April 15
April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). There are 260 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1452 - Leonardo da Vinci, artist († 1519)
- 1684 - Catherine I of Russia († 1727)
- 1688 - Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer († 1758)
- 1707 - Leonhard Euler, mathematician († 1783)
- 1793 - Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, astronomer († 1864)
- 1800 - James Clark Ross explorer († 1862)
- 1811 - Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker († 1874).
- 1832 - Wilhelm Busch, poet, graphic artist and painter († 1908)
- 1843 - Henry James, author († 1916)
- 1861 - Bliss Carman, poet († 1929)
- 1878 - Robert Walser, lyricist and narrator († 1956)
- 1879 - Melville Henry Cane, U.S. lawyer and poet († 1980)
- 1889 - Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. muralist († 1975)
- 1894 - Bessie Smith, blues singer († 1937)
- 1902 - Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist († 2002)
- 1912 - Kim Il Sung, dictator of North Korea († 1994)
- 1916 - Helene Hanff, author
- 1920 - Richard von Weizäcker, President of Germany 1984-1994
- 1921 - Georgi Beregovoi, cosmonaut († 1995)
- 1930 - Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former President of Iceland
- 1931 - Raymond McNally, author († 2002)
- 1933 - Elizabeth Montgomery, actress († 1995)
- 1933 - Roy Clark, country musician
- 1933 - Boris Strugatsky, author
- 1940 - Jeffrey Archer, author, Member of Parliament
- 1942 - Walt Hazzard, basketball star
- 1944 - Dave Edmunds, musician
- 1950 - Amy Wright, actress
- 1951 - Heloise, newspaper columnist
- 1954 - Seka, pornographic film actress
- 1955 - Dodi Fayed, businessman († 1997)
- 1957 - Evelyn Ashford, track athlete
- 1959 - Emma Thompson, actress
- 1959 - Thomas F. Wilson, actor
- 1962 - Nawal El Moutawakel, hurdler
- 1966 - Samantha Fox, singer
- 1972 - Arturo Gatti, world champion boxer
- 1979 - Eric Kelley-Dodds, architect and philosopher
- 1990 - Emma Watson, actress
Deaths
- 69 - Otho, Roman Emperor
- 1865 - Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States
- 1911 - Antoine Lumière, photographer, industrialist, father of Auguste and Louis Lumière
- 1912 - John Jacob Astor IV, businessman
- 1912 - Benjamin Guggenheim, businessman
- 1942 - Robert Musil, novelist (The Man Without Qualities)
- 1949 - Wallace Beery, actor
- 1969 - Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena Maria Christina of Battenberg, Queen consort of Spain
- 1980 - Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher and writer
- 1986 - Jean Genet, author
- 1988 - Kenneth Williams, actor & comedian.
- 1990 - Greta Garbo, actress
- 1990 - Ava Gardner, actress
- 1993 - John Tuzo Wilson, geologist (* 1908)
- 1993 - Leslie Charteris, author
- 1998 - Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator
- 2000 - Edward Gorey, illustrator
- 2001 - Joey Ramone, lead singer for The Ramones
- 2002 - Damon Knight, science fiction author
Holidays and Observances
See Also:
April 14 - April 16 - March 15 - May 15 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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