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What Happened on April 15th This Day in History

Year	Name
2019	The cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in France is seriously damaged by a large fire.
2014	In the worst massacre of the South Sudanese Civil War, at least 200 civilians are gunned down after seeking refuge in houses of worship as well as hospitals.
2013	Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring 264 others.
2013	A wave of bombings across Iraq kills at least 75 people.
2002	Air China Flight 129 crashes on approach to Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, killing 129 people.
1994	Marrakesh Agreement relating to foundation of World Trade Organization is adopted.
1989	Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans.
1989	Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China.
1986	The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a discotheque bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.
1970	During the Cambodian Civil War, massacre of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong river into South Vietnam.
1969	The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
1960	At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
1955	McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
1952	First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
1947	Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
1945	Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.
1942	The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
1941	In the Belfast Blitz, two hundred bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing around one thousand people.
1936	First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
1923	Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
1922	U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
1920	Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
1912	The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive.
1900	Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
1896	Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
1892	The General Electric Company is formed.
1865	President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth.[11] Three hours later, Vice President Andrew Johnson is sworn in as President.
1861	President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
1817	Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc found the American School for the Deaf (then called the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons), the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
1755	Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
1738	Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, receives its premiere performance in London, England.
1736	Foundation of the short-lived Kingdom of Corsica.
1715	The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
1642	Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Royalist Army.
1632	Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
1450	Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.
1071	Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard.
769	The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings.

Famous People Born on April 15

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Year	Name
1469	Guru Nanak, the first Sikh guru (d. 1539)
1912	Kim Il-sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 1994)
1883	Stanley Bruce, Australian captain and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
1983	Dudu Cearense, Brazilian footballer
1969	Kaisa Roose, Estonian pianist and conductor
1946	Pete Rouse, American politician, White House Chief of Staff
1915	Elizabeth Catlett, African-American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2012)
1958	Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951	Heloise, American journalist and author
1959	Emma Thompson, English actress, comedian, author, activist and screenwriter

Famous People Deaths On April 15

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on April 15. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1237	Richard Poore, English ecclesiastic
1943	Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
1999	Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (b. 1944)
943	Liu Bin, emperor of Southern Han (b. 920)
1889	Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
2011	Vittorio Arrigoni, Italian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1975)
1415	Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek philosopher and translator (b. 1355)
1765	Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian chemist and physicist (b. 1711)
2010	Jack Herer, American author and activist (b. 1939)
2013	Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1930)