Historical Events In April - 15

1958  Estelle Taylor, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1959  On April - 15 the birth of Emma Thompson, British actress   

1960  On April - 15 student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organizes at Shaw U   

1961  Launching of first nuclear-powered frigate, USS Bainbridge, at Quincy, MA on this day in history.   

1961  Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, is awarded the Order of Lenin on this day in history.   

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

1962  On this day in history clara Blandick, committed suicide at 80   

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

1966  The Rolling Stones release "Aftermath" on this day in history.   

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

1967  On April - 15 antonio de Curtis Toto, comedian, dies of heart attack at 69   

1968  Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73 on April - 15.   

1969  North Korean aircraft shoots down Navy EC-121 reconnaissance aircraft over the Sea of Japan on April - 15.   

1969  On April - 15 victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81   

1971  On April - 15 43rd Academy Awards presented   

1972  On April - 15 otto Brenner, German trade union leader, dies at 64   

1974  Military coup in Niger on this day in history.   

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

1975  On April - 15 first appearance of the San Diego Chicken   

1975  Charles Marshall, dies on this day in history.   

1976  Gerald Smith, antisemite/catholic (Natl Christian Crusade), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy   

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

1980  Raymond Bailey actor (Mr Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history jean-Paul Sartre, existentialist philosopher and writer (Nobel 1964), dies in Paris at 74   

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 April - 15.   

1982  The Muslims who murdered President Sadat of Egypt are executed on this day in history.   

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

1983  Rodolfo Hoyos actor (Luis-Viva Valdez), dies at 68 on April - 15.   

1983  On April - 15 tokyo Disneyland opens   

1983  On April - 15 gyula Illyes, Hungarian writer/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes), dies at 80   

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1452  On this day in history birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary   

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

1489  On this day in history birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)   

1552  On April - 15 birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)   

1588  On this day in history birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist   

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on this day in history.   

1641  On April - 15 birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)   

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.   

1053  On April - 15 death of godwin, Earl of Wessex   

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

1415  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on April - 15.   

1472  On April - 15 leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68   

1502  On April - 15 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