What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
04/23/1564	William Shakespeare, bard
04/23/1791	James Buchanan, 15th President (1857-1861)
04/23/1813	Stephen Douglas, the 'Little Giant', debated Lincoln
04/23/1891	Sergei Prokofiev, composer
04/23/1928	Shirley Temple, child
04/23/1943	Herve Villechaize 'Da Plane, Boss! Da Plane!'
EVENTS
04/23/	Lyrid meteor shower, radiant in Hercules
04/23/	National Secretary Day
04/23/1871	Blossom Rock in San Francisco Bay blown up.
04/23/1949	Courtesy Mail Boxes for motorists started in San Francisco.
04/23/1962	First US satellite to reach moon launched from Cape Canaveral
04/23/1965	Launch of first Soviet communications satelite
04/23/1967	Soyuz 1 launched, Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st inflight casualty
04/23/1972	Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface

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