April 18th is the birthday

. . . of Della Street. That’s Barbara Hale who played Della on 155 episodes of Perry Mason. She’s 85.

. . . of Pollyanna. Hayley Mills is 61.

. . . of two-time Oscar nominee James Woods. He’s 60.

. . . of Rick Moranis, 54.

. . . of Daphne Moon. Jane Leeves of “Frasier” is 46.

. . . of Conan O’Brien. He’s 44.

. . . of America Ferrera; she’s 23.

The first game was played at Yankee Stadium on this date in 1923.

War correspondent, and Albuquerquean, Ernie Pyle was killed by Japanese gunfire on the Pacific island of Ie Shima, off Okinawa, on this date in 1945.

Albert Einstein died at age 76 on this date in 1955.

And it was on this date in 1775 that Paul Revere and others rode to warn their countryman that British troops were mobilizing.

Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.

Continue reading Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.