About April 15
April 15, 2025 is the 105th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 260 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Aries is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 308 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On April 15
- 1071 –Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard.
- 1715 –Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
- 1738 –Premiere in London, England, Great Britain of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel.
- 1755 –Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
- 1783 –Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are 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.
- 1892 –The General Electric Company is formed.
- 1900 –Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
- 1927 –The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the most destructive river flood in U.S. history, begins.
- 1935 –Roerich Pact signed in Washington, D.C.
- 1940 –The Allies begin their attack on the Norwegian town of Narvik which is occupied by Nazi Germany.
- 1942 –The George Cross is awarded to “to the island fortress of Malta – its people and defenders” by King George VI.
- 1947 –Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball’s color line.
- 1955 –McDonald’s restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois
- 1957 –White Rock, British Columbia officially separates from Surrey, British Columbia and is incorporated as a new city.
- 1969 –The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
- 1986 –The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.
- 1989 –Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi Final, resulting in the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans.
- 1994 –Representatives of 124 countries and the European Communities sign the Marrakesh Agreements revising the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and initiating the World Trade Organization (effective January 1, 1995).
- 2002 –An Air China Boeing 767-200, flight CA129 crashes into a hillside during heavy rain and fog near Busan, South Korea, killing 128.
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