April 18th - Happy Birthday David Tennant, Eric Roberts, Conan O'Brien & Chloe Bennet https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/t3161 Runboard| April 18th - Happy Birthday David Tennant, Eric Roberts, Conan O'Brien & Chloe Bennet en-us Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:46:06 +0000 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:46:06 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 Re: April 18th - Happy Birthday David Tennant, Eric Roberts, Conan O'Brien & Chloe Bennethttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p84080,from=rss#post84080https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p84080,from=rss#post84080In 1930 - BBC news announcer announces "there is no news" at 20:45 news bulletin, plays music insteadnondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:41:06 +0000 Re: April 18th - Happy Birthday David Tennant, Eric Roberts, Conan O'Brien & Chloe Bennethttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p81401,from=rss#post81401https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p81401,from=rss#post81401In 1965 - Marian Anderson ended her 30-year singing career with a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Wed, 22 Apr 2020 20:54:45 +0000 Re: April 18th - Happy Birthday David Tennant, Eric Roberts, Conan O'Brien & Chloe Bennethttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p78265,from=rss#post78265https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p78265,from=rss#post782651938, Superman, AKA "The Man of Steel," made his debut as the first issue of Action Comics (bearing a cover date of June) went on sale for 10 cents a copy. (In 2014, a nearly flawless original copy was sold on eBay for $3.2 million.) Today's Birthdays — Thursday, April 18, 2019: Actor Clive Revill is 89. Actor James Drury is 85. Actor Robert Hooks is 82. Actress Hayley Mills is 73. Actor James Woods is 72. Actress-director Dorothy Lyman is 72. Actress Cindy Pickett is 72. Country musician Walt Richmond (The Tractors) is 72. Country musician Jim Scholten (Sawyer Brown) is 67. Actor Rick Moranis is 66. Actress Melody Thomas Scott is 63. Actor Eric Roberts is 63. Actor John James is 63. Rock musician Les Pattinson (Echo and the Bunnymen) is 61. Author-journalist Susan Faludi is 60. Actress Jane Leeves is 58. Ventriloquist-comedian Jeff Dunham is 57. Talk show host Conan O'Brien is 56. Bluegrass singer-musician Terry Eldredge is 56. Actor Eric McCormack is 56. Actress Maria Bello is 52. Actress Mary Birdsong is 51. Actor David Hewlett is 51. Rock musician Greg Eklund (The Oolahs) is 49. Actress Lisa Locicero is 49. Actress Tamara Braun is 48. TV chef Ludovic Lefebvre is 48. Actor Fedro Starr is 48.. Actor David Tennant is 48. Country musician Marvin Evatt (EH'-veht) is 45.. Rock musician Mark Tremonti is 45. Rhythm-and-blues singer Trina (Trina and Tamara) is 45. Actress Melissa Joan Hart is 43. Actor Sean Maguire is 43.. Actor Kevin Rankin is 43. Actor Bryce Johnson is 42. Reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian (kar-DASH'-ee-uhn) is 40. Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera is 36. Actress America Ferrera is 35. Actor Tom Hughes is 34. Actress Ellen Woglom (TV: "Marvel's Inhumans") is 32. Actress Vanessa Kirby is 31. Actress Alia Shawkat is 30. Actress Britt Robertson is 29. Actress Chloe Bennet (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) is 27. Rock singer Nathan Sykes (The Wanted) is 26. Actor Moises Arias is 25.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Fri, 19 Apr 2019 20:35:21 +0000 Re: April 18th - Happy Birthday David Tennant, Eric Roberts, Conan O'Brien & Chloe Bennethttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p74005,from=rss#post74005https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p74005,from=rss#post74005Today is Wednesday, April 18, the 108th day of 2018. There are 257 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 18, 1938, Superman, AKA "The Man of Steel," made his debut as the first issue of Action Comics (bearing a cover date of June) went on sale for 10 cents a copy. (In 2014, a nearly flawless original copy was sold on eBay for $3.2 million.) Ten years ago: Addressing the United Nations, Pope Benedict XVI said that respect for human rights, not violence, was the key to solving many of the world's problems. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin gave birth to her fifth child, a son named Trig Paxson Van Palin. Five years ago: The FBI released surveillance camera images of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and asked for the public's help in identifying them, hours after President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended an interfaith service at a Roman Catholic cathedral. Randy Newman, Heart, Rush, Public Enemy, Donna Summer, Albert King, and producers Quincy Jones and Lou Adler were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Los Angeles. One year ago: Turning back to the economic populism that helped drive his election campaign, President Donald Trump signed an order he said should help American workers whose jobs were threatened by skilled immigrants; the signing took place at the headquarters of hand and power tool manufacturer Snap-on Inc., in Kenosha, Wis. A man shot and killed three people on the streets of downtown Fresno, Calif.; a suspect who was also accused of killing a motel security guard two days earlier was almost immediately arrested. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence assured Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (shin-zoh AH'-bay) "we are with you 100 percent" during a visit amid escalating tensions over North Korea. Today's Birthdays — April 18: Actor Clive Revill is 88. Actor James Drury is 84. Tenor/educator George Shirley is 84. Actor Robert Hooks is 81. Musician Glen Hardin is 79. Mike Vickers (Manffred Mann) is 77. Former MLB pitcher/sportscaster Steve Blass is 77. Actress Hayley Mills is 72. Tommy Shannon (bassist for Stevie Ray Vaughan) is 72. Actor James Woods is 71. Actress-director Dorothy Lyman is 71. Actress Cindy Pickett is 71. Country musician Walt Richmond (The Tractors) is 71. Race car driver Geoff Bodine is 69. Choreographer/producer Kenny Ortega is 68. Country musician Jim Scholten (Sawyer Brown) is 66. Actor Rick Moranis is 65. Actress Melody Thomas Scott is 62. Actor Eric Roberts is 62. Actor John James is 62. Rock musician Les Pattinson (Echo and the Bunnymen) is 60. Author-journalist Susan Faludi is 59. Actress Jane Leeves is 57. Ventriloquist-comedian Jeff Dunham is 56. Talk show host Conan O'Brien is 55. Bluegrass singer-musician Terry Eldredge is 55. Actor Eric McCormack is 55. Actress Maria Bello is 51. Actress Mary Birdsong is 50. Actor David Hewlett is 50. Rock musician Greg Eklund (The Oolahs) is 48. Actress Lisa Locicero is 48. Former MLB player Rico Brogna is 48. TV chef Ludovic Lefebvre is 47. Actor David Tennant is 47. Football Hall of Famer Derrick Brooks is 45. Former MLB player Brady Clark is 45. Olympic marathon runner Haile Gebrselassie is 45. Country musician Marvin Evatt (EH'-veht) is 44. Rock musician Mark Tremonti is 44. Rhythm-and-blues singer Trina (Trina and Tamara) is 44. Actress Melissa Joan Hart is 42. Actor Sean Maguire is 42. Actor Kevin Rankin is 42. Actor Bryce Johnson is 41. Reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian (kar-DASH'-ee-uhn) is 39. MLB player Miguel Cabrera (Detroit Tigers) is 35. Actress America Ferrera is 34. MLB player Billy Butler (formerly of the Kansas City Royals) is 32. Actress Ellen Woglom (TV: "Marvel's Inhumans") is 31. Actress Vanessa Kirby is 30. Actress Alia Shawkat is 29. Actress Britt Robertson is 28. Actress Chloe Bennet is 26. Rock singer Nathan Sykes (The Wanted) is 25. Actor Moises Arias is 24.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Wed, 18 Apr 2018 17:11:02 +0000 Re: April 18th - Happy Birthday David Tennant, Eric Roberts, Conan O'Brien & Chloe Bennethttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p69816,from=rss#post69816https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p69816,from=rss#post69816Today is Tuesday, April 18, the 108th day of 2017. There are 257 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On April 18, 1942, during World War II, an air squadron from the USS Hornet led by Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle raided Tokyo and other Japanese cities. The first World War II edition of The Stars and Stripes was published as a weekly newspaper. Ten years ago: The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, saying it did not violate a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. Four large bombs exploded in mainly Shiite locations of Baghdad, killing at least 183 people. Mark Buehrle (BUR'-lee) of the Chicago White Sox faced the minimum 27 batters in a 6-0 no-hit victory over the Texas Rangers. Curtis Strange and Hubert Green were elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame. Five years ago: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta apologized for gruesome photographs published in the Los Angeles Times that purported to show U.S. soldiers posing with the bloodied remains of dead insurgents in Afghanistan two years earlier. Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and producer who helped bring rock 'n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand" and rang in the New Year for the masses at Times Square, died in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 82. One year ago: The U.S. agreed to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and to send eight Apache helicopters for the first time into the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq, the first major increase in U.S. forces in nearly a year. The Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for documenting the use of slave labor in Southeast Asia to supply seafood to American tables. "Hamilton," Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop stage biography of America's first treasury secretary, won the Pulitzer for drama. At the Boston Marathon, Ethiopians won both the men's and women's races for the first time in history; Lemi Berhanu Hayle won the men's race in 2:12:45 and Atsede Baysa won the women's race in 2:29:19. Today's Birthdays — April 18: Actor Clive Revill is 87. Actor James Drury is 83. Actor Robert Hooks is 80. Actress Hayley Mills is 71. Actor James Woods is 70. Actress-director Dorothy Lyman is 70. Actress Cindy Pickett is 70. Country musician Walt Richmond (The Tractors) is 70. Country musician Jim Scholten (Sawyer Brown) is 65. Actor Rick Moranis is 64. Actress Melody Thomas Scott is 61. Actor Eric Roberts is 61. Actor John James is 61. Rock musician Les Pattinson (Echo and the Bunnymen) is 59. Author-journalist Susan Faludi is 58. Actress Jane Leeves is 56. Ventriloquist/comedian Jeff Dunham is 55. Talk show host Conan O'Brien is 54. Bluegrass singer-musician Terry Eldredge is 54. Actor Eric McCormack is 54. Actress Maria Bello is 50. Actress Mary Birdsong is 49. Actor David Hewlett is 49. Rock musician Greg Eklund (The Oolahs) is 47. Actress Lisa Locicero is 47. TV chef Ludovic Lefebvre is 46. Actor David Tennant is 46. Country musician Marvin Evatt (EH'-veht) is 43. Rock musician Mark Tremonti is 43. Rhythm-and-blues singer Trina (Trina and Tamara) is 43. Actress Melissa Joan Hart is 41. Actor Sean Maguire is 41. Actor Kevin Rankin is 41. Actor Bryce Johnson is 40. Reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian (kar-DASH'-ee-uhn) is 38. Actress America Ferrera is 33. Actress Vanessa Kirby (TV: "The Crown") is 29. Actress Alia Shawkat is 28. Actress Britt Robertson is 27. Actress Chloe Bennet is 25. Rock singer Nathan Sykes (The Wanted) is 24. Actor Moises Arias is 23nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:45:43 +0000 Re: April 18th - Happy Birthday David Tennant, Eric Roberts, Conan O'Brien & Chloe Bennethttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p65337,from=rss#post65337https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p65337,from=rss#post65337Today is Monday, April 18, the 109th day of 2016. There are 257 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On April 18, 1966, "The Sound of Music" won the Oscar for best picture of 1965 at the 38th Academy Awards. The first Major League baseball game played on AstroTurf took place at the Houston Astrodome as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Astros 6-3. Bill Russell was named player-coach of the Boston Celtics, becoming the NBA's first black coach. Ten years ago: President George W. Bush reshuffled his economic team, appointing Rob Portman his new budget chief. Chinese President Hu Jintao (hoo jin-tow) arrived in the Seattle area for talks with business leaders before heading to Washington, D.C. Suri Cruise, daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, was born. Five years ago: Standard & Poor's lowered its long-term outlook for the U.S. government's fiscal health from "stable" to "negative," and warned of serious consequences if lawmakers failed to reach a deal to control the massive federal deficit. Crystal Mangum, who'd falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of raping her, was charged with murder in the stabbing death of her boyfriend Reginald Daye. (Mangum was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to between 14 and 18 years in prison.) Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai won the Boston Marathon in 2:03:02, the fastest anyone had ever run the 26.2 mile distance; fellow Kenyan Caroline Kilel won the women's race in 2:22:36. One year ago: A ship believed to be carrying more than 800 migrants from Africa sank in the Mediterranean off Libya; only about 30 people were rescued. A motorcycle-riding suicide bomber attacked a line of people waiting outside a bank in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 35. Ringo Starr, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, pop punks Green Day, soul singer-songwriter Bill Withers, underground-rock icon Lou Reed, bluesy guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and The "5'' Royales were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Today's Birthdays: Actress Barbara Hale is 95. Actor Clive Revill is 86. Actor James Drury is 82. Actor Robert Hooks is 79. Actress Hayley Mills is 70. Actor James Woods is 69. Actress-director Dorothy Lyman is 69. Actress Cindy Pickett is 69. Country musician Walt Richmond (The Tractors) is 69. Country musician Jim Scholten (Sawyer Brown) is 64. Actor Rick Moranis is 63. Actress Melody Thomas Scott is 60. Actor Eric Roberts is 60. Actor John James is 60. Rock musician Les Pattinson (Echo and the Bunnymen) is 58. Author-journalist Susan Faludi is 57. Actress Jane Leeves is 55. Ventriloquist/comedian Jeff Dunham is 54. Talk show host Conan O'Brien is 53. Bluegrass singer-musician Terry Eldredge is 53. Actor Eric McCormack is 53. Actress Maria Bello is 49. Actress Mary Birdsong is 48. Actor David Hewlett is 48. Rock musician Greg Eklund (The Oolahs) is 46. Actress Lisa Locicero (TV: "General Hospital") is 46. TV chef Ludovic Lefebvre is 45. Actor David Tennant is 45. Country musician Marvin Evatt (EH'-veht) is 42. Rock musician Mark Tremonti is 42. Rhythm-and-blues singer Trina (Trina and Tamara) is 42. Actress Melissa Joan Hart is 40. Actor Sean Maguire is 40. Actor Kevin Rankin is 40. Actor Bryce Johnson is 39. Reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian (kar-DASH'-ee-uhn) is 37. Actress America Ferrera is 32. Actress Alia Shawkat is 27. Actress Britt Robertson is 26. Actress Chloe Bennet is 24. Rock singer Nathan Sykes (The Wanted) is 23. Actor Moises Arias is 22.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:39:13 +0000 Re: April 18th - Happy Birthday David Tennant, Eric Roberts, Conan O'Brien & Chloe Bennethttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p60240,from=rss#post60240https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p60240,from=rss#post60240Today is Saturday, April 18, the 108th day of 2015. There are 257 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 18, 1945, during World War II, famed American war correspondent Ernie Pyle, 44, was killed by Japanese gunfire on the Pacific island of Ie Shima (ee-eh shee-mah), off Okinawa. Ten years ago: Cardinals meeting at the Vatican failed to select a successor to Pope John Paul II in their first round of voting. Defending champion Catherine Ndereba (dah-REH'-bah) of Kenya became the first woman to win a fourth Boston Marathon while Ethiopia's Hailu Negussie won the men's race. (Marathon grand marshal Jacqueline Gareau was given the chance to re-create her victory in the 1980 race, supposedly won by hoaxster Rosie Ruiz; Gareau ran the last 100 yards of the course and broke a tape at the finish line.) Five years ago: Tens of thousands of Poles bade farewell to President Lech Kaczynski (lehk kah-CHIN'-skee) at a state funeral in Krakow. Brian Davis called a two-stroke penalty on himself on the first playoff hole to give Jim Furyk a victory at the Verizon Heritage. Rafael Nadal defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-0, 6-1 in an all-Spanish final to win the Monte Carlo Masters for the sixth straight year. Carrie Underwood became the first woman to win entertainer of the year twice at the Academy of Country Music Awards. One year ago: An avalanche swept down a climbing route on Mount Everest, killing 16 Sherpa guides in the deadliest disaster on the world's highest peak. Today's Birthdays: Actress Barbara Hale is 94. Actor Clive Revill is 85. Actor James Drury is 81. Actor Robert Hooks is 78. Actress Hayley Mills is 69. Actor James Woods is 68. Actress-director Dorothy Lyman is 68. Actress Cindy Pickett is 68. Country musician Walt Richmond (The Tractors) is 68. Country musician Jim Scholten (Sawyer Brown) is 63. Actor Rick Moranis is 62. Actress Melody Thomas Scott is 59. Actor Eric Roberts is 59. Actor John James is 59. Rock musician Les Pattinson (Echo and the Bunnymen) is 57. Author-journalist Susan Faludi is 56. Actress Jane Leeves is 54. Ventriloquist/comedian Jeff Dunham is 53. Talk show host Conan O'Brien is 52. Bluegrass singer-musician Terry Eldredge is 52. Actor Eric McCormack is 52. Actress Maria Bello is 48. Actress Mary Birdsong is 47. Actor David Hewlett is 47. Rock musician Greg Eklund (The Oolahs) is 45. TV chef Ludovic Lefebvre is 44. Actor David Tennant is 44. Country musician Marvin Evatt (EH'-veht) is 41. Rock musician Mark Tremonti is 41. Rhythm-and-blues singer Trina (Trina and Tamara) is 41. Actress Melissa Joan Hart is 39. Actor Sean Maguire is 39. Actor Kevin Rankin is 39. Actor Bryce Johnson is 38. Reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian (kar-DASH'-ee-uhn) is 36. Actress America Ferrera is 31. Actress Alia Shawkat is 26. Actress Britt Robertson is 25. Actress Chloe Bennet is 23. Rock singer Nathan Sykes (The Wanted) is 22. Actor Moises Arias is 21.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Sun, 19 Apr 2015 15:22:38 +0000 Re: April 18th - Happy Birthday David Tennant, Eric Roberts, Conan O'Brienhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p53972,from=rss#post53972https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p53972,from=rss#post53972Today is Good Friday, April 18, the 108th day of 2014. There are 257 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 18, 1934, the first laundromat (called a "Washateria") was opened by John F. Cantrell in Fort Worth, Texas; four electric washing machines were rented to members of the public on an hourly basis. Ten years ago: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (zah-pah-TEH'-roh) ordered a withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq just hours after his government was sworn in, fulfilling a campaign pledge and trying to calm his uneasy nation after bombings that killed 191 people in Madrid. Five years ago: President Barack Obama offered a spirit of cooperation to America's hemispheric neighbors at the Summit of the Americas in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. The White House said President Barack Obama was "deeply disappointed" at news Iran had convicted American journalist Roxana Saberi of spying for the United States and sentenced her to eight years in prison. (Saberi was released on appeal the following month.) Emma Hendrickson, a 100-year-old great-great-grandmother from Morris Plains, N.J., became the oldest competitor in the history of the United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships, rolling a 115, 97 and 106 for a 318 series during team competition at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno. (Hendrickson died in February 2012 at age 102.) One year ago: A Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus police officer, Sean Collier, was shot to death while sitting in his cruiser; authorities said he was killed by two brothers suspected in the deadly Boston Marathon bombing. Randy Newman, Heart, Rush, Public Enemy, Donna Summer, Albert King, and producers Quincy Jones and Lou Adler were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Los Angeles. Today's Birthdays: Actress Barbara Hale is 93. Actor Clive Revill is 84. Actor James Drury is 80. Actor Robert Hooks is 77. Actress Hayley Mills is 68. Actor James Woods is 67. Actress-director Dorothy Lyman is 67. Actress Cindy Pickett is 67. Country musician Walt Richmond (The Tractors) is 67. Country musician Jim Scholten (Sawyer Brown) is 62. Actor Rick Moranis is 61. Actress Melody Thomas Scott is 58. Actor Eric Roberts is 58. Actor John James is 58. Rock musician Les Pattinson (Echo and the Bunnymen) is 56. Author-journalist Susan Faludi is 55. Actress Jane Leeves is 53. Ventriloquist/comedian Jeff Dunham is 52. Talk show host Conan O'Brien is 51. Bluegrass singer-musician Terry Eldredge is 51. Actor Eric McCormack is 51. Actress Maria Bello is 47. Actress Mary Birdsong is 46. Rock musician Greg Eklund (The Oolahs) is 44. TV chef Ludovic Lefebvre is 43. Actor David Tennant is 43. Country musician Marvin Evatt (EH'-veht) is 40. Rock musician Mark Tremonti is 40. Rhythm-and-blues singer Trina (Trina and Tamara) is 40. Actress Melissa Joan Hart is 38. Actor Sean Maguire is 38. Actor Kevin Rankin is 38. Actor Bryce Johnson is 37. Reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian (kar-DASH'-ee-uhn) is 35. Actress America Ferrera is 30. Actress Alia Shawkat is 25. Actress Britt Robertson is 24. Actress Chloe Bennet is 22. Rock singer Nathan Sykes (The Wanted) is 21. Actor Moises Arias is 20.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Fri, 18 Apr 2014 20:30:06 +0000 Re: April 18thhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p47395,from=rss#post47395https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p47395,from=rss#post47395Today is Thursday, April 18, the 108th day of 2013. There are 257 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 18, 1943, during World War II, Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, was killed as his plane was shot down by U.S. fighters while approaching Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. One year ago: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta apologized for gruesome photographs published in the Los Angeles Times that purported to show U.S. soldiers posing with the bloodied remains of dead insurgents in Afghanistan two years earlier. Dick Clark, the ever-youthful television host and producer who helped bring rock 'n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand" and rang in the New Year for the masses at Times Square, died in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 82. Today's Birthdays: Actress Barbara Hale is 92. Actor Clive Revill is 83. Actor James Drury is 79. Actor Robert Hooks is 76. Actress Hayley Mills is 67. Actor James Woods is 66. Actress-director Dorothy Lyman is 66. Actress Cindy Pickett is 66. Country musician Walt Richmond (The Tractors) is 66. Country musician Jim Scholten (Sawyer Brown) is 61. Actor Rick Moranis is 60. Actress Melody Thomas Scott is 57. Actor Eric Roberts is 57. Actor John James is 57. Rock musician Les Pattinson (Echo and the Bunnymen) is 55. Author-journalist Susan Faludi is 54. Actress Jane Leeves is 52. Talk show host Conan O'Brien is 50. Bluegrass singer-musician Terry Eldredge is 50. Actor Eric McCormack is 50. Actress Maria Bello is 46. Actress Mary Birdsong is 45. Rock musician Greg Eklund (The Oolahs) is 43. Actor David Tennant is 42. Country musician Marvin Evatt (EH'-veht) is 39. Rock musician Mark Tremonti is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Trina (Trina and Tamara) is 39. Actress Melissa Joan Hart is 37. Actor Sean Maguire is 37. Actor Kevin Rankin is 37. Actor Bryce Johnson is 36. Reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian (kar-DASH'-ee-uhn) is 34. Actress America Ferrera is 29. Actress Alia Shawkat is 24. Actress Britt Robertson is 23. Rock singer Nathan Sykes (The Wanted) is 20. Actor Moises Arias is 19.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:42:01 +0000 Re: April 18thhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p41604,from=rss#post41604https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p41604,from=rss#post41604Today's Birthdays: Actress Barbara Hale is 91. Actor Clive Revill is 82. Actor James Drury is 78. Actor Robert Hooks is 75. Actress Hayley Mills is 66. Actor James Woods is 65. Actress-director Dorothy Lyman is 65. Actress Cindy Pickett is 65. Country musician Walt Richmond (The Tractors) is 65. Country musician Jim Scholten (Sawyer Brown) is 60. Actor Rick Moranis is 59. Actress Melody Thomas Scott is 56. Actor Eric Roberts is 56. Actor John James is 56. Rock musician Les Pattinson (Echo and the Bunnymen) is 54. Author-journalist Susan Faludi is 53. Actress Jane Leeves is 51. Talk show host Conan O'Brien is 49. Bluegrass singer-musician Terry Eldredge is 49. Actor Eric McCormack is 49. Actress Maria Bello is 45. Actress Mary Birdsong is 44. Rock musician Greg Eklund (The Oolahs) is 42. Actor David Tennant is 41. Country musician Marvin Evatt is 38. Rock musician Mark Tremonti is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer Trina (Trina and Tamara) is 38. Actress Melissa Joan Hart is 36. Actor Sean Maguire is 36. Actor Bryce Johnson is 35. Reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian is 33. Actress America Ferrera is 28. Actress Alia Shawkat is 23. Actress Britt Robertson (TV: "Life Unexpected") is 22. Actor Moises Arias ("Hannah Montana") is 18. Other notable birthdays, April 18: 1925, Bob Hastings, American actor 1940, Mike Vickers, British guitarist and saxophonist (Manfred Mann) 1942, Steve Blass, American professional baseball player 1944, Robert Hanssen, American spy 1949, Geoff Bodine, American race car driver 1950, Kenny Ortega, American film and TV producer and choreographer 1962, Jeff Dunham, American comedian 1969, Keith R.A. DeCandido, American author 1970, Rico Brogna, American baseball player 1973, Derrick Brooks, American football player 1973, Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian athlete 1973, Brady Clark, American baseball player 1977, Cindy Taylor, Paraguayan supermodel and actress 1979, Michael Bradley, American basketball player 1983, Miguel Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player 1986, Billy Butler, American baseball player Born on this day, April 18, passed away: 1480, Lucrezia Borgia, Florentine ruler and daughter of Pope Alexander VI (d. 1519) 1857, Clarence Darrow, American attorney (d. 1938) 1880, Sam Crawford, baseball player (d. 1968) 1888, Duffy Lewis, American baseball player (d. 1979) 1915, Joy Gresham Lewis, American writer, wife of C. S. Lewis (d. 1960) 1919, Virginia O'Brien, American singer and actress (d. 2001) 1924, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American musician (d. 2005) 1924, Henry Hyde, American politician (d. 2007) 1927, Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist (d. 2008) 1946, Skip Spence, Canadian-born guitarist, singer and songwriter (Jefferson Airplane) (d. 1999) 1964, Jim Ellison, musician (Material Issue) (d. 1996) 1982, Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (d. 2009) Notable deaths, April 18: 1942, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (b. 1875) 1945, Ernie Pyle, American journalist (b. 1900) 1955, Albert Einstein, German physicist (b. 1879) 1990, Victoria O'Keefe, British actress (b. 1969) 1996, Brook Berringer, American football player (b. 1973) 1996, Bernard Edwards, American record producer (b. 1952) 1998, Terry Sanford, American politician (b. 1917) 2002, Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (b. 1914) 2002, Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1938) 2005, Sam Mills, American football player (b. 1959) 2009, Stephanie Parker, Welsh actress (b. 1987)nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:35:33 +0000 April 18th - Happy Birthday David Tennant, Eric Roberts, Conan O'Brien & Chloe Bennethttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p41603,from=rss#post41603https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p41603,from=rss#post41603Today is Wednesday, April 18, the 109th day of 2012. There are 257 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 18, 1942, an air squadron from the USS Hornet led by Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle raided Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya during World War II. On this date: In 1025, Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. In 1506, The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid. In 1518, Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland. In 1521, Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication. In 1689, Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros. In 1738, Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid. In 1775, Paul Revere began his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Mass., warning American colonists that the British were coming. In 1797, The Battle of Neuwied, French victory against the Austrians. In 1831, the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa was officially opened. In 1848, American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico. In 1857, "The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France. In 1864, Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement. In 1880, An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100. In 1881, Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico. In 1897, The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire. In 1899, The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria. In 1902, Quetzaltenango, the second largest city of Guatemala, is destroyed by an earthquake. In 1906, a devastating earthquake struck San Francisco, followed by raging fires; estimates of the final death toll range between 3,000 and 6,000. In 1909, Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome. In 1910, suffragists showed up at the U.S. Capitol with half a million signatures demanding that women have the right to vote. In 1912, the RMS Carpathia, carrying survivors of the Titanic disaster, arrived in New York. In 1915, French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I. In 1923, Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opens. In 1924, Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book. In 1934, the first laundromat (called a "washateria") opened in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1936, The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit. In 1942, the first World War II edition of The Stars and Stripes was published as a weekly newspaper. In 1942, Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France. In 1943, World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island. In 1945, More than 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany. In 1945, Famed American war correspondent Ernie Pyle, 44, was killed by Japanese gunfire on the Pacific island of Ie Shima, off Okinawa. In 1946, The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands. In 1949, The keel for the aircraft carrier USS United States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals. In 1949, the Republic of Ireland was proclaimed. In 1954, Gamal Abdel Nasser seized power, becoming prime minister of Egypt. In 1955, 29 nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference. In 1958, A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum. In 1961, The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted. In 1961, CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule. In 1974, The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore dry port. In 1978, the Senate approved the Panama Canal Treaty, providing for the complete turnover of control of the waterway to Panama on the last day of 1999. In 1980, The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwe Dollar replaces the Rhodesian Dollar as the official currency. In 1981, The longest professional baseball game is begun in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The game is suspended at 4:00 the next morning and finally completed on June 23. In 1983, 63 people, including 17 Americans, were killed at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, by a suicide bomber. In 1988, The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II. In 1992, General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture Kabul. In 1996, In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the UN compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge. Ten years ago: Police arrested actor Robert Blake in the shooting death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, nearly a year earlier (Blake was acquitted at his criminal trial but found liable in a civil trial). Amtrak's Auto Train derailed near Crescent City, Fla., killing four passengers. Afghanistan's former king, Mohammad Zaher Shah, returned to his country after 29 years in exile. A small plane slammed into a skyscraper in Milan, Italy, killing the plane's sole occupant and two other people. Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl died near Colla Micheri, Italy, at age 87. Five years ago: The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act. Four large bombs exploded in mainly Shiite locations of Baghdad, killing at least 183 people. Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox faced the minimum 27 batters in a 6-0 no-hit victory over the Texas Rangers. Curtis Strange and Hubert Green joined the World Golf Hall of Fame. One year ago: Standard & Poor's lowered its long-term outlook for the U.S. government's fiscal health from "stable" to "negative." Crystal Mangum, who'd falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of raping her, was charged with murdering her boyfriend, Reginald Daye. Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai won the Boston Marathon in a record time of 2:03:02, while fellow Kenyan Caroline Kilel won the women's race in 2:22:36. The Los Angeles Times won a Pulitzer Prize for revealing that officials in Bell, Calif., were paying themselves exorbitant salaries; but for the first time in the Pulitzers' 95-year history, no award was given in the category of breaking news. Jennifer Egan's novel "A Visit From the Goon Squad" won the Pulitzer for fiction.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:34:23 +0000