Historical Events In April - 15

1958  On April - 15 estelle Taylor, dies at 64  

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

1959  The birth of Emma Thompson, British actress on April - 15.  

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

1961  On April - 15 launching of first nuclear-powered frigate, USS Bainbridge, at Quincy, MA  

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

1962  On April - 15 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  On April - 15 syd Chaplin, dies at 80  

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

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1966  Joseph Crehan, dies of stroke at 81 on this day in history.  

1967  Antonio de Curtis Toto, comedian, dies of heart attack at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1969  On this day in history north Korean aircraft shoots down Navy EC-121 reconnaissance aircraft over the Sea of Japan  

1969  On this day in history victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81  

1971  On April - 15 43rd Academy Awards presented  

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  E Bowell discovers asteroid #3041 Webb on April - 15.  

1980  On April - 15 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 this day in history.  

1981  French Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67 on April - 15.  

1982  A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3257 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1982  5 murderers, of Egyptian pres Sadat, executed on April - 15.  

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

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  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on April - 15.  

1469  On this day in history birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs  

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

1552  On this day in history birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)  

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

1637  On April - 15 birth of valentin Molitor, composer  

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

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 this day in history.  

1472  On this day in history leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68  

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.  

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

1607  Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 on this day in history.  

1610  On April - 15 johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62