
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 Shoeshine in 1946 directed by Vittorio De Sica and Serpico in 1976 directed by Sidney Lumet.
But much more happened on April 15 over the years: find out below
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released around April 15 over the years?
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Historical Events
Which were the important events of April 15?
Holidays
- 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
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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)
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Famous Birthday
British actress.
Italian actress, internationally known.
British singer and hot pin-up girl,...
British actress, the member of a...
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Famous Deaths
Swedish-American actress, one of the...
French writer, a novelist, playwright...
Actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show),...
Dies at 74.
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of April 15 over the years?
Top #1 songs in the USA
- 2018 Drake - God's Plan
- 2017 Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
- 2016 Rihanna Featuring Drake - Work
- 2015 Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk!
- 2014 Pharrell Williams - Happy
- 2013 Macklemore - Thrift Shop
- 2012 Fun. - We Are Young
- 2011 Katy Perry - E.T.
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2010
Rihanna - Rude Boy
- 2009 Lady GaGa - Poker Face
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Top #1 Rock songs
- 2017 Imagine Dragons - Believer
- 2016 twenty one pilots - Stressed Out
- 2015 WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance
- 2014 Bastille - Pompeii
- 2013 Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
- 2012 Gotye Featuring Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know
- 2011 Foo Fighters - Rope
- 2010 Stone Temple Pilots - Between The Lines
Books
Which were the most popular books released around April 15 over the years?
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