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), Joyce DeWitt 1949 - Actress ("Three's Company), 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.
1954 - Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hit his first major-league home run on this day.
1967 - The Soyuz 1 was launched by Russia.
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 Muammar Gaddafi's agreement to give up weapons of mass destruction.
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