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 The Narrow Margin in 1952 directed by Richard Fleischer and The Counterfeit Traitor in 1962 directed by George Seaton.
But much more happened on April 15 over the years: find out below

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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
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 2:20 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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