On This Day April 15th

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April 15th is the One Hundred-Fifth Day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 260 days remain until the end of the year.

 

Events

1632 – Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.

1738 – Serse, an Italian opera by George Frederic Handel, receives its premiere performance in London, England.

1755 – Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.

1865 – President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Three hours later, Vice President Andrew Johnson is sworn in as President.

1892 – The General Electric Company is formed.

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 the 2,224 passengers and crew on board survived.

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.

1947 – Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.

1955—McDonald's restaurant was founded after Ray Kroc opened a franchised restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois.

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.

2019 – A large fire seriously damages France's Notre Dame de Paris cathedral.

 

Birthdays

1452 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (d. 1519)

1741 – Charles Willison Peale, American painter and soldier (d. 1827)

1843 – Henry James, American novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1916)

1894 – Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (d. 1937)

1933 – Roy Clark, American musician and television personality (d. 2018)

1997 – Maisie Williams, English actress.

 

Holidays And Observance

Titanic Remembrance Day

The Titanic, constructed by Belfast shipbuilders Harland and Wolff and designed by naval architect Thomas Andrews, was believed to be the fastest ship in the world at its completion. It was an enormous and luxurious ocean liner, spanning 883 feet from stern to bow, with a hull divided into 16 compartments that were presumed to be watertight.

On its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, the Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on April 10. Unfortunately, just before midnight on April 14, it failed to change its course to avoid an iceberg and struck it, causing at least five hull compartments to rupture and fill with water. This ultimately led to the ship sinking after it broke in half.

Due to a shortage of lifeboats and inadequate emergency procedures, more than 1,500 people perished in the sinking or died from exposure to the frigid North Atlantic waters. The majority of the approximately 700 survivors were women and children. The tragedy claimed the lives of many notable American and British citizens, including the renowned British journalist William Thomas Stead and heirs to the Straus, Astor, and Guggenheim fortunes.

The survivors lost everything they had on board and received assistance from the public and charities worldwide. Several women's relief committees provided clothing to women, and several private trains transported survivors to their families free of charge.

 

Others Include.

Anime Day

Father Damien Day

Jackie Robinson Day

McDonald's Day

Micro Volunteering Day

National ASL Day (American Sign Language)

National Glazed Spiral Ham Day

National Griper's Day

National Laundry Day

One Boston Day

One Day Without Shoes

Patriot's Day

Rubber Eraser Day

Take a Wild Guess Day

Tax Day

That Sucks Day

Universal Day of Culture

World Art Day

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