History for April 23

History for April 23 - On-This-Day.com
William Shakespeare 1564 - Poet, playwright ("Julius Caesar," "Romeo and Juliet," "MacBeth"), believed to have been born on April 23 based on his baptism on April 26, 1564, James Buchanan 1791 - 15th U.S. President, nickname: Old Buck, Shirley (Jane) Temple Black 1928 - Child actress ("Little Miss Marker," "Heidi," "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm") 


Roy Orbison 1936 - Singer (Traveling Wilburys), Hervé Villechaize 1943 - Actor ("Fantasy Island"), Blair Brown 1948 - Actress 


Joyce DeWitt 1949 - Actress ("Three's Company), Michael Moore 1954 - Director, Valerie Bertinelli 1960 - Actress ("One Day at a Time") 


1900 - The word "hillbilly" was first used in print in an article in the "New York Journal." It was spelled "Hill-Billie". 


1908 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt signed an act creating the U.S. Army Reserve. 


1945 - The Soviet Army fought its way into Berlin. 


1985 - The Coca-Cola Company announced that it was changing its 99-year-old secret formula. New Coke was not successful, which resulted in the resumption of selling the original version. 


1988 - A U.S. federal law took effect that banned smoking on flights that were under two hours. 


2004 - U.S. President George W. Bush eased sanctions against Libya in return for Moammar Gadhafi's agreement to give up weapons of mass destruction. 


2005 - The first video was uploaded to YouTube.com.