The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

Orthodox Easter

Celebration of Easter by Orthodox Christians around the world following the Julian calendar. See how Easter dates are calculated at www.Almanac.com/easter

1750s

• Born 1758: James Monroe (5th U.S. president)

1900s

• Born 1908: Oskar Schindler (businessman)

• Born 1909: Ethel Catherwood (1928 Olympic gold-medal winner for high jump)

1910s

• 1914: Coal mine explosion occurred in Eccles, West Virginia

1920s

• Born 1926: Harper Lee (author)

1930s

• 1932: Vaccine for yellow fever announced

1940s

• Born 1941: Ann-Margret (actress)

• Died 1945: Benito Mussolini (Italian dictator)

• 1947: A six-man expedition, led by Thor Heyerdahl, sailed from Peru aboard a balsa-wood raft named Kon-Tiki on a 101 day journey that would take them across the Pacific Ocean to Polynesia

• Born 1949: Paul Guilfoyle (actor)

1950s

• Born 1950: Jay Leno (talk show host)

1960s

• 1968: At age 98, Walter Sitch of Halifax, NS, became a great-great-great-grandfather

• 1969: Charles de Gaulle, president of France, resigned50 Years Ago

1970s

• Born 1974: Penelope Cruz (actress)

1980s

• Born 1981: Jessica Alba (actress)

1990s

• 1990: A Chorus Line closed after 6,137 performances on Broadway in New York City

2000s

• Died 2000: Penelope Fitzgerald (writer)

• Died 2002: Alexander Lebed (general)

• 2007: Ashes of actor James Doohan, who portrayed engineer "Scotty" on Star Trek, and of Apollo 7 astronaut Gordon Cooper soared into space aboard a rocket

• Died 2007: Dabbs Greer (actor)

• Died 2008: Will Robinson (first African American basketball coach at a Division I school)

2010s

• Died 2016: Mel Bartholomew (construction engineer and gardener known for his Square Foot Gardening method)