April 1st Famous Birthdays -William Harvey (1578) English doctor, author of The Circulation of the Blood April 2nd Famous Birthdays - Hans Christian Anderson (1805) April 3rd Famous Birthdays - Washington Irving (1783) American author, Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow April 10th Famous Birthdays - Clare Boothe Luce (1903) Catholic author, editor Saints for Now April 13th Feast of St. Martin I Famous Birthdays - Thomas Jefferson (1743), Marguerite Henry (1902) author, The King of the Wind, The White Stallions of Lipizza April 14th Famous Birthdays - Annie Sullivan (1866) Helen Keller's teacher April 15th Famous Birthdays - Leonardo da Vinci (1452) April 18th This Date in History: (1775) Paul Revere's Ride (1906) San Francisco earthquake April 21st Feast of St. Anselm April 22nd Famous Birthdays - Queen Isabella of Castille (1451) Isabella of Castille is a complex, controversial and dominant figure in World history. She was responsible for financing Christopher Columbus' voyages to the New World, for driving the Moors (and the Jews) from Spain and beginning the infamous Spanish Inquistion. Her daughter Catherine was the unfortunate first wife of Henry VIII of England. April 25th Famous Birthdays - Guglielmo Marconi (1874) Scientist, Inventor This Date in History:(1915) The Anzac Landing at Gallipoli April 28th Feast of St. Louis Marie de Montfort April 29th Feast of St. Catherine of Siena Recommended Reading: St. Catherine of Siena by F.A. Forbes. April 30th Feast of Pope St. Pius V
