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