there have been birthdays of note on this day, such as photographer Imogen Cunningham in 1883, musician Herbie Hancock in 1940, and in 1915 blues great Hound Dog Taylor who recorded the wonderful shuffle Give Me Back My Wig...there was an auspicious occurrence too when cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person sent to space, and completed the first ever orbit of earth on April 12, 1961

so, Happy Birthday to all who celebrate their existence today