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Foster mother Clara Hale born 1905
Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff born 1873
National Poetry Month begins
Jazz Appreciation Month
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Fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen born 1805
 		 3
Animal behavior scientist Jane Goodall born 1934
Olympic downhill skier Picabo Street born 1971
 		 4
Poet Maya Angelou born 1928
Dorothea Lynde Dix advocate for the mentally ill born 1802
 		 5
Founder of Tuskegee University Booker T. Washington born 1856
 
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Conductor and composer Andre Previn born 1929
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Martial arts master and comedian Jackie Chan born 1954
World Health Day
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Secretary-General of the UN Kofi Annan born 1938
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Singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson born 1898
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Publisher and journalism prize creator Joseph Pulitzer born 1847
Latin American physiologist and Nobel Prize Winner Bernardo Houssay born 1887
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Children's author Beverly Cleary born 1916
 
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U.S. President Thomas Jefferson born 1743
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Teacher Anne Sullivan born 1866
 		 15
Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci born 1452
The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes: Adults are invited to nominate young people who have made a positive difference in the world. Nomination deadline: April 30.
Lifesaver Corrie Ten Boom born 1892.
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Inventor of first successful airplane Wilbur Wright born 1867
Silent film star actor Charlie Chaplin born 1889
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Playwright Thornton Wilder born 1897
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Attorney Clarence Darrow born 1857
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Surrealist painter Joan Miro born 1893
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Naturalist and conservationist John Muir born 1838
Indonesian Educator R.A. Kartini is celebrated on "Kartini Day."
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Earth Day
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World Book and Copyright Day
 		 24
Poet Robert Penn Warren born 1905
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Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald born 1918
Russian composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky born 1840
World Malaria Day
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Bird painter John James Audubon born 1785
 
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Civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott King born 1927
Inventor of the magnetic telegraph Samuel Morse born 1791
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Jazz pianist, composer, bandleader Duke Ellington born 1899
Conductor Zubin Mehta born 1936
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The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes nomination deadline.
 		      
 
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