March 31, 1732 – Composer Franz Joseph Haydn, considered the father of the symphony, is born in Rohrau, Austria.
April 2, 1805– Fairy Tale author Hans Christian Andersen is born in Odense, Denmark.
April 3, 1924 – Academy award winning method actor Marlon Brando (known for The Godfather, A Streetcar Named Desire, and On the Waterfront) is born in Omaha, Nebraska.
April 5, 1856 – African American educator Booker T. Washington is born as a slave in Franklin County, Virginia. Self-taught to read at an early age, he becomes principal of the Tuskegee Institute with 30 students in 1881 and helps it grow into a modern university which today has 2,900 students.