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Daily Calendar for Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Born

  • Ella Fitzgerald (singer) –
  • Melissa Hayden (ballerina) –
  • Al Pacino (actor) –
  • Talia Shire (actress) –
  • Hank Azaria (actor) –
  • Renee Zellweger (actress) –
  • Jason Lee (actor) –

Died

  • Ginger Rogers (dancer & actress) –
  • Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (rap artist) –
  • Bobby "Boris" Pickett (singer best known for the Billboard hit Monster Mash) –
  • Bea Arthur (actress) –
  • Harry Belafonte (singer, actor, and activist) –

Events

  • New York became first state to require auto license plates –
  • The first guide dog, Buddy, was presented to Morris Frank –
  • First circus telecast –
  • United Negro College Fund was incorporated –
  • The board game Scrabble trademark was registered –
  • St. Lawrence Seaway completed. (It was dedicated on June 26.) –
  • “Purple People Bridge” reopened, Cincinnati –
  • A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal killing more than 8,000 people –

Weather

  • New York City had 3 inches of snow –
  • 118 degrees F, Volcano Springs, CA –
  • In Michigan, a 70 mph wind picked up a 6-pound Chihuahua and blew her out of sight –
  • The temperature in Concord, New Hampshire, reached 90 degrees setting a new state record for this date –
  • A large tornado outbreak (about 362 twisters) began that lasted into April 28 and affected eastern U.S. and southern Canada –

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