ED DONAHUE

The world’s worst nuclear disaster to date occurred at Chernobyl, in Kiev
on this day in 1986.. Thirty-one people died in the incident and thousands
more were exposed to radioactive material.

John Joseph "Hondo" Havlicek (April 8, 1940 – April 25, 2019)

(Fox News) – John Havlicek, a legendary Boston Celtics star behind one
of the most famous plays in NBA history, died Thursday in Jupiter,
Florida. The Hall of Famer’s cause of death was not immediately known
but, he had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease during his last
years. 

SANDY KOZEL

Guglielmo Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi
( April 25, 1874 – July 20, 1937

Marconi was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer,
known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio
transmission, development of Marconi’s law, and a
radio telegraph system. He is credited as the inventor
of radio, and he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics
with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their
contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".

Actor Alfredo James Pacino is 78 years old today.     

Al Pacino had his breakthrough as mobster Michael Corleone in the
Godfather trilogy and won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his
role as Frank Slade in the 1992 film Scent of a Woman. He is also
known for his starring roles in Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Heat (1995),
Scarface (1983), and Serpico (1973).

1992

Henry Bloch in 1945 with the Army Air
Corps as a navigator on B-17 bombers.

Henry Wollman Bloch (July 30, 1922 – April 23, 2019)

 
Henry Bloch (right) with brother Richard.

John Joseph (Jack) Nicholson

Popular actor Jack Nicholson is known for playing dark characters such as
Jack Torrance in “The Shining” (1980) and Frank Costello in “The Departed”
(2006). He won Academy Awards for Best Actor for his roles in “One Flew
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975) and “As Good As it Gets” (1997) and for
Best Supporting Actor in “Terms of Endearment” (1983). He also received
praise for his roles in “Chinatown” (1974) and “About Schmidt” (2002) and
for portraying the Joker in 1989’s “Batman”. 

Jack Nicholson in “Chinatown”.

The Joker