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Today's featured article Nancy Cartwright, Bart's voice actress Bart Simpson is a fictional character in the American animated television series The Simpsons who is part of the Simpson family. Described as one of the 100 most important people of the 20th century by Time, Matt Groening created and designed Bart in James L. Brooks's office. Bart, alongside the rest of the family, debuted in the short "Good Night" on The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. Two years later, the family received their own series, which premiered on Fox on December 17, 1989. Born on April Fools' Day according to Groening, Bart is ten years old; he is the eldest child and only son of Homer and Marge Simpson, and has two sisters, Lisa and Maggie. Voiced by Nancy Cartwright (pictured), Bart is known for his mischievousness, rebelliousness, and disrespect for authority, as well as his prank calls to Moe, chalkboard gags in the opening sequence, and catchphrases. Bart is considered an iconic fictional television character of the 1990s and has been called an American cultural icon. (Full article...) Recently featured: Apollo 15 postal covers incident "Your Girl" Hurricane Cindy (2005) On this day... April 1: April Fools' Day; Iranian Islamic Republic Day (1979) Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos 1871 – The Duke of Buckingham (pictured) opened the first section of the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network. 1952 – Israel enacted a citizenship law, prior to which the country technically had no citizens. 1969 – The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with V/STOL capabilities, entered service with the Royal Air Force. 2001 – Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands was legalized, making it the first country to do so. Aimery of Cyprus (d. 1205) Sophie Germain (b. 1776) Shivakumara Swami (b. 1907) Scott Joplin (d. 1917) More anniversaries: March 31 April 1 April 2

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