Model, Playmate
Misc: October 1961

🎵Dave Swarbrick -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1941 d.6/3/2016 N.S. (75)
Songwriter, Fiddler, Violinist, Folk Singer, English
Group Names: Fairport Convention

🎵Nicholas Caldwell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1944 N.S. d.1/5/2016 N.S. (71)
Hall of Famer, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Misc: in the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame
Group Names: The Whispers

🏆🥊Leati "Sika" Anoa'i -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1945 N.S. d.6/25/2024 N.S. (79)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler, Samoan
Misc: formed The Wild Samoans with his brother Afa

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🎵🎸Dave (Rock Drummer) Holland -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1948 N.S. d.1/16/2018 N.S. (69)
Hall of Famer, Heavy Metal Drummer, English
Group Names: Trapeze, Judas Priest

⚛Judith Arlene Resnik -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1949 d.1/28/1986 (36)
Doctor, Engineer

🏆⚾Rennie Stennett -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1949 N.S. d.5/18/2021 N.S. (72)
MLB Player, Panamaian
Misc: shares the record for seven hits in a nine-inning game [9/16/75] with Wilbert Robinson of Baltimore Orioles
Sports Teams: Pittsburgh Pirates

🏆🏈Brad Van Pelt -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1951 d.2/17/2009 (57)
NFL Player

🎵🎸Everett Morton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1951 N.S. d.10/8/2021 N.S. (70)
Rock and Roll Drummer, West Indies
Group Names: The English beat

🎵Troy Gentry -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/5/1967 N.S. d.9/8/2017 N.S. (50)
Country Music Singer
Group Names: Montgomery Gentry

👑King Charles XI Of Sweden -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/24/1655 Ju-1 d.4/5/1697 Ju-1 (41)
King, Swedish

✍Edward Young -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/3/1683 d.4/5/1765 (81)
Poet, English

🎖Georges Jacques Danton -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/26/1759 N.S. d.4/5/1794 N.S.
Revolutionary, French
Misc: French revolutionary leader

⛪💰Reverend Robert Raikes -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/14/1736 d.4/5/1811 (74)
Reverend, Philanthropist, English
Misc: Invented Sunday School

⚛Thomas Hodgkin -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/17/1798 d.4/5/1866 (67)
Physician, English
Misc: early described (1832) the malignant disease of lymph tissue that bears his name.

🏆🥊Tom Allen -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/1/1840 d.4/5/1904 (64)
Hall of Famer, Boxer, English

🎨Eastman Johnson -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/29/1824 d.4/5/1906 (81)
Painter

🏆🏒Joseph Henry "Joe" Hall -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/3/1881 N.S. d.4/5/1919 N.S. (37)
Hall of Famer, NHL Defensive, Canadian
Misc: played 1902-1919
Sports Teams: Montreal Canadiens, Quebec Bulldogs, Montreal Shamrocks, Montreal Wanderers, Winnipeg Maple Leafs, Montreal Hockey Club, Kenora Thistles, Brandon Wheat Cities

⚛George Herbert -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/26/1866 d.4/5/1923 (56)
Scientist, Archaeologist

🎨Victor David Brenner -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/12/1871 d.4/5/1924 (52)
Sculptor, Lithuanian
Misc: Lincoln head penny designer

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🎵Gene Greene -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/9/1881 d.4/5/1930 (48)
Composer/Songwriter, Singer

⚛Matthew Sellers -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/29/1869 d.4/5/1932 (63)
Aeronautical, Engineer

✍Earl Derr Biggers -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/24/1884 d.4/5/1933 (48)
Author
Misc: created Chinese detective Charlie Chan

🎵Vincent Youmans -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/27/1898 d.4/5/1946 (47)
Music Producer, Composer
Song Titles: Tea For Two

🎵August Hyllested -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/17/1858 d.4/5/1946 (87)
Pianist, Swedish

🎨💰Abby Rockefeller -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/26/1874 d.4/5/1948 (73)
Art Collector, Philanthropist, Socialite
Names/Places: John D.'s wife

🎭Edward Rigby -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/5/1879 d.4/5/1951 (72)
Actor, English

💰Pierre Samuel Du Pont -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/15/1870 d.4/5/1954 (84)
Businessperson, Executive

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🎭Alma Kruger -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/13/1871 d.4/5/1960 (88)
Actress

🎖Douglas MacArthur -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/26/1880 d.4/5/1964 (84)
General
Misc: Five-star Veteran war commander; d. in Washington

🏆🏀Amory Tingle "Slats" Gill -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/1/1901 N.S. d.4/5/1966 N.S. (64)
Hall of Famer, College Basketball Player, College Basketball Coach
Misc: in the Basketball and College Basketball Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: Oregon State University (player 1921-1924, coach 1928-1964)

⚛Hermann Joseph Mueller -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/21/1890 d.4/5/1967 (76)
Biologist, Geneticist
Misc: best remembered for his demonstration that mutations and hereditary changes can be caused by X rays striking the genes and chromosomes of living cells. His discovery of artificially induced mutations in genes had far-reaching consequences.

🎵Mischa Elman -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/20/1891 d.4/5/1967 (76)
Violinist, Russian

🎭Lois Andrews -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/24/1924 d.4/5/1968 (44)
Actress

✍⚖Rómulo Gallegos -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/2/1884 d.4/5/1969 (84)
Writer, Head of State, Venezuelan

🎭Isabel Jewell -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/19/1907 d.4/5/1972 (64)
Actress
Movie Titles: Ceiling Zero, Marked Woman, A Tale of Two Cities, Gone With the Wind

🎭Brian Donlevy -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/9/1899 d.4/5/1972 (73)
Movie Actor, Irish
Misc: some say b. 1889 or 1901

🎭William Hudson -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/24/1925 d.4/5/1974 (49)
Actor
TV Shows: I Led 3 Lives (as special agent Mike Andrews)

🎨A. Y. Jackson -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/3/1882 d.4/5/1974 (91)
Artist, Canadian

🎭Inez Courtney -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/12/1908 d.4/5/1975 (67)
Actress

⚖Chiang Kai-Shek -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/31/1887 d.4/5/1975 (87)
Head of State
Names/Places: b. in Chekaing Province
Misc: the first Chinese president

⚛💰🎭🏆🏁Howard Robard Hughes -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/24/1905 N.S. d.4/5/1976 N.S. (72)
Hall of Famer, Aviator, Industrialist, Multimillionaire, Movie Producer, Racing Figure
Names/Places: b. in Houston, TX; d. in Houston
Misc: Pilot Of The Spruce Goose, reclusive billionaire, moviemaker, plane builder; in the Motorsports Hall of Fame

🎵Carlo Tagliabue -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/13/1898 d.4/5/1978 (80)
Baritone, Opera Performer, Italian

🏆🥊Ralph "Ruffy" Silverstein -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/20/1914 N.S. d.4/5/1980 N.S. (66)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler

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🎵🎸Bob "The Bear" Hite -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/26/1943 N.S. d.4/5/1981 N.S. (38)
Harmonicaist, Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist
Names/Places: RN: Robert Ernest Hite
Misc: not to be confused with bluegrass singer Robert Hite Jr.
Group Names: Canned Heat (lead)

📰Mark Ethridge -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/22/1896 d.4/5/1981 (84)
Journalist, Publisher

⚖Abe Fortas -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/19/1910 d.4/5/1982 (71)
Supreme Court Justice
Misc: Associate Supreme Court Justice 1965-69

🎖Sir Arthur Travers Harris -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/13/1892 d.4/5/1984 (91)
General, English

🏆🏒Bill Cook -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/9/1896 N.S. d.4/5/1986 N.S. (89)
Hall of Famer, NHL Right Wing, Canadian
Misc: played 1922-1937
Sports Teams: Saskatoon Crescents, New York Rangers

🎭Alf Kjellin -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/28/1920 d.4/5/1988 (68)
Actor, Swedish

📰Harold Hayes -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/18/1926 d.4/5/1989 (62)
Editor
Misc: Esquire, fostered 60s New Journalism
TV Shows: 20/20

✍P. J. Boatwright -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/8/1927 d.4/5/1991 (63)
Author
Misc: chief authority on the Rules of Golf

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⚖John G. Tower -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/29/1925 d.4/5/1991 (65)
Senator

🎭Molly Picon -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/28/1898 d.4/5/1992 (94)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress
Misc: some say b. 1908 or June 1

💰Samuel Moore "Sam" Walton -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/29/1918 N.S. d.4/5/1992 N.S. (74)
Businessperson
Names/Places: b. in Kingfisher, OK
Misc: CEO; built Wal-Mart empire in 1962

⚖Robert E. (FCC) Lee -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/31/1912 d.4/5/1993 (81)
Presidential Aide
Misc: FCC member 1953-81

✍🎭Marlon Riggs -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/3/1957 N.S. d.4/5/1994 N.S. (37)
Poet, Educator, Political Activist, Filmmaker
Misc: won Emmy and Peabody awards for documentaries on blacks and gays.

🎵🎸Kurt Cobain -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/20/1967 d.4/5/1994 (27)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Heavy Metal Singer, Heavy Metal Guitairst
Misc: April 8 is the day he was found dead by his own hand
Group Names: Nirvana

🎵Roy Smeck -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/6/1900 d.4/5/1994 (94)
Musician, Banjoist, Guitarist, Ukulele
Misc: Autoharp; Hawaiian style

🎨Emilio Greco -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/11/1913 d.4/5/1995 (81)
Sculptor, Italian

🎭🎵Ron Richardson -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/27/1952 d.4/5/1995 (43)
Stage Actor, Singer

✍Allen Ginsberg -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/3/1926 d.4/5/1997 (70)
Poet, Gay
Names/Places: b. in Newark, N.J.
Misc: some say b. in 1921; Beat Generation poet

🎵Stoney Edwards -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/24/1929 d.4/5/1997 (67)
Country Music Singer
Misc: was one of the first black singers to have a significant presence in country music.

🏆🏒Rocky (Warren) Godfrey -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/23/1931 d.4/5/1997 N.S. (66)
NHL Player, Canadian

🎵🎸Cozy Powell -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/29/1947 d.4/5/1998 (50)
Songwriter, Rock and Roll Drummer, English
Group Names: Jeff Beck, Rainbow, Emerson Lake & Powell

🏆🏁Lee Petty -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/14/1914 d.4/5/2000 (86)
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer
Names/Places: Richard's father, Kyle's grandfather
Misc: NASCAR pioneer

🎭Debralee Scott -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/2/1953 d.4/5/2005 (52)
TV/Movie Actress
TV Shows: Welcome Back Kotter (as Rosalie "Hotsie" Totzie), Mary Hartman Mary Hartman (as Cathy Shumway also on Forever Fernwood), Angie (as Marie Falco)
Movie Titles: Pandemonium, Earthquake (TV movie), American Graffiti, Police Academy (1 and 3)

🎨Dale Messick -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/11/1906 d.4/5/2005 (98)
Comic Strip Cartoonist
Misc: Brenda Starr

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✍⛪Saul Bellow -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/10/1915 d.4/5/2005 (89)
Novelist, Jewish, Canadian
Names/Places: b. in Quebec

🎵Gene Pitney -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/17/1940 d.4/5/2006 (66)
Hall of Famer, Composer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Pianist, Pop Singer
Names/Places: MN:Francis

🏆🏈Daryl Stingley -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/18/1951 d.4/5/2007 (55)
NFL Player

🎵🎸Mark Saint John -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/7/1956 d.4/5/2007 (51)
Rock and Roll Musician
Group Names: KISS

⛪🎭Charlton Heston -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/4/1923 d.4/5/2008 (84)
Protestant, TV/Movie Actor, Movie Director
Names/Places: b. in Evanston, IL
Misc: some say b. 1922 or 1924
TV Shows: FDR, Chiefs, The Colbys (as Jason Colby)
Movie Titles: Dark City, Ben Hur, Planet of the Apes (also Beneath the...sequel), The Ten Commandments, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Greatest Show on Earth, El Cid, Hamlet

🎭Maggie Pierce -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/24/1931 d.4/5/2010 (78)
Actress
TV Shows: My Mother the Car (as Barbara Crabtree)

⚛Baruch Blumberg -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/28/1925 N.S. d.4/5/2011 N.S. (85)
Physician
Misc: whose discovery of an antigen that provokes antibody response against hepatitis B led to the development by other researchers of a successful vaccine against the disease.; He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976 with D. Carleton Gajdusek

🎭John Pinette -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/23/1964 N.S. d.4/5/2014 N.S. (50)
TV Actor, Comedian
TV Shows: Parker Lewis Can't Lose (as Coach Kohler)

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✍⚛Peter Matthiessen -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/22/1927 d.4/5/2014 (86)
Writer, Novelist, Naturalist
Misc: specializing in the wilderness

🏆⚽Gordon Melville Smith -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/3/1954 d.4/5/2014 (59)
Soccer Player, Scottish

🎵🎷Wayne Henderson -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/24/1939 N.S. d.4/5/2014 N.S. (74)
Music Producer, Jazz Trombonist
Group Names: The Crusaders

🎭Richard Dysart -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/30/1929 d.4/5/2015 (86)
TV Actor
Names/Places: b. in Augusta, Maine
TV Shows: L.A. Law (as Leland McKenzie)

🏆⚾🏈Lou Simmons -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/19/1923 N.S. d.4/5/2015 N.S. (91)
Baseball Announcer, Football Announcer
Misc: Ford C. Frick Award winner in 2004
Sports Teams: San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics

🎭🎵Julie Wilson -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/21/1924 d.4/5/2015 (90)
Actress, Singer
Misc: some sources say b. 1925

✍🎭Barbara Turner -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/14/1936 N.S. d.4/5/2016 N.S. (79)
Screenwriter, Actress
Names/Places: wife of Vic Morrow (1957-1964); mother of Jennier Jason Leigh

🏆🏉Mick Sullivan -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/12/1934 d.4/5/2016 N.S. (82)
Rugby Player, English
Names/Places: NN: Sully
Misc: played in 48 Test or World Cup matches for Great Britian and three for England

🏆🏈Frank Wainwright -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/10/1967 d.4/5/2016 N.S. (48)
NFL Tight End

🎵Leon Haywood -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/11/1942 d.4/5/2016 N.S. (74)
Keyboardist, Soul Singer
Misc: also funk style
Song Titles: I Want'a Do Something Freaky To You

🎭Chelsea Brown -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/6/1947 d.4/5/2017 N.S. (69)
Actress, Comedienne
TV Shows: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
Movie Titles: The Thing with Two Heads, The Return of Captain Invincible, Welcome to Woop Woop

🏆🏈Jim Pietrzak -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/21/1953 N.S. d.4/5/2018 N.S. (65)
NFL Tackle, NFL Center

🎭Tim O'Connor -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/3/1927 N.S. d.4/5/2018 N.S. (90)
Actor
TV Shows: Peyton Place (as Elliott Carson), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (as Dr. Huer), Wheels
Movie Titles: The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear

🏆🎯Eric Bristow -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/25/1957 N.S. d.4/5/2018 N.S. (60)
Hall of Famer, Dart Thrower, English
Misc: five-time World Masters Champion dart thrower

✍🎵🎷Cecil Taylor -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/15/1933 N.S. d.4/5/2018 N.S. (85)
Poet, Composer, Bandleader, Jazz Pianist

🎭John Quarmby -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/18/1929 N.S. d.4/5/2019 N.S. (89)
Actor, English

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🎭Lee Fierro -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/13/1929 N.S. d.4/5/2020 N.S. (91)
Actress
Movie Titles: Jaws

🎭Shirley Douglas -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/2/1934 N.S. d.4/5/2020 N.S. (86)
Political Activist, Actress, Canadian

🎭Honor Blackman -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/22/1925 N.S. d.4/5/2020 N.S. (94)
TV/Movie Actress, English
Names/Places: b. in London
TV Shows: The Upper Hand (as Laura West), The Avengers (as Cathy Gale)
Movie Titles: Jason and the Argonauts, Bridget Jones's Diary, Goldfinger (as Pussy Galore)

🏆🏈Bobby (Football) Mitchell -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/6/1935 N.S. d.4/5/2020 N.S. (84)
Hall of Famer, NFL Halfback
Sports Teams: Cleveland Browns (player 1958-1961), Washington Redskins (player 1962-1968, executive 1969-2002)

🎭Mary Linda Rapelye -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/16/1944 N.S. d.4/5/2021 N.S. (76)
Actress
Movie Titles: The Proposal, In Cold Blood

⚛Philip K. Chapman -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/5/1935 N.S. d.4/5/2021 N.S. (86)
Astronaut, Australian

🎭Nehemiah Persoff -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/2/1919 N.S. d.4/5/2022 N.S. (102)
Actor
Names/Places: b. in Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel)
Movie Titles: An American Tail, Twins, Some Like It Hot, Al Capone, Yentl

🏆🏈Doug Sutherland -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/1/1948 N.S. d.4/5/2022 N.S. (74)
NFL Defensive
Misc: Super Bowl VIII, IX, XI
Sports Teams: Minnesota Vikings

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🎵Bobby Rydell -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/26/1942 N.S. d.4/5/2022 N.S. (79)
Drummer, Pop Singer
Names/Places: b. in Philadelphia, Pa.; RN:Robert Ridarelli
Song Titles: Wild One, Volare
TV Shows: Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club
Movie Titles: Bye Bye Birdie

🏆🏀Cedric Henderson -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/11/1965 N.S. d.4/5/2023 N.S. (58)
NBA Player

🎵🎸C. J. Snare -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/14/1959 N.S. d.4/5/2024 N.S. (64)
Heavy Metal Singer
Names/Places: RFN:Carl Jeffrey
Group Names: Firehouse

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