Category: This Day In History April 15

Categories: This Day In History April

This Day in History for April 15th

Historic Events:
1738 - Bottle opener invented

1793 - Bank of England hands out first £5 note

1912 - The sinking of the RMS Titanic

1927 - on Good Friday (15 April 1927), 15 inches of rain fell in New Orleans in 18 hours. This far exceeded the City's rainwater pumping system, and up to 4 feet of water flooded some parts of the city. This local rain related flood was not connected to the Mississippi River flooding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mississippi_Flood_of_1927

1952 - The maiden flight of the B-52 Stratofortress

2013 - Two pressure cooker bombs exploded during the Boston Marathon, killing 3 people and injuring an estimated 264 others.

Famous Birthdays:
1452 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary

1646 - King Christian V of Denmark

1684 - Catherine I, Empress of Russia

1829 - Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American female surgeon

Famous Deaths:
1621 - John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony

1764 - Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France

1865 - Abraham Lincoln, 16th American president, dies from gunshot wound at 56

1912 - John Jacob Astor IV, billionaire, dies in the sinking of the Titanic

RMS Titanic

Titanic

John Astor 13 Jul 1864 Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York, United States - 15 Apr 1912

Wallace Beery 01 Apr 1885 Clay County, Missouri, United States - 15 Apr 1949

Alfred Davies 1888 Sedgley, Staffordshire, England - 15 Apr 1912

John Davies 1890 Sedgley, Staffordshire, England - 15 Apr 1912

Joseph Davies 25 Mar 1895 West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England - 15 Apr 1912

John Futrell Apr 1873 Georgia - 15 Apr 1912

Samuel (Lawhorn) White 25 Sep 1898 Montgomery, Alabama, United States - 16 Feb 1966

James Lester 1871 Sedgley, Staffordshire, England - 15 Apr 1912

Spark Matsunaga 08 Oct 1916 Hanapepe, Kauai, Hawaii Territory, United States - 15 Apr 1990

Elizabeth Montgomery 15 Apr 1933 Los Angeles, California, United States - 18 May 1995

Jean-Paul Sartre 21 Jun 1905 Paris XVI, Paris, Seine, France - 15 Apr 1980

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