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People on April 2nd: birthdates

Gregory Abbott: 1956 (is 54 in 2010, 55 in 2011)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Songwriter, Music Producer, Shake You Down
Sharon Acker: 1935 (is 75 in 2010, 76 in 2011)
TV/Movie Actress, Canadian, New Perry Mason's Della Street, Rin Tin Tin K-9 Cop's Alice
Sam Anderson: yr unknown
TV Actor, Perfect Strangers' Gorpley, ER's Dr. Jack Kayson
Greg Camp: 1967 (is 43 in 2010, 44 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Smash Mouth
Jesse Carmichael: 1979 (is 31 in 2010, 32 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Performer, of Maroon 5
Phil "Parrot" Castrodale: 1942 (is 68 in 2010, 69 in 2011)
Singer, of Reflections
Larry Coryell: 1943 (is 67 in 2010, 68 in 2011)
Jazz Musician, Guitarist, Pianist, Jazz-rock
Glen Dale: 1943 (is 67 in 2010, 68 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, British, RN:Richard Garforth; of The Fortunes; his name sounds like a city near Los Angeles
Finley Davis: 2008 (is 2 in 2010, 3 in 2011)
Celebrity Son, Erin Davis and Kim's son
Billy Dean: 1962 (is 48 in 2010, 49 in 2011)
Country Singer/Guitarist
Noname Diesel: 2008 (is 2 in 2010, 3 in 2011)
Celebrity Daughter, Paloma Jimenez and Vin's daughter
Dr. Demento: 1941 (is 69 in 2010, 70 in 2011)
Radio Disc Jock, Novelty Singer, NN:King of Dementia; Dr. Demento Show host; RN:Barrett E. Hansen; collects the most historical & hysterical cylinders, 16's, 33 1/3's, 45's, 78's, reel-to-reels, cassettes, 8-tracks, CDs, DAT's, & videos ever recorded; on KPPC 106.7 1970-71, KMET 94.7 1971-87, KLSX 97.1 1987-93, no L.A. stations 1993-94, KSCA 101.9 1994-1997, KLSX 1998-99
Renee Estevez: 1967 (is 43 in 2010, 44 in 2011)
Actress, Charlie Sheen's daughter, The West Wing's Nancy
Sierra Sky Fisher: 2002 (is 8 in 2010, 9 in 2011)
Celebrity Daughter, Brooke Burke and Garth's daughter
Tony Franklin: 1962 (is 48 in 2010, 49 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of The Firm
Tony Fredianelli: 1969 (is 41 in 2010, 42 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Third Eye Blind
Bethany Joy Galeotti: 1981 (is 29 in 2010, 30 in 2011)
Actress, One Tree Hill's Haley James Scott
Rita Gam: 1928 (is 82 in 2010, 83 in 2011)
Movie Actress
Jeremy Garrett: 1976 (is 34 in 2010, 35 in 2011)
Actor, of Legacy
Clark Gregg: 1962 (is 48 in 2010, 49 in 2011)
Actor, The New Adventures of Old Christine's Richard Campbell
Emmylou Harris: 1947 (is 63 in 2010, 64 in 2011)
Country Singer, Protestant, Country Guitarist, b. in Birmingham, Al.; NN:Queen of Country-Rock; some say b. 1948
Gloria Henry: 1923 (is 87 in 2010, 88 in 2011)
TV Actress, Dennis the Menace's mom:Alice Mitchell
Linda Hunt: 1945 (is 65 in 2010, 66 in 2011)
Movie Actress, b. in Morristown, N.J.; some say b. 1942; played a MAN in The Year Of Living Dangerously
Jana Marie Hupp: 1963 (is 47 in 2010, 48 in 2011)
Actress, Ed's Nancy Burton
Buddy Jewell: 1961 (is 49 in 2010, 50 in 2011)
Country Singer
Jill King: 1975 (is 35 in 2010, 36 in 2011)
Country Singer
Bethany Joy Lenz: 1981 (is 29 in 2010, 30 in 2011)
Actress, One Tree Hill's Haley James Scott
Joie Lenz: 1981 (is 29 in 2010, 30 in 2011)
Soap Actress, Guiding Light's Michelle Bauer, One Tree Hill's Haley
Warner Mack: 1938 (is 72 in 2010, 73 in 2011)
Country Singer, Songwriter
Dee Dee Magno: 1975 (is 35 in 2010, 36 in 2011)
Pop Singer, of The Party
Amelia Marshall: 1958 (is 52 in 2010, 53 in 2011)
Soap Actress, Guiding Light's Gilly Grant Speakes, All My Children's Belinda Keefer, Passions' Liz
Mabel McKeown: 1986 (is 24 in 2010, 25 in 2011)
Celebrity Daughter, Tracey Ullman & Allan's girl
Christopher Meloni: 1961 (is 49 in 2010, 50 in 2011)
Actor, Law and Order Special Victims Unit's Det. Elliot Stabler, Oz, Nights in Rodanthe
Kerry Minnear: 1948 (is 62 in 2010, 63 in 2011)
Keyboardist, British, of Gentle Giant
Jamie Ray Newman: yr unknown
Soap Actress, General Hospital's Kristina Cassadine
Camille Paglia: 1947 (is 63 in 2010, 64 in 2011)
Actress
Ron Palillo: 1954 (is 56 in 2010, 57 in 2011)
TV/Stage/Soap Actor, Cartoon Voicist, Illustrator, Children's Author, b. in New Haven, Ct.; Welcome Back Kotter's Arnold J. Horshack with the Aawwk aawwk aawwk laugh, One Life to Live's Gary
Jesse Plemons: 1988 (is 22 in 2010, 23 in 2011)
Actor
Pamela Reed: 1949 (is 61 in 2010, 62 in 2011)
TV/Stage Actress, Grand, Simpsons' Ruth Powers, Home Court's Judge Sydney J. Solomon, Bean
David Robinson: 1953 (is 57 in 2010, 58 in 2011)
New Wave Musician, Drummer, of The Cars
Eddie Robinson: 1978 (is 32 in 2010, 33 in 2011)?
TV Actor; some say b. Apr 12, 1978 (is 32 in 2010)
Adam Rodriguez: 1975 (is 35 in 2010, 36 in 2011)
Actor, CSI Miami's Eric Delko
Adam Rodruiguez: 1975 (is 35 in 2010, 36 in 2011)
Actor, CSI Miami's Eric Delko
Leon Russell: 1941 (is 69 in 2010, 70 in 2011)
Jazz Performer, Pianist, Bandleader, Composer/Songwriter, Singer/Guitarist, Music Producer, Trumpeter, Bandleader, b. in Lawton, Ok.; top instrumentalist sessionman; RN:Hank Wilson; AP says b. 1942
Antonio Sabato: 1943 (is 67 in 2010, 68 in 2011)
Actor, Bold & The Beautiful's Aldo Damiano
Roselyn Sanchez: 1973 (is 37 in 2010, 38 in 2011)
Soap Actress, As The World Turns' Pilar Domingo
Anja Schute: 1964 (is 46 in 2010, 47 in 2011)
Actress, German
Sonny Throckmorton: 1941 (is 69 in 2010, 70 in 2011)
Country Singer
Aiden Turner: 1977 (is 33 in 2010, 34 in 2011)
Soap Actor, All My Children's Aidan Devane
Elena Verdugo: 1926 (is 84 in 2010, 85 in 2011)?
TV/Movie Actress, Spanish-American; Meet Millie's Millie Bronson, Mona McCluskey, Many Happy Returns, Marcus Welby MD's Consuelo Lopez, New Phil Silvers Show; some say b. Apr 20, 1926 (is 84 in 2010)
Isaiah Washington: 1963 (is 47 in 2010, 48 in 2011)
Actor, Grey's Anatomy's Dr. Preston Burke, Soul Food
Kurt Winter: 1946 (is 64 in 2010, 65 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, Canadian, of The Guess Who
Karen Jane Woodward: 1961 (is 49 in 2010, 50 in 2011)
Pop Singer, English, of Bananarama

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People on April 2nd: birth anniversaries

Hans Christian Andersen: 1805=d.Aug 4, 1875 (was 70)
Children's Author, Poet, Denmark, Gay, b. in Odense; 168 Fairy tales; Princess & the Pea, Ugly Duckling, Little Mermaid, Emperor's New Clothes
Clifford Berryman: 1869=d.Dec 11, 1949 (was 80)
ComicStrip Cartoonist, created Teddy Bear after Prez Teddy Roosevelt's hunting trips
Frederic Auguste Bertholdi: 1834=d.Oct 4, 1904 (was 70)
Sculptor, Painter, French, b. in Colmar; created the Statue of Liberty
Erastus B. Bigelow: 1814=d.Dec 6, 1879 (was 65)
Inventor, Manufacturer, noted as the developer of the power carpet loom and as a founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Jack Buchanan: 1891=d.Oct 20, 1957 (was 66)?
Movie/Stage Actor, Singer, Comedian, Dancer, Producer/Director, Scotish; some say d. Oct 13, 1957 (was 66)
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova: 1725=d.Jun 4, 1798 (was 73)
Author, Spy, Italian, Romantic Exploiter; Soldier; Seminarian; Rogue; Philanderer; Adventurer; MN:Jacopo, LN:de Seingait
Walter Chrysler: 1875=d.Aug 18, 1940 (was 65)
Entrepreneur, Industrialist, Inventor, Manufacturer, Chrysler Corporation founder 1925; 6-cylinder engine developer
Charles "Honi" Coles: 1911=d.Nov 12, 1992 (was 81)
Dancer, TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Vaudevillan, tap dancer
Buddy Ebsen: 1908=d.Jul 6, 2003 (was 95)
TV/Movie Actor, Dancer, Painter, b. in Belleville, Il.; Tap Dancer; RFN:Christian Rudolph Jr.; Corky & White Shadow, The Beverly Hillbillies' Jed Clampett, Barnaby Jones star, Matt Houston's Roy Houston, was Wizard of Oz's Tin Man but had to drop out of the movie due to health problems, Davy Crockett
Emperor Charlemagne: 742=d.Jan 28, 814 (was 71)
King, French, the first Holy Roman emperor (800-814); Carolingian; aka Charles the Great
Max Ernst: 1891=d.Apr 1, 1976 (was 84)
Painter, Sculptor, German, father of surrealism
Marvin Gaye: 1939=d.Apr 1, 1984 (was 44)
HALL OF FAMER, Rhythm and Blues Singer, Songwriter, Music Producer, Keyboardist, Drummer, Pianist, Arranger, b. in Washington. D.C.; I Heard It Through the Grapevine; RN:Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; was shot to death by his father, Marvin Gay Sr., in Los Angeles.
Brian Glover: 1934=d.Jul 24, 1997 (was 63)
Movie/Stage Actor, English
Dabbs Greer: 1917=d.Apr 28, 2007 (was 90)
Actor, Gunsmoke's Mr. Jones, Hank, Little House's Rev. Robert Alden, Maybe It's Me's Grandpa Fred Stage
Francesco M. Grimaldi: 1618=d.????
Mathematician, Physicist, Light defraction
Sir Alec Guinness: 1914=d.Aug 5, 2000 (was 86)
Movie/Stage Actor, Roman Catholic, English, b. in London; Star Wars' Obi-Wan Kenobi, Passage To India, Oliver Twist, Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago, Murder By Death
Paul Leu: 1913=d.Jul 8, 1990 (was 77)
Pianist, of Spike Jones & The City Slickers
Booker Little: 1938=d.Oct 5, 1961 (was 23)
Trumpeter
Lou Monte: 1917=d.Jun 12, 1989 (was 72)
Singer, Guitarist, sang Pepino the Italian Mouse
Debralee Scott: 1953=d.Apr 5, 2005 (was 52)
TV/Movie Actress, American Graffiti, Welcome Back Kotter's Rosalie (Hotsie) Totzie, Mary Hartman*2's Cathy Shumway, Angie's Marie Falco
Irene Mayer Selznick: 1910=d.????
Movie Producer, A Streetcar Named Desirepresumed deceased
Andrea Simon: 1914=d.1994
Celebrity Relative, Mother of Carly, Lucy, & Joanna
Jack Webb: 1920=d.Dec 23, 1982 (was 62)
HALL OF FAMER, TV/Movie Actor, TV Producer/Director, b. in Santa Monica, Ca.; WWII bomber pilot; Dragnet's Sgt. Joe Friday; prdc'd Dragnet, The DA, Hec Ramsey, Emergency, Adam 12, Mobile One, Project UFO; Julie London's ex-hubby
Elizabeth Whitlock: 1761=d.Feb 27, 1836 (was 74)
Stage Actress, English
Leon Wilkerson: 1952=d.Jul 27, 2001 (was 49)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington Collins Band
Emile Zola: 1840=d.Sep 28, 1902 (was 62)
Novelist, Journalist, Author, Social Reformer, French

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People on April 2nd: death anniversaries

Hannes Olof Gosta Alfven: 1995 (was 86)/b.May 30, 1908
Scientist, Swedish, debunked The Big Bang theory
Douglas Dumbrille: 1974/b.Oct 13, 1890?
Actor, China Smith's Insp. Hobson, The Life of Riley's Cunningham, New Phil Silvers Show, Mr. Deed Goes To Town; some say b. Oct 13, 1888, or b. Oct 13, 1889
C. S. Forester: 1966 (was 66)/b.Aug 27, 1899
Novelist, English, RFMN:Cecil Scott; Egyptian; The African Queen; creator of Horatio Hornblower
Betty Furness: 1994 (was 78)/b.Jan 3, 1916
Movie Actress, Announcer, b. in New York City; RFN:Elizabeth; Comsumer advocate; commercial announcer, Studio One, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Eugenie Leontovich: 1993 (was 93)/b.Mar 21, 1900
Movie/Stage Actress, Dramatist/Playwright, Teacher, Russian
Samuel Finley Breese Morse: 1872 (was 80)/b.Apr 27, 1791
Inventor, Painter, b. in Charlestown, PA; Morse code, the electric telegraph
Bennie Moten: 1935 (was 40)/b.Nov 13, 1894
Jazz Pianist, Bandleader, Composer, early large jazz band organizer
Jerry Paris: 1986 (was 60)/b.Jul 25, 1925
TV/Movie Actor, Director, b. in San Francisco; Steve Canyon's Maj. Willie Williston, The Untouchables' agent Martin Flaherty, Dick Van Dyke Show's Jerry Helper; Dir'd Partridge Family, That Girl, Love American Style, Odd Couple, Happy Days; d. Mar 31?
Georges Pompidou: 1974 (was 62)/b.Jul 5, 1911
Head of State, French, ex-prez of France
Pope John Paul II: 2005 (was 84)/b.May 18, 1920
Religious Leader, Polish, RN:Ckarol Wojtyla; the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, elected 10-16-78
"Buddy" Rich: 1987 (was 69)/b.Jun 30, 1917
Jazz Performer, Bandleader, Drummer, RFN:Bernard
Theodore Richards: 1928 (was 60)/b.Jan 31, 1868
Chemist, atomic weights, Nobel-1914
Wallingford Riegger: 1961 (was 75)/b.Apr 29, 1885
Composer
Herman Rorshcach: 1922 (was 37)/b.Nov 8, 1884
Psychiatrist, Swiss, devised the inkblot test that bears his name and that is widely used clinically for diagnosing psychopathology.
Bernard "Buddy" Seigal: 2006 (was 48)/b.Dec 30, 1957
Singer, Guitarist, A founding member of The Beat Farmers
Bud Shank: 2009 (was 82)/b.May 27, 1926
Alto-sax, Flutist, Baritone-sax, Composer
Edwin Starr: 2003 (was 61)/b.Jan 21, 1942
Soul Singer, Music Producer, Songwriter, RN:Charles Hatcher; War singer (not the group)
Tamoyuki Tanaka: 1997 (was 86)/b.Apr 26, 1910
Movie Producer, Godzilla movies
Ray Teal: 1976 (was 74)/b.Jan 12, 1902
TV/Movie Actor, scores of movies 30-70s; Bonanza's Sheriff Roy Coffee
Michael Wayne: 2003 (was 68)/b.Nov 23, 1934
Producer, John's son
Clifton White: 1998 (was 77)/b.yr unknown
Guitarist, of The Mills Brothers, played with Sam Cooke

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General events on April 2nd

In 1932, aviator Charles A. Lindbergh and Dr. John F. Condon turned over $50,000 in ransom to an unidentified man in a Bronx cemetery in New York in exchange for Lindbergh's kidnapped son. The infant, however, was not returned, and was found dead the following month.

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Government and Politics on April 2nd

In 1792, Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized establishment of the U.S. Mint, which was built in Philadelphia, Pa. The denominations of the coins would be $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins & silver dollar, 1/2 dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime. All the coin money was to be inscribed with the Latin words "E Pluribus Unum"... a motto meaning "Out of Many, One."

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War, Crime and Disaster events on April 2nd

In 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his cabinet fled the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. Lee's line was broken at Petersberg.

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Royalty and Religious events on April 2nd

In 1512, Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian I and Swiss joined the Holy League against France.

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Human Achievement and Science events on April 2nd

In 1513, Florida was discovered by Juan Ponce de Leon as he landed in what is now St. Augustine; when asked what he'll do after he spent many months finding Florida, he says he's goung to Disney World (ha ha!).

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Arts and Prose events on April 2nd

In 1819, the first successful agricultural journal ("The American Farmer") began publication.

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Weird and Other events on April 2nd

In 1908, 04 x 02 = 08

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Today's 'Confused-Us' Saying...
"home is the nicest place you will ever go."

Random Thought...
"Life is what happens to you while you're making other plans"

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"He's dim, Jed"

And Another Random Thought...
"Observation, and not old age, brings wisdom"

Still Another Random Thought...
"Consider the Malevolent Universe Theory: it really IS out to get you!"

Yet Another Random Thought...
"And when didn't you start contradicting people?"

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"The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire. - Murphy's Military Laws"

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"DAN QUAYLE VIRUS 2 - Prevents your processes from spawning any child without first joining into a binary network. Also said to cause speling erors in files stored on your disk"

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"I washed mud, off of mud."

Today's 'You Might Be A Redneck If' (tm) Joke...
"You just bought your family their lst Atari game system."

Today's Sniglet(tm)...
"Ufuation (yu flu AY shun) - n. The peculiar habit, when searching for a snack, of constantly returning to the refrigerator in hopes that something new will have materialized."

Today's Book Hype...
"Beekeeping: A. P. Arry"

Today's Actual Headline...
"COLUMNIST GETS UROLOGIST IN TROUBLE WITH HIS PEERS"

Today's Signs You Are a Computer Addict...
"Call your computer by a name."

Today's Computer Glossary...
"Heap: what I drive "

Today's Daffynition...
"Impeccable: Unable to be eaten by a chicken."

Today's Einstein Quote...
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck, for the October 26, 1929 issue of The Saturday Evening Post"

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"What does Hannibal like to call Robert Blake? Killer Shrimp"

Today's They Do It...
"TRUMP does it with cash"

Today's Old Never Die...
"OLD YACHTSMEN never die, they just keel over"

Today's Mark Twain Quote...
"If you invent two or three people and turn them loose in your manuscript, something is bound to happen to them -- you can't help it; and then it will take you the rest of the book to get them out of the natural consequences of that occurrence, and so first thing you know, there's your book all finished up and never cost you an idea"

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"Fresh frozen"

Today's Confused Us Quote...
"after all is said and done, usually more is said then done."

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"Pack up your Tribbles in your old kit bag."

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History tends to exaggerate. -- Col. Green, "The Savage Curtain," stardate 5906.4.

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Captain, he needs an attitude adjustment. -- Star Trek. Pulaski about Kolrami, "Peak Performance"

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