Tukuk-OS📅 April 15
25 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on April 15? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2021 — A mass shooting at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, killed nine and injured seven.
- 2019 — A fire severely damaged Notre-Dame de Paris, destroying the cathedral's timber spire and much of the roof.
Notre-Dame fireNotre-Dame de ParisSpire of Notre-Dame de Paris
- 2013 — Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev set off two pressure cooker bombs during the running of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring 264 others.
- 2002 — Air China Flight 129 crashed on approach to Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, killing 129 people.
- 1994 — At a GATT ministerial meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco, representatives of 123 countries and the European Communities signed an agreement to establish the World Trade Organization.
General Agreement on Tariffs and TradeMarrakeshEuropean Communities
- 1989 — The Hillsborough disaster, a human crush that caused 97 deaths in the worst disaster in British sporting history, occurred during an FA Cup match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in Sheffield.
- 1989 — The death of former Chinese General Secretary Hu Yaobang triggered a series of events that led to the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing.
Death of Hu YaobangGeneral Secretary of the Chinese Communist PartyHu Yaobang
- 1958 — On Walter O'Malley's initiative, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants played the first Major League Baseball game on the U.S. West Coast.
- 1957 — The Indiaman departed Victoria Coach Station, London, as part of the first UK–India bus service.
- 1955 — American restaurateur Ray Kroc opened the ninth McDonald's franchise in Des Plaines, Illinois, an occasion considered to be the founding of the present corporation.
- 1952 — The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, a long-range, subsonic, jet-powered, strategic bomber operated by the U.S. Air Force for most of the aircraft's history, made its first flight.
- 1947 — Jackie Robinson, the first African American to break the baseball color line, played his first game in Major League Baseball.
- 1936 — Two Jews were killed near Tulkarm in Mandatory Palestine, an act widely viewed as the beginning of violence within the Arab revolt.
- 1936 — The Great Arab Revolt in the British Mandate for Palestine began when unknown assailants attacked a convoy of trucks and killed two of the Jewish drivers.
- 1927 — Torrential rains caused the Mississippi River to break out of its levee system in at least 145 places, resulting in the worst flooding in the history of the United States.
- 1923 — Ten Japanese-American children were killed in a racially motivated arson attack on a school in Sacramento, California.
- 1922 — U.S. senator John B. Kendrick introduced a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal involving U.S. president Warren G. Harding's administration, leading to the Teapot Dome scandal.
- 1912 — More than 1,500 people on the Titanic died when the passenger liner sank after colliding with an iceberg southeast of Newfoundland.
- 1802 — English poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy encountered a "long belt" of daffodils near Ullswater, inspiring him to pen his best-known work, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".
- 1755 — A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson was first published, becoming one of the most influential dictionaries in the history of English.
- 1738 — Serse, an opera by Baroque composer George Frideric Handel loosely based on Xerxes I of Persia, premiered in London.
- 1632 — Thirty Years' War: A Swedish–German army defeated the forces of the Catholic League at the Battle of Rain, mortally wounding their commander Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly.
- 1191 — Henry VI, King of Germany (pictured), was crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1071 — Byzantine–Norman wars: After a siege of almost three years, Italo-Norman forces conquered the city of Bari, the capital of the Catepanate of Italy, ending more than five centuries of Byzantine presence in the region.
- 769 — The final session of the Lateran Council, convened to rectify abuses in the papal electoral process that had led to the elevation of the antipopes Constantine II and Philip, was held in Rome.
Births
- 2001 — Shanti Dope, Filipino rapper
- 1999 — Denis Shapovalov, Israeli-Canadian tennis player
- 1998 — Sexyy Red, American rapper
- 1997 — Ashleigh Gardner, Australian cricketer
- 1997 — Maisie Williams, English actress
- 1995 — Leander Dendoncker, Belgian footballer
- 1994 — Brodie Grundy, Australian rules football player
- 1994 — Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Bahamian sprinter
- 1993 — Felipe Anderson, Brazilian footballer
- 1992 — Remo Freuler, Swiss footballer
- 1992 — John Guidetti, Swedish footballer
- 1992 — Jeremy McGovern, Australian rules football player
Deaths
- 2026 — José Santamaría, Uruguayan-Spanish footballer and manager (born 1929)
- 2025 — Wink Martindale, American DJ, radio personality, and TV personality (born 1933)
- 2024 — Whitey Herzog, American professional baseball outfielder and manager (born 1931)
- 2024 — Josip Manolić, Croatian politician, prime minister, and speaker of the Chamber of Counties (born 1920)
Josip ManolićPrime Minister of CroatiaSpeaker of the Chamber of Counties of Croatia
- 2022 — Bilquis Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist and wife of Abdul Sattar Edhi (born 1947)
- 2022 — Henry Plumb, British politician and farmer (born 1925)
- 2022 — Liz Sheridan, American actress (born 1929)
- 2018 — R. Lee Ermey, American actor (born 1944)
- 2018 — Vittorio Taviani, Italian film director and screenwriter (born 1929)
- 2017 — Clifton James, American actor (born 1920)
- 2017 — Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, last person verified born in the 1800s (born 1899)
- 2015 — Jonathan Crombie, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (born 1966)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Abbo II of Metz
- Christian feast day: Blessed César de Bus
- Christian feast day:
Father Damien (Catholic and Episcopal Church)
Father DamienCatholic ChurchEpiscopal Church (United States)
- Christian feast day: Hunna
- Christian feast day: Paternus of Avranches
- Christian feast day: April 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the Sun (North Korea)
- Father Damien Day (Hawaii)
- Hillsborough Disaster Memorial (Liverpool, England)
- Jackie Robinson Day (United States)
- National American Sign Language Day (United States)
- Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year; India)
- Tax Day, the official deadline for filing an individual tax return (or requesting an extension). (United States, Philippines)
- Universal Day of Culture
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