Birthdays occurring on April, 1

1922

William Manchester was born on April 1, 1922 American contemporary historian and novelist, He is best known for Death of a President. b.1922 Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. [And] if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity. More quotations from William Manchester

1929

Milan Kundera was born on April 1, 1929 Czech novelist, playwright and poet, b.1929 This is the image from which he was born...... Characters are not born, like people, of woman; they are born of a situation, a sentence, a metaphor, containing in a nutshell a basic human possibility......the characters in my novels are my own unrealized possibilities. That is why I am equally fond of them and equally horrified by them...... More quotations from Milan Kundera

Deaths occurring on April, 1

1984

Marvin Gaye died on April 1, 1984 American soul singer, songwriter and producer, 1939-1984 If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else More quotations from Marvin Gaye

1994

Robert Doisneau died on April 1, 1994 French photographer. 1912-1994 Nowadays people's visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that now you can make an image which just slightly suggests something, they can make of it what they will. More quotations from Robert Doisneau

2004

Carrie Snodgress died on April 1, 2004 American actress, 1946-2004 I was never really a career woman, you see. My life always came first. When I got nominated for 'Diary of a Mad Housewife,' I didn't think, 'Aah, now I'll get more money.' My dream had always just been to do my works well, fall in love and build a life for myself. More quotations from Carrie Snodgress