Language and Learning

The artist Granville Redmond became completely deaf at age two, due to scarlet fever. Because of the impressionist style in his California landscape paintings, he has been compared to artists like Claude Monet.

The first deaf actress to win an Academy Award for 1986's "Children of a Lesser God," Maitlin lost her hearing because of a childhood illness.

Beethoven continued to write musical works, even while he was losing his hearing.

Foster was the first black to earn a Ph.D. from Gallaudet University. He became a missionary in Africa and opened 31 schools for the deaf there.

Though not deaf himself, Alexander Melville Bell (father of Alexander Graham Bell) developed "Visible Speech," a system of symbols that denote the positions of the lips and tongue when uttering certain sounds. This system helped deaf students learn to speak.

Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday and ends on Easter.

Christians commemorate the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus.

Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus after three days in the tomb.

Believers celebrate their ancestors' liberation from slavery in Egypt.

Celebrates the 1513 discovery of Florida by Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon.

10 fun facts about Founding Father Thomas Jefferson.

When the United States first tried to collect income tax in 1861, the tax was so unpopular that it was repealed and not reintroduced until 1913.