Daily Calendar for Thursday, April 23, 2026
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Thursday, April 23, 2026
Born
- William Shakespeare (playwright) –
- James Buchanan (15th U.S. president) –
- Lester Pearson (Canadian prime minister) –
- Shirley Temple Black (actress) –
- Roy Orbison (musician) –
- Lee Majors (actor) –
- Tony Esposito (hockey player) –
- Judy Davis (actress) –
- Valerie Bertinelli (actress) –
- George Lopez (comedian & actor) –
- Melina Kanakaredes (actress) –
- Kal Penn (actor) –
- Chloe Kim (Olympic snowboarder) –
- Frederick Richard (Olympic gymnast) –
Died
- William Shakespeare (playwright) –
- William Wordsworth (poet, died in Rydal, Westmorland, England) –
- Harold Arlen (composer) –
- Howard Cosell (sports journalist) –
- Paul K. Keene (pioneer of organic farming in U.S.) –
- Boris Yeltsin (president of Russia) –
- David Halberstam (Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter) –
Events
- Church of England annulled the marriage between Catherine of Aragon and King Henry VIII –
- First postage stamps issued in Canada –
- Guelph, Ontario, incorporated as a city –
- Hank Aaron hit his first major league home run –
- Ranger 4 spacecraft launched –
- Natalie Wood made Harvard history when she became the first performer voted the year’s worst by the Harvard Lampoon to show up and accept her citation –
- The first YouTube video, “Me at the zoo,” was uploaded –
Weather
- Denver received 23 inches of snow in 24 hours –
- Ice out, Lake Winnipesaukee, NH –