On This Day In History ... April 23rd

In 1900, the word "hillbilly" was first used in print in an article in the "New York Journal." It was spelled "Hill-Billie". 

And now ... for the birrffdayyyss ... 

William Shakespeare 1564 - Poet, playwright ("Julius Caesar", "Romeo and Juliet", "MacBeth"), believed to have been born on April 23 based on his baptism on April 26, 1564 

James Buchanan 1791 - 15th U.S. President, nickname: Old Buck 

Shirley (Jane) Temple Black 1928 - Child actress ("Little Miss Marker", "Heidi", "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm") 

Alan Oppenheimer 1930 - Actor ("Murphy Brown", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The Bionic Woman") 

Halston (Roy Frowick) 1932 - Fashion designer, created the pillbox hat that was worn by Jackie Kennedy at President Kennedy's inauguration 

Roy Orbison 1936 - Singer, Official Traveling Wilburys Store 

Lee Majors (Harvey Lee Yeary II) 1940 - Actor ("The Six Million Dollar Man", "Big Valley", "The Bionic Woman") 

Sandra Dee (Alexandra Zuck) 1942 - Actress ("Gidget") 

Hervé Villechaize 1943 - Actor ("Fantasy Island") 

Joyce DeWitt 1949 - Actress ("Three's Company") 

Michael Moore 1954 - Director 

Judy Davis 1955 - Actress 

Jan Hooks 1957 - Actress ("Designing Women", "Saturday Night Live", "Batman Returns") 

Craig Sheffer 1960 - Actor 

Valerie Bertinelli 1960 - Actress ("One Day at a Time"), married to Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen) 

Steve Clark 1960 - Musician (Def Leppard), Official Def Leppard Store 

George Lopez 1961 - Actor 

Gen 1964 - Musician (Jesus Jones) 

Melina Kanakaredes 1967 - Actress ("Providence", "Guiding Light", "CSI: New York") 

Tim Womack 1968 - Musician (Sons of the Desert) 

Stan Frazier 1968 - Musician (Sugar Ray) 

Kal Penn 1977 - Actor ("House M.D.") 

Dev Patel 1977 - Actor ("Slumdog Millionaire")