TODAY IN HISTORY - April 23rd:

1962 - Ranger 4, 1st US satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral

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1997 - 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes wins top New Female Vocalist along with single & song of year for "Blue".  Other winners include Brooks & Dunn. George Strait & Trace Adkins.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

2006 - "Rascal Flatts" guitarist Joe Don Rooney (30) weds Playboy's 2005 Playmate of The Year Tiffany Fallon (31) in an intimate ceremony held on the beach at San Jose del Cabo, Mexico

1936 - Roy Orbison, Vernon Tx, rocker (Pretty Woman)
1949 - Blair Brown, Wash DC, actress (Altered States, Molly Dodd)
1954 - Michael Moore, Flint, Michigan, American filmmaker (Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling for Columbine, Sicko)
1957 - Jan Hooks, Decatur Georgia, comedienne actress (SNL, Designing Women)

GOODBYE TO:

1616 - William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (b. 1564) (Julian calendar) dies aged 52
1995 - Howard Cosell, sportscaster (Monday Night Football), dies at 77
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