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).

March 29

President John Tyler born (1790); Baseball player Cy Young born (1867); Walmart founder Sam Walton born (1918); Dow Jones closes above 10,000 for first time (1999); Actress Patty Duke dies (2016).

March 28

English novelist Virginia Woolf dies (1941); Native American Olympian and athlete Jim Thorpe dies (1953); Musician W.C. Handy dies (1958); Earthquake in western Turkey kills over 1,000 (1970); Lady Gaga born (1986).

March 26

Poet Walt Whitman dies (1892); Sandra Day O'Connor, first female US Supreme Court justice, born (1930); Journalist Bob Woodward, known for reporting on Watergate scandal, born (1943); Singer Diana Ross born (1944); Bangladesh declares independence from Pakistan (1971). 

March 27

Director Quentin Tarantino born (1963); Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space, dies (1968); Mariah Carey born (1969); Tenerife airport disaster, worst accident in aviation history, kills 583 (1977).