April 8, 563 BC – Celebrated as the birthday of Buddah; an estimated 350 million people currently profess the Buddhist faith.
April 6, 1483 – Considered the architect of the Renaissance period of painting, the artist Raphael is born in Urbino, Italy.
April 10, 1847 – Newspaper publisher 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 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.
April 6, 1483 – Considered the architect of the Renaissance period of painting, the artist Raphael is born in Urbino, Italy.
April 10, 1847 – Newspaper publisher 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 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.