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On This Day in History April 23 Highlights
April 23 1998 marks the 113th day of the year with 252 remaining. Notable events include Shakespeare birth and death on April 23, Buchanan birth in 1791, Vitascope demo in 1896, Natchez dance hall fire in 1940, Hank Aaron 755th home run in 1954, church merger in 1968, Sirhan Sirhan sentencing in 1969, and birthdays of Janet Blair Shirley Temple Black Alan Oppenheimer David Birney Lee Majors Sandra Dee Bernadette Devlin McAliskey.
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Hank Aaron
Milwaukee Braves
St. Louis Cardinals
Braves
Methodist Church
Evangelical United Brethren Church
United Methodist Church
Sirhan Sirhan
New York
Robert F. Kennedy
Janet Blair
Shirley Temple Black
Alan Oppenheimer
David Birney
Lee Majors
Sandra Dee
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey