Top 10 April 4 Birthdays
Honorable Mention: April 4, 2012: Grumpy Cat. Real name Tardar Sauce, she lived in the Phoenix suburbs with her master, Tabatha Bundesen. Her brother Bryan posted a picture of the cat online, and she became the subject of Internet memes, known as “Grumpy Cat,” for her birth-defect-caused facial expression. She only lived to be 7 years old. 10. April 4, 1792: Thaddeus Stevens. The Congressman from Pennsylvania was one of the leading abolitionists before the American Civil War. During it, he was Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and helped to finance the Union effort. After it, he was one of the leaders of Reconstruction. Somewhat Honorable Mention: April 4, 1945: Daniel Cohn-Bendit. Known as Dany le Rouge (Danny the Red) for both is hair and his politics, he was a leader of the student protests in Paris in 1968. He later served in the European Parliament with the Green Party, as a European federalist and an environmental activist. The "Somewhat" refers less to...