April 15
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- 1755 – Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language published in London.
- 1783 – Preliminary articles of peace ending Revolutionary War ratified.
- 1802 – William Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy see a "long belt" of daffodils, inspiring the former to pen I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.
- 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.
- 1966 - Swinging London Time magazine cover.
- 1969 - Woodstock Festival started its 3 day rally today at 5:08p.m.
- 1989 - The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in the People's Republic of China.
Births
- 1452 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance polymath (d. 1519)
- 1741 – Charles Willson Peale, American painter, soldier and naturalist (d. 1827)
- 1772 – Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844)
- 1832 – Wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908)
- 1843 – Henry James, American author (d. 1916)
- 1856 – Jean Moréas, French writer (d. 1910)
- 1858 – Émile Durkheim, French sociologist (d. 1917)
- 1878 – Robert Walser, Swiss writer (d. 1956)
- 1889 – Thomas Hart Benton, American muralist (d. 1975)
- 1894 – Bessie Smith, American blues singer (d. 1937)
- 1904 – Arshile Gorky, Armenian Artist (d. 1948)
- 1920 – Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist
- 1927 – Albert Goldman, American journalist(d. 1994)
- 1933 – David Hamilton, British photographer, film director and producer
- 1939 – Claudia Cardinale, Tunisian-born actress
- 1959 – Emma Thompson, English actress
- 1982 – Seth Rogen, Canadian actor and writer
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)
Deaths
- 1053 – Godwin, Earl of Wessex
- 1220 – Adolf of Altena, Archbishop of Cologne
- 1415 – Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian
- 1446 – Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect (b. 1377)
- 1610 – Robert Parsons, English Jesuit priest (b. 1546)
- 1621 – John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony
- 1632 – George Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580)
- 1641 – Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581)
- 1652 – Patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church
- 1659 – Simon Dach, German poet (b. 1605)
- 1704 – Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (b. 1628)
- 1719 – Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1635)
- 1754 – Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)
- 1761 – Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682)
- 1761 – William Oldys, English antiquarian and bibliographer (b. 1696)
- 1764 – Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (b. 1721)
- 1764 – Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer (b. 1679)
- 1765 – Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian scientist and writer (b. 1711)
- 1788 – Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (b. 1711)
- 1793 – Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718)
- 1804 – Charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761)
- 1854 – Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773)
- 1865 – Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
- 1888 – Matthew Arnold, English poet (b. 1822)
- 1889 – Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840)
- 1898 – Kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader
- 1912 – Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850)
- 1912 – Jack Phillips, British wireless telegraphist. (b. 1887)
- 1912 – John Jacob Astor IV, billionaire (b. 1864)
- 1912 – Thomas Andrews (shipbuilder), was an Irish-born businessman and shipbuilder. (b. 1873)
- 1912 – William T. Stead American author and journalist. (b. 1849)
- 1927 – Gaston Leroux, French writer (b. 1868)
- 1938 – César Vallejo, Peruvian poet (b. 1892)
- 1942 – Robert Musil, Austrian novelist (b. 1880)
- 1943 – Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian artist (d. 1882)
- 1945 – Hermann Florstedt, Nazi leader (b. 1895)
- 1948 – Radola Gajda, Czech military commander and politician (d. 1892)
- 1949 – Wallace Beery, American actor (b. 1885)
- 1957 – Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917)
- 1962 – Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1881)
- 1962 – Arsenio Lacson, Filipino politician and sportswriter (b. 1911)
- 1963 – Edward "Carji" Greeves, Australian rules footballer (b. 1903)
- 1969 – Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen of Spain (b. 1887)
- 1970 – Ripper Collins, American baseball player (b. 1904)
- 1971 – Dan Reeves, American football team owner (b. 1912)
- 1974 – Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (b. 1906)
- 1975 – Richard Conte, American actor (b. 1910)
- 1980 – Raymond Bailey, American actor (b. 1904)
- 1980 – Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1905)
- 1982 – Arthur Lowe, British actor (b. 1915)
- 1983 – Corrie ten Boom, Dutch author and Holocaust survivor (b. 1892)
- 1984 – Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedy magician (b. 1921)
- 1984 – Alexander Trocchi, Scottish writer (b. 1925)
- 1986 – Jean Genet, French author (b. 1910)
- 1988 – Kenneth Williams, English actor and comedian (b. 1926)
- 1988 – Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist (b. 1954)
- 1989 – Nesuhi Ertegün, American record executive (b. 1917)
- 1989 – Hu Yaobang, Chinese politician (b. 1915)
- 1990 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (b. 1905)
- 1992 – Otis Barton, American deep-sea diver, inventor and actor (b. 1899)
- 1993 – John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist (b. 1908)
- 1993 – Leslie Charteris, Singapore-born author (b. 1907)
- 1994 – John Curry, English figure skater (b. 1949)
- 1995 – Harry Shoulberg, American painter, serigrapher (b. 1903)
- 1998 – Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (b. 1925)
- 1999 – Harvey Postlethwaite, British engineer and racing car designer (b. 1944)
- 2000 – Edward Gorey, American illustrator (b. 1925)
- 2001 – Joey Ramone, American musician and singer (The Ramones) (b. 1951)
- 2002 – Damon Knight, American author (b. 1922)
- 2002 – Byron "Whizzer" White, American football player and U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1917)
- 2003 – Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (b. 1941)
- 2003 – Reg Bundy, British performer (b. 1941)
- 2004 – Ray Condo, Canadian musician (b. 1950)
- 2005 – John Fred, American singer (b. 1941)
- 2007 – Brant Parker, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
- 2008 – Krister Stendahl, Swedish Lutheran theologian and bishop (b. 1921)
- 2008 – Benoît Lamy, Belgian movie director (b. 1945)
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