April 15
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| - | *[[1912]] - The [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] passenger liner [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] sinks after hitting an iceberg in the [[North Atlantic]], causing the deaths of about 1,503 people. | + | *[[1912]] - The British passenger ship [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] sinks after hitting an iceberg causing the deaths of about 1,503 people. |
| *[[1920]] - [[Anarchism|Anarchists]] [[Sacco and Vanzetti]] allegedly murder two security guards while robbing a shoe store. | *[[1920]] - [[Anarchism|Anarchists]] [[Sacco and Vanzetti]] allegedly murder two security guards while robbing a shoe store. | ||
| *[[1943]] - An [[Allies|Allied]] bomber attack misses the [[Minerva automobile]] factory and hits the [[Belgian]] town of [[Mortsel]] instead, killing 936 civilians. | *[[1943]] - An [[Allies|Allied]] bomber attack misses the [[Minerva automobile]] factory and hits the [[Belgian]] town of [[Mortsel]] instead, killing 936 civilians. | ||
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Art and culture
- 1912 - The British passenger ship RMS Titanic sinks after hitting an iceberg causing the deaths of about 1,503 people.
- 1920 - Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti allegedly murder two security guards while robbing a shoe store.
- 1943 - An Allied bomber attack misses the Minerva automobile factory and hits the Belgian town of Mortsel instead, killing 936 civilians.
- 1969 - Woodstock Festival started its 3 day rally today at 5:08p.m.
- 1989 - Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in the People's Republic of China.
Births
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519)
- Henry James (1843 - 1916)
- Jean Moréas (1856 - 1910)
- Émile Durkheim (1858 - 1917)
- Thomas Szasz (born April 15, 1920 in Hungary)
- Albert Goldman (1927 - 1994)
- David Hamilton
Deaths
- Gaston Leroux (1868 - 1927)
- August Endell (1871 - 1925)
- Robert Musil (1880 - 1942)
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 - 1980)
- Jean Genet (1910 - 1986)
- Alexander Trocchi (1925 -1984)
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