In History – First issue of TV Guide published

IN HISTORY - April 9th:

1953 - "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue...Desi Arnaz, Jr. (Lucy & Desi's newborn baby) first cover

1962 - 34th Academy Awards - "West Side Story", Sophia Loren & Maximillian Schell win
1962 - JFK throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr., buried in Atlanta
1979 - 51st Academy Awards - "Deer Hunter", Jon Voight & Jane Fonda win
1984 - 56th Academy Awards - "Terms of Endearment", Robert Duvall &Shirley MacLaine win
2002 - Funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at Westminster Abbey UK. More than a million people line the streets

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1926 - Hugh Hefner, [Marston], Chicagp, magazine publisher (Playboy)
1954 - Dennis Quaid, actor (Big Easy, Dreamscape, Right Stuff), born in Houston, Texas
1966 - Cynthia Nixon, actress (Sex and the City)
1990 - Kristen Stewart, American actress (Bella Swan-The Twilight Saga), born in Los Angeles, California
1998 - Elle Fanning, American Actress

GOODBYE TO:

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