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| Birthday April 15, 1452 Leonardo da Vinci, factotum |
| Birthday April 15, 1707 Leonhard Euler, mathematician |
| Birthday April 15, 1894 Bessie Smith is born in Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Birthday April 15, 1940 English author and politician Jeffrey Archer is born |
| History April 15, 1783 Congress ratifies peace with Great Britain |
| History April 15, 1850 City of San Francisco incorporated. |
| History April 15, 1865 Lincoln is pronounced dead |
| History April 15, 1865 President Lincoln dies |
| History April 15, 1865 Lincoln dies from an assassin's bullet |
| History April 15, 1912 Molly Brown avoids sinking with the Titanic |
| History April 15, 1912 Titanic sinks at 2:20 AM. |
| History April 15, 1912 Titanic sinks |
| History April 15, 1912 Unsinkable Titanic sinks |
| History April 15, 1912 Race car driver goes down with the Titanic |
| History April 15, 1918 British evacuate Passchendaele Ridge |
| History April 15, 1920 The Sacco-Vanzetti case draws national attention |
| History April 15, 1922 the famed Poodle Dog Restaurant closes. |
| History April 15, 1923 insulin becomes generally available for diabetics. |
| History April 15, 1928 Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf is founded. |
| History April 15, 1944 Soviets capture Tarnopol in Poland |
| History April 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson breaks major league color barrier |
| History April 15, 1955 Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants. |
| History April 15, 1959 Castro visits the United States |
| History April 15, 1967 Antiwar protests held in New York and San Francisco |
| History April 15, 1970 U.S. 1st Infantry Division withdraws from Vietnam |
| History April 15, 1990 Greta Garbo dies |
| History April 15, 1998 Pol Pot dies |
| History April 15, 2013 Three people killed, hundreds injured in Boston Marathon bombing |