UPI Almanac for Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Today is Tuesday, April 23, the 114th day of 2024 with 252 to follow.

The moon is full. Morning stars are Mars, Saturn and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter and Uranus.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include English playwright William Shakespeare in 1564; English painter J.M.W "William" Turner in 1775; James Buchanan, 15th president of the United States, in 1791; Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Planck in 1858; Canadian Prime Minister/Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lester Pearson in 1897; actor/diplomat Shirley Temple Black in 1928; distance runner/author Jim Fixx in 1932; singer Roy Orbison in 1936; actor Lee Majors in 1939 (age 85); actor David Birney in 1939; actor Sandra Dee in 1942; actor Herve Villechaize in 1943; actor Joyce DeWitt in 1949 (age 75); documentarian Michael Moore in 1954 (age 70); actor Judy Davis in 1955 (age 69); actor Jan Hooks in 1957; actor Valerie Bertinelli in 1960 (age 64); actor George Lopez in 1961 (age 63); actor Melina Kanakaredes in 1967 (age 57); Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh in 1968; musician Stan Frazier (Sugar Ray) in 1968 (age 56); actor John Lutz in 1973 (age 51); comedian John Oliver in 1977 (age 47); actor Kal Penn in 1977 (age 47); actor/wrestler John Cena in 1977 (age 47); actor Jaime King in 1979 (age 45); model/actor Joanna Krupa in 1979 (age 45); actor Dev Patel in 1990 (age 34); model Gigi Hadid in 1995 (age 29); musician Jake Kiszka (Greta Van Fleet) in 1996 (age 28); musician Josh Kiszka (Greta Van Fleet) in 1996 (age 28); U.S. Olympic gold medal-winning snowboarder Chloe Kim in 2000 (age 24); Britain's Prince Louis in 2018 (age 6).

On this date in history:

In 1635, the first public school in America, the Boston Latin School, was opened.

In 1898, the first movie theater opened at the Koster and Bials Music Hall in New York City.

In 1914, Chicago's Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, hosts its first baseball game when the Chicago Chi-Feds beat the Kansas City Packers 9-1.

In 1940, a fire at the Rhythm Club in Natchez, Miss., claimed the lives of 209 people, all Black patrons, in what is now ranked as the fourth-deadliest building fire in U.S. history.

In 1965, more than 200 U.S. planes struck North Vietnam in one of the heaviest raids of the Vietnam War.

In 1985, former U.S. Sen. Sam Ervin died at age 88. The North Carolina Democrat directed the Senate Watergate investigation that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation.

In 1993, United Farm Workers founder Cesar Chavez died at age 66.

In 2007, former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who faced down army tanks during the fall of the Soviet Union, died of cardiac arrest at the age of 76.

In 2008, the U.S. Defense Department announced that Army Gen. David Petraeus, top American military official in Iraq, was chosen to head the Central Command, overseeing military affairs in the Middle East and Central Asia, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In 2015, the Senate confirmed Loretta Lynch as attorney general more than five months after President Barack Obama nominated her. She was the first African-American woman to hold the title.

In 2020, the NFL held its first-ever virtual draft amid social distancing requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Cincinnati Bengals chose quarterback Joe Burrow as the No. 1 overall pick.

A thought for the day: "When things are bad, it's the best time to reinvent yourself." -- American actor George Lopez