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April 1 is the 91st day of the year ... Los Angeles, California. ... Sami Michael, Iraqi-born Israeli writer and human rights activist (b. 1926) ...
April 12: First day of Passover (Judaism, 2025); Third Month Fair begins in southwest China (2025); Cosmonautics Day in Russia; Yuri's Night NATO F-15 fighter aircraft during Operation Deny Flight 1807 – The Froberg mutiny of Greek and Albanian troops in British service ended with the explosion of the gunpowder magazine at Fort Ricasoli , Malta.
This is a list of people from Santa Monica, California. Tom Anderson Ryan Braun Larry David Max Fried Justin Gimelstob Brian Grazer Anjelica Huston June Lockhart. Jay Adams, skateboarder [citation needed] Amy Alcott, professional golfer [1] Britt Allcroft, creator and former producer of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends television series
Dean Torrence, from the 1960s pop group Jan and Dean, who co-wrote "Surf City" (#1 in 1963), said that Huntington Beach embodies the song's spirit of freedom and California fun. [36] Christian Jacobs, MC Bat Commander of The Aquabats [37] Matt Costa, folk pop singer, was born in Huntington Beach. [38]
Mark Tollefsen (born 1992) – basketball player, 2018–19 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League; Shaun Tomson (born 1955) – South African world champion surfer; Too Short – rapper; Pat Toomay – former football player; Dara Torres (born 1967) – competitive swimmer, first American swimmer to become a five-time Olympian [27]
This is a list of notable people that were born in, or who have lived in, Berkeley, California.Located in the San Francisco Bay area and near Oakland, it includes people who attended Berkeley High School, but not people that attended University of California, Berkeley unless they achieved notoriety while in attendance, and were also residents of the city at the time.
Kevin Costner, actor and Oscar-winning director, graduate of California State University, Fullerton; Suzanne Crough, actress [27] Jeremy Gable, playwright [28] Jenna Haze, actress [29] Chris Hebert, actor [30] Chuck Knipp [citation needed] Michael McDonald, actor and comedian [31] John Raitt, Broadway, television, and film actor and singer [32]
1917 – The first woman elected to the Congress, Jeannette Rankin (pictured), takes her seat as a representative from Montana. 1972 – Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.