VIP Birthdays - April
April 01: Scottish singer who rose to fame on a British talent show. Boyle has earned six Guinness World Records since 2010, that year receiving records for Fastest-selling Album by a Female (UK), Most Successful First Week UK Debut Album Sales, as well as Oldest Artist to Reach No. 1 with a Debut Album (US
April 02: American guitarist and singer of country and rockabilly, a nine-time Grammy winner in mixed categories, voted by the Country Music Association as Vocalist of the Year. She was a two-time winner of the Nashville Music Award , winner of the Nashville Symphony’s Harmony Award and an inductee into
April 03: American actor of great note whose charisma, both off- and on-screen, made him an artistic and social force. With his raw passion and emotional truth, so evident in his peak years from 1947 to 1954, some say that he changed forever the way we look at acting. Brando was the only son of a
April 04: American actor and producer whose career has been characterized by critical and popular success in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal troubles, before a resurgence of commercial success in middle age. From 2013 to 2015, he was listed by Forbes as Hollywood's highest-paid
April 05: American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur, best known for his huge 2014 hit single 'Happy' and for collaborating with musical artists such as Britney Spears, Daft Punk, Aloe Blacc, Chris Cab, Kylie Minogue, and so forth. Williams and Chad Hugo
April 06: American educator and author, fired as a Harvard professor for early experiments with LSD and other hallucinogenic drugs, who became a follower of the path of Eastern philosophy. His books included 'Be Here Now,' 1971, 'How Can I Help,' 1985, and 'Journey of Awakening,' 1990. Ram Dass was born
April 07: New Zealand-born Australian actor, whose fabulous performance as the Roman General Maximus Decimus in the film ''Gladiator'' (2000) earned him the 'Best Actor' Oscar. A gifted and impassioned actor, he portrayed with a rare talent such diverse real-life people as tormented whistle blower Jeffrey
April 08: Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as chairman of The Elders, an
April 09: American screen actress and director, the first American actress to win a César Award, and the highest-paid actress in the world in 2010 and 2012. She is known for playing the protagonist Bella Swan in ''The Twilight Saga'' film series from 2008 to 2012, which has grossed over $3.3 billion
April 10: Egyptian-American actor, an elegant and handsome screen lover whose hit films include the magnificent ''Lawrence of Arabia'' (1962), which won him a 1962 Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor; ''Dr. Zhivago'' (1965) and ''Funny Girl'' (1968). His movie career never advanced beyond
April 11: English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, author, and YouTuber from Epping, Essex. Known for her light melodies juxtaposed by emotionally complex lyrics, Clark began her career performing piano and ukulele covers and has since shifted to her own original songs. She has over 160 videos,
April 12: American musician and composer. One of the leading jazz pianists of his generation, Hancock skyrocketed to fame in 1962 with his debut album 'Takin' Off,' which included his signature hit song 'Watermelon Man.' A two-time Grammy winner, Hancock was soundtrack composer of the critically acclaimed
April 13: Russian chess grandmaster, former world chess champion, writer, and political activist, whom many consider to be the greatest chess player of all time. From 1986 until his retirement in 2005, Kasparov was ranked world No. 1 for 225 out of 228 months and 255 months overall for his career. His peak
April 14: American Country-Western singer-songwriter of part Cherokee descent who scored 24 No. 1 hit singles and 11 number one albums. Her 1976 autobiography, ''Coal Miner's Daughter'', became a No. 1 bestseller, making Lynn the first country music artist to make The New York Times Best Seller list. The
April 15: English singer, songwriter, actress and former glamour model, coming as a strong No.17 in Steve Sullivan's 'Glamour Girls - The Illustrated Encyclopedia,' St. Martin's Griffin, NY, 1999. Fox was only 16 years old when her naked breasts greeted morning readers of the famous British tabloid, The
April 16: English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He is perhaps best known for his creation of the memorable character, the Tramp, also known as the Little Fellow or simply Charlie. As the younger son of music hall entertainers and a gifted mime, he first
April 17: Icelandic politician, anarchist, poet, and activist. She is currently a Member of the Icelandic Althing (MP) representing the Icelandic Pirate Party, having been elected at the 2013 election. She was previously an MP for Reykjavík Constituency South from 2009 to 2013. She published her first
April 18: Mexican singer, an icon in Latin America, often referred to as El Sol de México, who's one of the most successful artists in Latin American history, having successfully performed in a wide range of musical styles, including pop, ballads, boleros and mariachi. To date, Luis Miguel has sold over 100
April 19: American screen actress who spent much of the early 1990s in supporting roles while gaining industry respect and a huge fan following. During the latter half of the decade, Judd became one of the most in-demand actresses in Hollywood, starring in numerous high-profile films including ''A Time to
April 20: American Academy-Award winning actress who began her film career with the remake of 'King Kong' in 1976 and despite criticism, went on to win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 'Tootsie' in 1982, when she became the first actress to be nominated for two acting Oscars in the same year. (The otherElizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom
April 21: British monarch who reigned as Queen of the United Kingdom for 70 years from 1952 to 2022, making her the longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch, and the longest-serving female head of state in world history. At the time of her death, Elizabeth was also Queen of 14 other Commonwealth
April 22: American scientist, a theoretical physicist, often called the 'father of the atomic bomb.' He was the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico during World War II, tasked with developing the first nuclear weapons. In August 1945, the weapons were used against Japan in
April 23: American documentary filmmaker, author, activist and provocateur, whose works frequently address the topics of globalization and capitalism. Moore won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for ''Bowling for Columbine'', which examined the causes of the Columbine High School massacre
April 24: American singer, actress, and filmmaker. She began rising steadily upwards from 1961 by doing TV, records, Broadway, magazine covers and film. Recipient in 1995 of an Honorary Doctorate in Arts and Humanities from Brandeis University, Barbra Streisand is a rare honoree, perhaps the only artist to
April 25: American screen actress and producer who has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and two BAFTA Awards. Her 2001 performance as Bridget Jones in ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' earned her an Academy Award nomination, with another nod from the Academy for
April 26: American singer, songwriter, model, dancer, actress, author, and executive producer, known as T-Boz. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Watkins rose to fame in the early 1990s as the lead singer of the R&B/hip hop girl-group TLC. She has won five Grammy Awards for her work with TLC. T-Boz currently hosts
April 27: American singer, rapper, and actress, who rose to fame after Time magazine in 2014 named her as one of fourteen music artists to watch. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she later moved to Houston, Texas, where she began performing. Before signing with Atlantic Records, she released two studio albums,
April 28: Spanish actress. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón (1992), to critical acclaim. Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Open Your Eyes (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of
April 29: American screen actress seen in five consecutive critical, if not commercial hit films, 'The Witches of Eastwick' (1987), 'Married To The Mob' (1988) 'Tequila Sunrise' (1988), 'Dangerous Liaisons' (1988), which was Oscar nominated, and 'The Fabulous Baker Boys' (1989). In 'Batman Returns' (1992),
April 30: American singer, songwriter and actor who has done over 200 albums, a dozen movies and numerous TV specials. He is a perennial Grammy award winner, Country Music Hall of Fame inductee and president and co-founder of Farm Aid. The second of two kids, Willie and his older sister Bobbie were raisedTopics in the Astro Shop
Current Planets
28-Apr-2025, 06:57
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| Sun | 8 | 14'41" | 14n15 | ||
| Moon | 15 | 3' 4" | 20n02 | ||
| Mercury | 11 | 57'30" | 2n06 | ||
| Venus | 28 | 43'17" | 0n55 | ||
| Mars | 4 | 21'43" | 21n10 | ||
| Jupiter | 20 | 49'50" | 22n53 | ||
| Saturn | 27 | 34'14" | 2s48 | ||
| Uranus | 26 | 9'53" | 19n05 | ||
| Neptune | 1 | 0'40" | 0s46 | ||
| Pluto | 3 | 48'32" | 22s44 | ||
| TrueNode | 26 | 45'39"r | 1s17 | ||
| Chiron | 23 | 54'53" | 9n59 | ||
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