Today’s blogging is strictly in commemoration of
… Shirley Temple Black. The actress turned diplomat is 81. Shirley Temple was in approximately 50 films before she turned 18. She received a special juvenile Oscar in 1935.
… Lee Majors. He’s 70. Soon the $6-million man will be found on eBay for $7.95 $6.95.
… Michael Moore, 55.
… Judy Davis. The two-time Oscar nominee is 54.
… Valerie Bertinelli. For 20 years, Mrs. Eddie Van Halen, she’s 49, but must feel older.
… George Lopez. He’s 48.
… Melina Kanakaredes, 42.
… Dev Patel. He’s 19. Do you know who he is?
It was on the date in 1791 that James Buchanan, the former worst president ever of the U.S., was born.
Stephen A. Douglas, the short guy who debated Lincoln during the 1858 election—and won the election — was born on this date in 1813. Douglas died shortly after Lincoln’s inaugural as president in 1861.
April 23, 1564, is generally accepted as the birth date of William Shakespeare.
And 52 years later, on April 23, 1616, both Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes died. One likes to think that had they been in heaven sooner, The Bible would have been better written.