Happy Wednesday, April 23, 2025! It’s the 113th day of the year with 252 days remaining.
Historical Events on this Day:
In 1971, Vietnam War veterans protested by throwing their medals and ribbons over a wire fence at the U.S. Capitol.
In 1635, the Boston Latin School, the first public school in the United States, was established.
In 1898, Spain declared war on the United States, leading to a U.S. response two days later.
In 1940, a tragic nightclub fire in Natchez, Mississippi, claimed over 200 lives.
In 1988, a federal ban on smoking during domestic airline flights under two hours went into effect.
In 1993, labor leader Cesar Chavez passed away in San Luis, Arizona.
In 2005, the first video uploaded on YouTube featured co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo.
In 2007, Russia’s first popularly elected president, Boris Yeltsin, passed away in Moscow.
In 2018, a van plowed into pedestrians in Toronto, resulting in 10 fatalities and 16 injuries.
Celebrity Birthdays:
- Lee Majors, Actor – 86 years old
- Blair Brown, Actor – 79 years old
- Joyce DeWitt, Actor – 76 years old
- Michael Moore, Filmmaker-author – 71 years old
- Judy Davis, Actor – 70 years old
- Valerie Bertinelli, Actor – 65 years old
- George Lopez, Actor-comedian – 64 years old
- Melina Kanakaredes, Actor – 58 years old
- John Cena, Actor-wrestler – 48 years old
- Andruw Jones, Retired MLB All-Star – 48 years old
- John Oliver, Comedian-TV host – 48 years old
- Kal Penn, Actor – 48 years old
- Jaime King, Actor-model – 46 years old
- Taio Cruz, Singer – 45 years old
- Dev Patel, Actor – 35 years old
- Gigi Hadid, Model – 30 years old
- Chloe Kim, Olympic snowboarding gold medalist – 25 years old
- Prince Louis of Wales – 7 years old
