April 5

Booker T. Washington born (1856); Actress Bette Davis born (1908); Actor Gregory Peck born (1916); Former Secretary of State Colin Powell born (1937); Winston Churchill retires as UK Prime Minister (1955); Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain dies (1994)

April 6

First modern Olympics begin in Athens, Greece (1896); US declares war on Germany in WWI (1917); First Tony Awards ceremony held in New York City (1947); Actor Paul Rudd born (1969); Science fiction writer Isaac Asimov dies (1992)

April 4

Ninth US President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia, shortest presidency ever at 32 days (1841); American poet and activist Maya Angelou born (1928); NATO is created (1949); Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated (1968)

April 2

Ludwig van Beethoven premieres his First Symphony (1800); Danish author Hans Christian Andersen born (1805); Samuel Morse, inventor of Morse code, dies (1872); Singer Marvin Gaye born (1939); Pope John Paul II dies (2005)

April 1

Actress Debbie Reynolds born (1932); BBC's "Spaghetti Tree" hoax ... watch here (1957); Iran officially becomes an Islamic republic after the shah is overthrown (1979); Singer Marvin Gaye shot and killed by his father (1984).

March 31

Eiffel Tower opens in Paris (1889); US makes first switch to daylight saving time (1918); American track legend Jesse Owens dies (1980); Singer-songwriter Selena killed (1995); Rapper Nipsey Hussle killed (2019).

March 30

The Florida Territory is incorporated in the US (1822); Physician CW Long uses ether for first time as surgical anesthesia (1842); Painter Vincent van Gogh born (1853); Singer Celine Dion born (1968).