What Happened On Apr 15 Events

Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452, "at the third hour of the night"[nb 5] in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, in the lower valley of the Arno River in the territory of Florence. He was th...

The Battle of Rain (also called the Battle of the River Lech or Battle of Lech) was fought on April 15, 1632, as part of the Thirty Years' War. The forces involved in this conflict were 4...

The Siege of Fort Watson was an American Revolutionary War confrontation in South Carolina that began on April 15, 1781 and lasted until April 23, 1781. Continental Army forces under Henr...

On this day in 1783, the Continental Congress of the United States officially ratifies the preliminary peace treaty with Great Britain that was signed in November 1782. The congressional ...

The Continental Congress ratified preliminary articles of peace ending the Revolutionary War with Great Britain on April 15, 1783. International intrigue and intense negotiation preceded...

Henry James (1843-1916), noted American-born English essayist, critic, and author of the realism movement wrote The Ambassadors (1903), The Turn of the Screw (1898), and The Portrait of a...

The Battle of Albuquerque was a small engagement of the American Civil War in April, 1862. Between General Henry Hopkins Sibley's Army of New Mexico and a Union Army under Edward Canby. T...

The Battle of Peralta was a minor engagement near the end of Confederate General Henry Hopkins Sibley's 1862 New Mexico Campaign. Retreating after the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Confederate...

The Skirmish of Picacho Pass (also known as the Battle of Picacho Pass or Peak ) was fought on April 15, 1862 near Picacho Peak, 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Tucson, Arizona, USA. It was...

Cavalcade is a 1933 American drama film directed by Frank Lloyd. The screenplay by Reginald Berkeley and Sonya Levien is based on the 1931 play of the same title by Noël Coward.

The 1937 Stanley Cup Finals NHL championship series was contested by the defending champion Detroit Red Wings and the New York Rangers in their fifth Final series appearance. Detroit woul...

William Joyce (known as "Lord Haw-Haw") announced in radio broadcasts from Hamburg that there will be “Easter eggs for Belfast”. On Easter Tuesday, April 15, 1941, spectators watching ...

On 6 April, Luftwaffe dive-bombers and ground-attack fighters destroyed 26 of the Yugoslav Dorniers in the initial assault on their airfields, but the remaining aircraft were able to effe...

On April 15, 1945, British forces liberated Bergen-Belsen. The British found around sixty thousand prisoners in the camp, most of them seriously ill. Thousands of corpses lay unburied on ...

"I asked to see one of the barracks. It happened to be occupied by Czechoslovaks. When I entered, men crowded around, tried to lift me to their shoulders. They were too weak. Many of them ..." —Edward R. Murrow

In his first season, with Eddie Stanky entrenched at second base for the Dodgers, Robinson was forced to play first base. On April 15, 1947 Robinson made his debut before a crowd of 26,62...

The 1952 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Detroit Red Wings and the Montreal Canadiens in the first of the four Detroit-Montreal Final series of the 1950s. T...

At about 06.00 Cuba local time on 15 April 1961, eight Douglas B-26B Invader bombers in three groups, simultaneously attacked three Cuban airfields, at San Antonio de Los Baños and at Ciu...

About 90 minutes after the eight B-26s had taken off from Puerto Cabezas to attack Cuban airfields, another B-26 departed on a deception flight that took it close to Cuba but headed north...

The Stones’ seventh album was their first composed entirely of originals, and it proved that winsome hooks were not incompatible with snide lyrics. The exotic instrumentation was a triump...

The 43rd Academy Awards were presented April 15, 1971 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. There was no host. It was during this ceremony that George C. Scott became the firs...

Arturo "Thunder" Gatti (April 15, 1972 – July 11, 2009) was a Canadian and Italian professional boxer. Born in Calabria, Italy and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Gatti relocated to J...

Feel the Fire is the debut album by American thrash metal band Overkill, released by Megaforce Records in 1985.

The United States bombing of Libya (code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon) comprised the joint United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps air-strikes against Libya on April 15, 1986.

The relationship between Libya and the U.S. under President Reagan was continually contentious, beginning with the Gulf of Sidra incident in 1981. These tensions were later revived in ear...

At least 93 football supporters have been killed in Britain's worst-ever sporting disaster. They were crushed to death at Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield during the FA Cup semi-final...

The Headless Children is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band W.A.S.P., released by Capitol Records in 1989. It is now the highest selling W.A.S.P. album to date. The c...

Deep Cover is a 1992 crime thriller film starring Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum and directed by veteran actor Bill Duke. It is also notable for its theme song of the same name, com...

"The Smelly Car" is the sixty-first episode of the hit sitcom Seinfeld. The episode was the 21st episode for the 4th season. It aired on April 15, 1993. Plot Summary: The strong bod...

"Feelin' It" is the fourth and final single from rapper Jay-Z's debut album Reasonable Doubt. The song features a chorus sung by Mecca and a beat produced by Ski. The song's beat contains...

Robinson's jersey number, 42, was retired by Major League Baseball; no future player on any major league team can wear it. The number was retired in ceremonies at Shea Stadium to mark the...

"Staring at the Sun" is the second single from U2's 1997 album, Pop. It peaked at #3 on the UK singles chart, #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks, and #26 on the Billboard Hot 100. 1. "Stari...

Treating HIV infection. Agenerase is used in combination with other medicines. Agenerase is an HIV-protease inhibitor. It works by inhibiting the growth of HIV.

As the season wound down, there was media speculation that Gretzky would retire, but he refused to announce his retirement. His last NHL game in Canada was on April 15, 1999, a 2–2 tie wi...

Public awareness campaigns were one of the ways in which dot-coms sought to grow their customer base. These included television ads, print ads, and targeting of professional sporting even...

Joey Ramone died of lymphoma at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on April 15, 2001, after a seven year battle. He was reportedly listening to the song "In A Little While" by U2 when he d...

Eleven seconds after the call on the emergency frequency, the second officer reported to the Tower controller that they were on the circle approach. At 11:20:17 the captain took over cont...

A Million Little Pieces is a controversial memoir by James Frey. It tells the story of a 23-year-old alcoholic and drug abuser and how he copes with rehabilitation in a Twelve Steps-orien...

After listening to Thankful, it's hard to imagine any of 2003's American Idol contestants — including the two favorites, loverman Ruben Studdard and clenched, show tune-loving Clay Aiken,...

Counting on the pitcher with the best winning percentage in Red Sox history turned out to be a dangerous proposition last night. Trying to improve on his unparalleled percentage of .779 (...

The high drama, nail-biting, and intensity of the previous series were gone. The Red Sox began the rest of the 2005 season last night by dismantling the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 10-0, at ...

Hader and Samberg pitch to SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels their new ultra low-budget Digital Short, Laser Cats! The short within the short features the fallout of a nuclear war, in...

The writing was on the wall yesterday morning. Tacked up in the Red Sox clubhouse, just inside the door, it went like this: Stern CF, Cora 2B, Ortiz DH, Ramírez LF, Youkilis 3B, Snow 1B, ...

UFC 59: Reality Check was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 15, 2006 at Arrowhead Pond, in Anaheim, California, and broadcast live on pay-per-...

Vince and Eric procrastinate over the period movie, rankling Amanda. Meanwhile, Eric plans a romantic weekend with Sloan, but can't seem to tell Vince that they want to go solo. Turtle an...

CLEVELAND - Before last night's game, as manager Terry Francona sat in his office in the visitors' clubhouse, he lamented the fact that he needs to stay away from using Jason Varitek on d...

Dole Food Company, Inc. announced today that the Río Viejo Community, in the Guayas Province of Ecuador, celebrated the inauguration of the brand new ‘Ecuador País Amazónico’ elementary s...

Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert is the first live album by Miley Cyrus, recorded in 2007 during her Best of Both Worlds Tour. It features seven songs as her char...

On 15 April 2008, Hewa Bora Airways Flight 122, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 plane crashed into a residential and market area of Goma of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - immediately ...

A recap of the Orioles' 11-3 loss to the Blue Jays last night: Short night, many pitches Orioles manager Dave Trembley mentioned before the game that the goal of every starter shoul...