April 8, 563 BC – Celebrated as the birthday of Buddha; an estimated 350 million people currently profess the Buddhist faith.
April 9, 1898 – American Pro-Football Hall of Fame halfback and coach (founder, first coach of the Green Bay Packers), Curly Lambeau, is born in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
April 10, 1847 – Newspaper publishing magnate Joseph Pulitzer is born in Budapest, Hungary. With his wealth he endows the journalism school at Columbia University and the prizes annually given in his name for excellence in journalism.
April 13, 1743 – The principal author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, is born in Shadwell, Virginia.