April 15

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on April 15. From 1900 until now. April 15 is under the sign of Aries. Famous birthdays on this day include Emma Watson (1990), Claudia Cardinale (1938) and Samantha Fox (1966). Several movies were released around April 15 over the years, such as All Quiet on the Western Front in 1930 directed by Lewis Milestone and Kagemusha in 1980 directed by Akira Kurosawa.
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Major League Baseball celebrates "Jackie Robinson Day" each April 15 in all MLB ballparks.
Saint Paternus
Saint Petrus Gonzalez
In the United States, April 15 is the official deadline for filing tax returns: all forms mailed to the IRS must be postmarked no later than this day, so many post offices across the country stay open until midnight to accommodate procrastinators (or those who owe tax and want to wait as late as possible to pay). (If this day falls on the weekend, as in 2006, the following Monday becomes the deadline. Additionally in 2006, Patriot's Day moved the tax deadline to Tuesday, April 18, for those in
Father Damien Day ? celebrated annually in Hawai'i.
Arirang Festival is held in North Korea to commemorate Kim Il-sung's birth.
Saint Hunna.
Saint Basilissa
Blessed Waltman of Antwerp
Ancient Latvia ? Tipsa Diena was observed.
Roman Empire ? the Fordicia was celebrated in honor of Terra.
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Events

2019 2019 Pulitzer Prize: Annapolis, Maryland daily newspaper The Capital is awarded a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of a mass shooting inside its own offices on June 28, 2018, that left five of its employees dead. (BBC)
2018 Poisoning of Yulia and Sergei Skripal: UK Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn of Labour asks to see "incontrovertible evidence" before accepting Russia was responsible. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson responds, saying it is "quite extraordinary" to question Russian involvement. (BBC News)
2017 Syrian Civil War, 2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing: A car bomb strikes a convoy of buses near Aleppo which were carrying evacuees from the pro-government towns of Al-Fu'ah and Kafriya. Over 100 people are killed. (BBC), (AP via Yahoo! News)
2016 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): A battle rages in the Kunduz Province of Afghanistan as the Taliban launches its spring offensive to capture the city of Kunduz. According to a Taliban spokesperson, several outposts already fell to them but this could not be verified immediately while a police chief says that the security forces were keeping "the situation under control". (Al Jazeera)
2015 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: Fierce clashes in Iraq's Anbar province as Islamic State captures three villages near the provincial capital Ramadi. (The Eagle)
2014 A bomb detonates at a traffic police post in Cairo, Egypt, injuring 3 people. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
2013 Boston Marathon bombings:: Two explosions in Boston, United States, near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon leave 3 people dead and 183 injured. (BBC) (CNN) (Reuters)The Pakistani Taliban denies any involvement in the Boston marathon bombings. (Los Angeles Times)
2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising:
2011 2011 Cirebon bombing : a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in an Indonesian Police compound in Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia.
2010 At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, US President Barack Obama announces details of his new policy for the US space agency NASA. New spacecraft with new rocket booster systems are to be built so that by 2025 manned missions can extend beyond the Moon, and to Mars and back by the mid-2030s. New funding would amount to US$6 billion over the next five years.
2009 China launches a second satellite as part of its Compass global navigation system. (Xinhua)
2008 A five-year ban preventing prominent Malaysian Opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim from running for office in Malaysia effectively expires midnight (MST). (BBC News) (Reuters)
2007 India's Essar Group buys Canadian steelmaker Algoma for US$ 1.63 billion. (Forbes) (Washington Post)
2006 New York City officially opens the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. Cost of construction was US$56 million.
2005 NASA reports that the Gulf Stream is slowing. The resulting colder climate could cause severe climatic and economic disruption in Northern Europe. (NASA)
2004 A further 2000 pro-democracy demonstrators are arrested in Nepal; all but 22 are later released.
2003 Abu Abbas captured by United States forces in Iraq.
2002 The Alameda Corridor transportation project in Los Angeles, California opens to rail traffic, ceasing operations of freight trains on the 120-year-old BNSF Harbor Subdivision.
2001 Easter day (not again until 2063).
1998 Intel announces the 266 MHz Celeron processor with 32 kB Level 1 cache. The Celeron is a Pentium II processor with no secondary cache, making it cheaper and slightly less powerful, targeting home computer users.
1997 America On Line, begins service in Japan
1996 100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9.
1994 Robert F Kennedy Jr (21 days after his divorce) weds Mary Richardson
1992 Billionaire Leona Helmsley is sent to jail for tax evasion.
1991 Secret Garden opens at St. James Theater NYC for 706 performances
1990 In Living Color premieres on FOX-TV
1989 95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England
1988 Meteorite explodes above Indonesia.
1987 Barbara Cook: A Concert... opens at Ambassador NYC for 13 performances
1986 US air raids Libya, responding to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing
1985 Challenger moves to launch pad for 51-B missing
1984 Human Comedy closes at Royale Theater NYC after 13 performances
1983 Rangers 0-Isles 5 - Patrick Division Finals - Isles hold 2-0 lead
1982 Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, and landscape display
1981 Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award-winning 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie; Washington Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story.
1980 Libya and Syria recognize the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
1979 43rd Golf Masters Championship: Fuzzy Zoeller wins, shooting a 280.
1978 43 die as two express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy.
1976 Yankee Stadium reopens, New York Yankees beat Minnesota Twins after trailing 4-0.
1975 1st appearance of San Diego Chicken
1974 78th Boston Marathon won by Neil Cusack of Ireland in 2:13:39.
1973 Walt Disney Story opens
1972 Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, Carole King, and Quincy Jones perform at a benefit for George McGovern for President.
1971 70, Girls, 70 opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 35 performances
1970 Cry for Us All closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 8 performances
1969 North Korea shoots at US airplane above Japanese sea.
1968 Houston Astros beat the New York Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings
1967 Wait A Minim! closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 457 performances
1966 KHET TV channel 11 in Honolulu, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold.
1964 Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (Bridge-Tunnel measures 17.6 miles (28.4 km) and is considered the world's largest bridge-tunnel complex).
1963 70,000 marchers arrive in London from Aldermaston, to demonstrate against nuclear weapons.
1962 US national debt above US$300,000,000,000.
1961 Music Man closes at Majestic Theater in New York City after 1375 performances.
1960 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), organizes at Shaw University.
1959 Fidel Castro begins US goodwill tour.
1958 10th Emmy Awards: Gunsmoke, Robert Young and Jane Wyatt
1957 Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery
1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.
1955 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1954 KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 First B-52 bomber prototype test flight.
1951 Michael Gorsira is first person in charge of Cura?ao.
1950 Belgian King Leopold III announces that he is ready to abdicate in favor of his son Baudouin.
1949 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri
1948 KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast
1947 Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio.
1945 British Army liberates Belsen concentration camp
1943 Metropolitan Life Insurance issues a US$225 million check to Chase bank.
1942 George VI awards George Cross to people of Malta
1941 First helicopter flight of one hour duration, Stratford, Connecticut.
1940 British troops land at Narvik, Norway.
1939 Albert Lebrun elected President of France.
1938 Disney's Donald Duck film Donald's Nephews is released to theaters in the USA. Characters Huey, Dewey, and Louie make their film debut.
1936 First day of the Arab revolt in Palestine.
1935 Another massive dust storm in the USA becomes known as "Black Sunday".
1931 1st walk across American backwards begins
1927 Switzerland and the USSR agree to diplomatic relations
1925 Fritz Haarmann, a serial killer convicted of the murder of 24 boys and young men, is beheaded in Germany.
1924 WHO-AM in Des Moines Iowa begins radio transmissions
1923 Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
1922 Banting, MacLeod and Best discover insulin
1921 Black Friday: mine owners announce more wage and price cuts, leading to the threat of a strike all across England.
1920 New Canadian small cent coin is released
1919 Save the Children Fund set up in the UK to raise money for the relief of German and Austrian children.
1918 Clemenceau publishes secret French / Austrian documents
1915 New York Giants Rube Marquard no-hits Brooklyn, 2-0.
1912 Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as band plays on
1911 Walter Johnson pitches a record tying four strike outs in an inning.
1909 New York Giants Red Ames second no-hitter, loses in 13 on a 7 hitter to Brooklyn Dodgers.
1902 Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On the Church in the US".
1900 An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over two hours.
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Famous Birthday

Emma Watson: British actress.
Claudia Cardinale: Italian actress, internationally known.
Samantha Fox: British singer and hot pin-up girl,...
Bruno Le Maire: French politician who served as the...
Emma Thompson: British actress, the member of a...
Seth Rogen: Canadian actor and writer.
Dodi Fayed: Egyptian-born movie producer and lover...
Josiane Balasko: French actress and film director of...
Elizabeth Montgomery: American actress who hit her stride on...
Luke Evans (actor)
Dolores Cannon
Natacha Polony
Prince Philippe Duke of Brabant
Georges Descrières: French actor, appeared in 52 films and...
Maisie Williams: TV Actress.
Nick Kamen
Raymond Poulidor: French bicycle racer, known as the...
Alain Minc: French businessman, political advisor,...
Ed O'Brien: English guitarist and songwriter...
Linda Perry: American rock singer-songwriter, and...
Susan Ward: American actress.
Christophe Pieux: French horse racing jockey, who retired...
José Anigo: French football defender, who played for...
Alice Braga: Brazilian actress.
Jeffrey Archer: British politician and tycoon; in 1969...
Kim Il-sung: President of North Korea (d. 1994).
Philippe Lucas: French swimming coach, reputed to be...
Lydie Denier: French actress, internationally known...
Danny Pino: American actor.
Pierre Vaneck: Vietnam-born Belgian actor, he made his...
René Pleven: French politician, twice Prime Minister...
Harold Washington: American politician, the first black...
Inês de Medeiros
Beata Szydlo
Olivier Debré: French painter.
François-Michel Gonnot
Graeme Clark
Jean Pâqui
Anaïs Laurendon
Jean Fourastié: French economist, notable for having...
Agnès Capri: French actress, theatre director,...
Flex Alexander: American actor.
Annie Costner
Lois Chiles: American model and actress.
Tomas Tranströmer: Swedish psychologist poet and translator...
Michael Kamen: American composer and conductor (d....
Fränk Schleck: Luxembourger cyclist.
Clément Maraud
Ken Lay: American CEO, former chairman of Enron,...
Patricia Adam
Trixie Schuba: Austrian figure-skating champion who won...
Rikki Fulton: Scottish entertainer of stage and...
Jango Edwards
Jo Privat: French musician, an accordion player...
Marian Zazeela: American singer.
Luca Barbarossa: Italian singer of popular music.
Rikki Lixx
Lily Carter: American porn actress.
Richard von Weizsacker
Neville Marriner: English violinist and conductor.
Evelyn Ashford: Runner.
Dave Edmunds: Welsh singer guitarist and producer...
Robert Walker Jr
Dara Torres: American swimmer and journalist.
Pedro Delgado: Spanish cyclist and sportscaster.
Richard Davis: American musician, recording artist and...
Michael McManus
Irene Love Adams
Charles Chauderlot
Fruit Chan: Chinese director producer and...
Eliza Doolittle (singer)
Paul Dana: American race car driver (d. 2006).
Pierre-Alain Frau
Marty Wilde: English singer-songwriter and actor.
Samira Wiley: TV Actress.
Fernando Pessa: Portuguese journalist and reporter on...
Jean-Pierre Romeu
Soichi Noguchi
Marius Masse
Olivier Nakache: French film director, most known for the...
Michel Dubost: French Catholic bishop, the third bishop...
Cam Janssen: American ice hockey player.
Karen David
Anthony Green (musician)
Michael Ansara: Lowell, Massachusetts -- Actor...
Thomas Mars
Stacey Williams: American model and actress.
Kerstin Cook
Olivier Guespin
Boston Marathon bombings
Claudia Leistner
Christian Bergelin
Fernanda Lessa
Walt Hazzard: American basketball player and coach (d....
Matt Cardle: British singer/songwriter.
Michael Cooper: American basketball player and coach.
Frankie Poullain: Scottish bass player and songwriter (The...
Michael Cooper: American basketball player and coach.
David Hamilton (photographer)
George Platt Lynes
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Famous Deaths

Greta Garbo: Swedish-American actress, one of the...
Jean Genet: French writer, a novelist, playwright...
Edward Gorey: American writer and illustrator who...
John Fred: American singer-songwriter (d. 2005).
Marshall Reed: American character actor for many years;...
Leslie Charteris: English / US detective writer (Enter the...
Wolstenholme: Rocker.
Juan Vicente Lecuna: Composer, dies at 54.
Emile Nolde [Hansen]: German Painter (Grablegung Christi),...
Estelle Taylor: Dies at 64.
Esther Minciotti: Dies at 74.
Joseph Crehan: Dies of a stroke at 81.
Antonio de Curtis Toto: Comedian, dies of heart attack at 69.
Charles Marshall
Paul Langton: Actor (Leslie-Peyton Place), dies at 76.
5 murderers of Egyptian President Sadat: executed.
Rodolfo Hoyos: Actor (Luis-Viva Valdez), dies at 68.
Marjorie Warfield: Dies at 88.
Martin Ashe
William Bakewell: Dies of Leukemia at 84.
Cleo Brown: Pianist, dies at 91.
Denis Harding: Soldier, dies at 79.
Victims of the RMS Titanic disaster\ \ Edward Smith: captain of the RMS Titanic (Born...
Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg: Queen of Spain (Born 1887).
Giovanni D'Anzi: Italian songwriter (Born 1906).
Corrie ten Boom: Dutch author and Holocaust survivor...
John Tuzo Wilson: Canadian geologist (Born 1908).
Erin Fleming: Canadian actress (Born 1941).
Georg Knorr German engineer: dies.
Alfred Cogniaux Belgian botanist: dies at age 75.
Jacob van Stolk Azn art collector: dies at age 74.
Syd Chaplin: dies at age 80.
Otto Brenner: German trade union leader, dies at age...
John B McKay: US test pilot (X-15), dies.
French Duynstee: Dutch states rights leader, dies at age...
Louis M de Guiringaud: French foreign minister (1976-78),...
Gyula Illyes: Hungarian writer/poet (Az Ismertlen...
Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin: cosmonaut, dies at age 76.
Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra: Dutch poet (Zandloper), dies at age 81.
Hu Yaobang: General Secretary of Chinese Commnist...
George Ives: dies at age 111.
Sam Moskowitz: San Francisco fandom historian, dies at...
Zdenek Mlynar: Secretary of Czechoslovakian Communist...
Hermann Florstedt: Nazi leader (Born 1895).
Cesar Vallejo: Peruvian poet (Born 1892).
Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin: Soviet general (Born 1901).
Edward ''Carji'' Greeves: Australian rules footballer (Born 1903).
Gurgen Boryan: Armenian poet and playwright (Born...
Byron ''Whizzer'' White: American football player and United...
Benoit Lamy: Belgian movie director (Born 1945).
Ed Blake: American baseball player (Born 1925).
Krister Stendahl: Swedish theologian and bishop (Born...
Sir Clement Freud: British writer, broadcaster, and MP...
Laszlo Tisza: Hungarian-born American physicist (Born...
Jack Herer: American author and cannabis activist...
Vittorio Arrigoni: Italian peace activist (Born 1975).
Wallace Beery: American film actor, best known for his...
Pedro Infante: Mexican actor and singer.
Gaston Leroux: French journalist and author of...
Robert Musil: Austrian novelist, most noted for his...
Gerald Smith: American clergyman and political...
Charles Vanel: France Actor.
Tommy Cooper: Welsh comedy magician (Born 1921).
Aristarkh Lentulov: Russian painter and set designer (d....
Radola Gajda: Czech military commander and politician...
Harvey Postlethwaite: British engineer and racing car designer...
Richard Conte: Actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show),...
Ripper Collins: American baseball player and coach (d....
Sean Costello: American singer-songwriter and guitarist...
Raymond Bailey: Actor (Mr Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies),...
Reg Bundy: English drag queen performer dancer and...
Youri Egorov: Russian pianist and composer (d. 1988).
Clara Blandick: Hong Kong-American actress (d. 1962).
Otis Barton: American diver engineer and actor...
Mitsuteru Yokoyama: Japanese author and illustrator (d....
Eduardo Caudella: Composer, dies at 82.
Damon Knight: American author and critic (d. 2002).
John Engstead: American photographer and journalist (d....
John Curry: British figure skater...
Arsenio Lacson: Filipino journalist and politician Mayor...
Tim McIntire: Actor (Bob Younger-Legend of Jesse...
John Singer Sargent: US portrait painter, dies at 69.
Francesco Gaeta: Italian Poet (Di Giacomo), dies at 47.
Antonio Smareglia: Composer, dies at 74.
Nikolai Artzibushev: Composer, dies at 79.
Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri: Composer, dies at 62.
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