Historical Events In April - 15

1958  On this day in history estelle Taylor, dies at 64  

1959  On this day in history fidel Castro begins US goodwill tour  

1959  On this day in history the birth of Emma Thompson, British actress  

1960  Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organizes at Shaw U on April - 15.  

1961  Launching of first nuclear-powered frigate, USS Bainbridge, at Quincy, MA on April - 15.  

1961  Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, is awarded the Order of Lenin on April - 15.  

1962  On this day in history uSS Princeton brought first Marine helicopters to Vietnam. This was first Marine advisory unit to arrive in South Vietnam.  

1962  Clara Blandick, committed suicide at 80 on this day in history.  

1965  Syd Chaplin, dies at 80 on April - 15.  

1966  On this day in history the Rolling Stones release "Aftermath"  

1966  On April - 15 joseph Crehan, dies of stroke at 81  

1967  Antonio de Curtis Toto, comedian, dies of heart attack at 69 on April - 15.  

1968  Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1969  On April - 15 north Korean aircraft shoots down Navy EC-121 reconnaissance aircraft over the Sea of Japan  

1969  Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1971  43rd Academy Awards presented on this day in history.  

1972  Otto Brenner, German trade union leader, dies at 64 on April - 15.  

1974  Military coup in Niger on April - 15.  

1975  C Torres discovers asteroid #2784 Domeyko on this day in history.  

1975  On this day in history first appearance of the San Diego Chicken  

1975  On this day in history charles Marshall, dies  

1976  Gerald Smith, antisemite/catholic (Natl Christian Crusade), dies at 78 on April - 15.  

1978  On April - 15 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy  

1980  On April - 15 e Bowell discovers asteroid #3041 Webb  

1980  On this day in history raymond Bailey actor (Mr Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 75  

1980  Jean-Paul Sartre, existentialist philosopher and writer (Nobel 1964), dies in Paris at 74 on April - 15.  

1981  French Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1982  A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3257 on April - 15.  

1982  Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, & landscape display on this day in history.  

1982  The Muslims who murdered President Sadat of Egypt are executed on April - 15.  

1982  5 murderers, of Egyptian pres Sadat, executed on this day in history.  

1983  On April - 15 rodolfo Hoyos actor (Luis-Viva Valdez), dies at 68  

1983  On April - 15 tokyo Disneyland opens  

1983  Gyula Illyes, Hungarian writer/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes), dies at 80 on April - 15.  

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1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on this day in history.  

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on April - 15.  

1489  On April - 15 birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)  

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on April - 15.  

1588  On April - 15 birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist  

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on April - 15.  

1641  Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.  

1646  On April - 15 birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)  

1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on this day in history.  

1220  On April - 15 adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1415  On this day in history death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian  

1472  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1502  On this day in history jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies  

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on this day in history.  

1607  On this day in history cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78  

1610  On this day in history johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62