April 18th

On this day - April 18th 1971 - Scottish Actor David Tennant was born 

David Tennant is an Scottish Actor who was born in Bathgate on this day in 1971. His most famous roles include the 10th Doctor in Doctor Who, Kilgrave in Jessica Jones, Barty Crouch, Jr. in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Alec Hardy in Broadchurch. He has also worked as an voice actor and on stage for several plays. His acting debut was for a anti-smoking film in Glasgow at the age of 16. He was offered the role as Doctor Who in 2005, and Tennant has describe this role as his childhood dream. Tennant is married to Georgia Moffett (Actress from the Doctors daughter) and they have four children together. David Tennant was awarded the Special Recognition award at the British National Television Award in January 2015.

"I’ve been an obsessive Doctor Who fan since I was a child and it persists to this very day."

"When someone brings you a cup of tea, you say ‘thank you’ rather than ‘it’s not warm enough’"

April 17th

On this day - April 17th 1961 - The Bay of Pigs invasion 

The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed military invasion undertaken by the CSI / the US on Cuba. The aim of the invasion as to overthrow the communist regime of Fidel Castro. Castro had gained power when the US friendly dictator Batista had been overthrown in the Cuban revolution between 1952 to 1959. Due to secret intelligens knew the government in Cuba that the invasion was coming. The invasion was defeated after three days by the Cuban revolutionary army. 4 american airmen was killed, together with 6 Cuban airmen and 10 Cuban exiles.  The invasion contributed to a closer relationship between Castro and the Soviet Union, which again contributed to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.