Events That Happened on April 15

A mass shooting occurred at a Fedex Ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, killing nine and injuring seven.

The cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in France is seriously damaged by a large fire.

In the worst massacre of the South Sudanese Civil War, at least 200 civilians are gunned down after seeking refuge in houses of worship as well as hospitals.

Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring over 500 others.

A wave of bombings across Iraq kills at least 75 people.

Air China Flight 129 crashes on approach to Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, killing 129 people.

Marrakesh Agreement relating to foundation of World Trade Organization is adopted.

Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans.

Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China.

The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a discotheque bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.

During the Cambodian Civil War, massacre of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong river into South Vietnam.

The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.

At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.

First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.

Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.

The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.

In the Belfast Blitz, 200 bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing some 1,000 people.

First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.

Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.

Racially motivated Nihon Shōgakkō fire lit by a serial arsonist kills 10 children in Sacramento, California.

U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.

Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.

The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive.

Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.

Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.

The General Electric Company is formed.

President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Three hours later, Vice President Andrew Johnson is sworn in as president.

President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 militiamen to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc found the American School for the Deaf (then called the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons), the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.

Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.

Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, receives its premiere performance in London, England.

Foundation of the short-lived Kingdom of Corsica.

The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.

Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Royalist Army.

Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.

Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.

Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard.

The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings.

Matías Soulé, Argentine footballer

Shanti Dope, Filipino rapper

Denis Shapovalov, Canadian tennis player

Sexyy Red, American rapper

Ashleigh Gardner, Australian cricketer

Maisie Williams, English actress

Leander Dendoncker, Belgian footballer

Brodie Grundy, Australian rules football player

Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Bahamian sprinter

Felipe Anderson, Brazilian footballer

Remo Freuler, Swiss footballer

John Guidetti, Swedish footballer

Jeremy McGovern, Australian rules football player

Daiki Arioka, Japanese idol, singer, and actor

Javier Fernández López, Spanish figure skater

Emma Watson, English actress

Darren Nicholls, Australian rugby league player

Blake Ayshford, Australian rugby league player

Steven Defour, Belgian footballer

Chris Tillman, American baseball pitcher

Tom Heaton, English footballer

Sylvain Marveaux, French footballer

Ryan Hamilton, Canadian ice hockey player

Antonio Cromartie, American football player

Cam Janssen, American ice hockey player

Daniel Paille, Canadian ice hockey player

Alice Braga, Brazilian actress

Matt Cardle, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dudu Cearense, Brazilian footballer

Andreas Fransson, Swedish skier (died 2014)

Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian ice hockey player

Martin Pedersen, Danish cyclist

Michael Aubrey, American baseball player

Anthony Green, American singer-songwriter

Albert Riera, Spanish footballer and manager

Seth Rogen, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Andrés D'Alessandro, Argentinian footballer

Patrick Carney, American drummer, musician, and producer

James Foster, English cricketer

Raül López, Spanish basketball player

Willie Mason, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player

Aida Mollenkamp, American chef and author

Billy Yates, American football player

Luke Evans, Welsh actor and singer

Milton Bradley, American baseball player

Tim Corcoran, American baseball player

Luis Fonsi, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and dancer

Chris Stapleton, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist

Sudarsan Pattnaik, Indian sculptor

Brian Pothier, American ice hockey player

Jason Bonsignore, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Darius Regelskis, Lithuanian footballer

Kęstutis Šeštokas, Lithuanian basketball player

Steve Williams, English rower

Sarah Teichmann, German-American biophysicist and immunologist

Kim Min-kyo, South Korean actor and director

Danny Pino, American actor and screenwriter

Mike Quinn, American football player

Douglas Spain, American actor, director, and producer

Tim Thomas, American ice hockey player

Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (died 2009)

Lou Romano, American animator and voice actor

Philippe Carbonneau, French rugby player

Finidi George, Nigerian footballer

Jason Sehorn, American football player

Josia Thugwane, South African runner

Karl Turner, English lawyer and politician

Chris Huffins, American decathlete and coach

Jeromy Burnitz, American baseball player

Kaisa Roose, Estonian pianist and conductor

Jimmy Waite, Canadian-German ice hockey player and coach

Ben Clarke, English rugby player and coach

Brahim Lahlafi, Moroccan-French runner

Ed O'Brien, English guitarist

Frankie Poullain, Scottish bass player and songwriter

Dara Torres, American swimmer and journalist

Samantha Fox, English singer-songwriter and actress

Mott Green, American businessman (died 2013)

Soichi Noguchi, Japanese engineer and astronaut

Linda Perry, American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer

Kevin Stevens, American ice hockey player

Andre Joubert, South African rugby player

Lee Kernaghan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Alex Crawford, Nigerian-South African journalist

Manzoor Elahi, Pakistani cricketer

Manoj Prabhakar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster

Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan athlete and politician

Tom Kane, American voice actor

Neil Carmichael, English academic and politician

Carol W. Greider, American molecular biologist

Dawn Wright, American geographer and oceanographer

Pierre Aubry, Canadian ice hockey player

Susanne Bier, Danish director and screenwriter

Pedro Delgado, Spanish cyclist and sportscaster

Tony Jones, English snooker player

Fruit Chan, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter

Kevin Lowe, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

Emma Thompson, English actress, comedian, author, activist and screenwriter

Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer

Memos Ioannou, Greek basketball player and coach

Benjamin Zephaniah, English actor, author, poet, and playwright (died 2023)

Evelyn Ashford, American runner and coach

Michael Cooper, American basketball player and coach

Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (died 1997)

Joice Mujuru, Zimbabwean politician

Kym Gyngell, Australian actor, comedian, and screenwriter

Brian Muir, English sculptor and set designer

Avital Ronell, Czech-American philosopher and academic

Glenn Shadix, American actor, (died 2010)

Heloise, American journalist and author

John L. Phillips, American captain and astronaut

Stuart Prebble, English journalist and producer

Marsha Ivins, American engineer and astronaut

Josiane Balasko, French actress, director, and screenwriter

Amy Wright, American actress

Karel Kroupa, Czech football player

Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer-songwriter and actress

Craig Zadan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)

Christopher Brown, English historian, curator, and academic

Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor (died 2003)

Phil Mogg, English singer-songwriter and musician

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American screenwriter and producer

Martin Broughton, English businessman

Lois Chiles, American model and actress

David Omand, English civil servant and academic

Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish nurse and politician, Swedish Minister for Social Security

John Lloyd, Scottish journalist and author

Pete Rouse, American politician, White House Chief of Staff

Dave Edmunds, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Pınar Kür, Turkish author, playwright, and academic (died 2025)

Robert Lefkowitz, American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate

Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater, English politician (died 2022)

Hugh Thompson, Jr., American soldier and pilot (died 2006)

Francis X. DiLorenzo, American bishop (died 2017)

Walt Hazzard, American basketball player and coach (died 2011)

Kenneth Lay, American businessman and criminal (died 2006)

Tim Lankester, English economist and academic

Howard Berman, American lawyer and politician

Jeffrey Archer, English author, playwright, and politician

Penelope Coelen, South African actress, model, beauty queen and 1958 Miss World

Willie Davis, American baseball player and actor (died 2010)

Robert Lacroix, Canadian economist and academic

Robert Walker, American actor (died 2019)

Marty Wilde, English singer-songwriter and actor

Desiré Ecaré, Ivorian filmmaker (died 2009)

Claudia Cardinale, Italian actress

Hso Khan Pha, Burmese-Canadian geologist and politician (died 2016)

Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1978)

Robert W. Gore, American engineer and businessman, co-inventor of Gore-Tex (died 2020)

Raymond Poulidor, French cyclist (died 2019)

Stavros Paravas, Greek actor and producer (died 2008)

Roy Clark, American musician and television personality (died 2018)

David Hamilton, English-French photographer and director (died 2016)

Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress and producer (died 1995)

Kenneth Bloomfield, Northern Irish civil servant (died 2025)

Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)

Georges Descrières, French actor (died 2013)

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Icelandic educator and politician, 4th President of Iceland

Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2008)

Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (died 2015)

Robert Mills, American physicist and academic (died 1999)

Jurriaan Schrofer, Dutch sculptor, designer, and educator (died 1990)

M. Canagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician (died 1980)

Rikki Fulton, Scottish comedian (died 2004)

Neville Marriner, English violinist and conductor (died 2016)

Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (died 1966)

Robert DePugh, American activist, founded the Minutemen (an anti-Communist organization) (died 2009)

Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor (died 2013)

Donn F. Draeger, American martial arts practitioner (died 1982)

Hasrat Jaipuri, Indian poet and songwriter (died 1999)

Harold Washington, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago (died 1987)

Graham Whitehead, English racing driver (died 1981)

Georgy Beregovoy, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 1995)

Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (died 2009)

Godfrey Stafford, English-South African physicist and academic (died 2013)

Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (died 2012)

Richard von Weizsäcker, German soldier and politician, 6th President of Germany (died 2015)

Alberto Breccia, Uruguayan-Argentinian author and illustrator (died 1993)

Hans Billian, German film director, screenwriter, and actor (died 2007)

Hans Conried, American actor (died 1982)

Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and bomber pilot (died 1944)

James Kee, American lawyer and politician (died 1989)

Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman (died 1982)

Helene Hanff, American author and screenwriter (died 1997)

Elizabeth Catlett, African-American sculptor and illustrator (died 2012)

William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (died 1998)

Kim Il Sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (died 1994)

Sulo Bärlund, Finnish shot putter (died 1986)

Miguel Najdorf, Polish-Argentinian chess player and theoretician (died 1997)

Robert Edison Fulton Jr., American inventor and adventurer (died 2004)

eden ahbez, American songwriter and recording artist (died 1995)

Lita Grey, American actress (died 1995)

Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)

Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (died 1948)

John Williams, English-American actor (died 1983)

Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist (died 2002)

Joe Davis, English snooker player (died 1978)

Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (died 1986)

René Pleven, French businessman and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1993)

Ramón Iribarren, Spanish civil engineer (died 1967)

Harry Edward, Guyanese-English sprinter (died 1973)

Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)

Clark McConachy, New Zealand snooker player (died 1980)

Abigail Mejia, Dominican feminist activist, nationalist, literary critic and educator (died 1941)

Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician, 7th Premier of the Soviet Union (died 1971)

Bessie Smith, African-American singer and actress (died 1937)

Theo Osterkamp, German general and pilot (died 1975)

Corrie ten Boom, Dutch-American clocksmith, Nazi resister, and author (died 1983)

Percy Shaw, English businessman, invented the cat's eye (died 1976)

Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (died 1975)

A. Philip Randolph, American activist (died 1979)

Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (died 1904)

Felix Pipes, Austrian tennis player (died 1983)

William Forgan Smith, Scottish-Australian politician, 24th Premier of Queensland (died 1953)

Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (died 1921)

Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general (died 1947)

Stanley Bruce, Australian captain and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1967)

Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet (died 1980)

Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright (died 1956)

Georg Kolbe, German sculptor (died 1947)

William David Ross, Scottish philosopher (died 1971)

James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter (died 1953)

George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist (died 1954)

Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)

Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (died 1914)

Bliss Carman, Canadian-British poet and playwright (died 1929)

Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (died 1917)

Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (died 1910)

Henry James, American novelist, short story writer, and critic (died 1916)

Mary Grant Roberts, Australian zoo owner (died 1921)

Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company Ltd (died 1919)

Wilhelm Busch, German poet, painter, and illustrator (died 1908)

Jean Danjou, French captain (died 1863)

William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (died 1885)

Hermann Grassmann, German linguist and mathematician (died 1877)

William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (died 1892)

James Clark Ross, English captain and explorer (died 1862)

Maria Schicklgruber, mother of Alois Hitler and the paternal grandmother of Adolf Hitler (died 1847)

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, German astronomer and academic (died 1864)

Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French biologist and zoologist (died 1844)

Nicolas Chopin, French-Polish educator (died 1844)

Charles Willson Peale, American painter and soldier (died 1827)

William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (died 1790)

Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (died 1783)

Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer (died 1758)

Catherine I of Russia (died 1727)

Christian V of Denmark (died 1699)

Suleiman II, Ottoman sultan (died 1691)

Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician and geographer (died 1722)

Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Catholic cardinal (died 1675)

Claudius Salmasius, French author and scholar (died 1653)

Guru Arjan Dev, fifth Sikh leader (died 1606)

Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (died 1626)

Guru Nanak, the first Sikh guru (died 1539)

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (died 1519)

John Paston, English noble (died 1479)

Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (died 1329)

Gaius Maecenas, Roman politician (died 8 BC)

Wink Martindale, American DJ, radio personality, and TV personality (born 1933)

Whitey Herzog, American professional baseball outfielder and manager (born 1931)

Josip Manolić, Croatian politician, prime minister, and speaker of the Chamber of Counties (born 1920)

Bilquis Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist and wife of Abdul Sattar Edhi (born 1947)

Henry Plumb, British politician and farmer (born 1925)

Liz Sheridan, American actress (born 1929)

R. Lee Ermey, American actor (born 1944)

Vittorio Taviani, Italian film director and screenwriter (born 1929)

Clifton James, American actor (born 1920)

Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, last person verified born in the 1800s (born 1899)

Jonathan Crombie, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (born 1966)

Surya Bahadur Thapa, Nepalese politician, 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1928)

John Houbolt, American engineer and academic (born 1919)

Eliseo Verón, Argentinian sociologist and academic (born 1935)

Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (born 1930)

Richard LeParmentier, American-English actor and screenwriter (born 1946)

Jean-François Paillard, French conductor (born 1928)

Paul Bogart, American director and producer (born 1919)

Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player (born 1968)

Vittorio Arrigoni, Italian journalist, author, and activist (born 1975)

Jack Herer, American author and activist (born 1939)

Michael Pataki, American actor and director (born 1938)

Clement Freud, German-English journalist, academic, and politician (born 1924)

László Tisza, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (born 1907)

Salih Neftçi, Turkish economist and author (born 1947)

Krister Stendahl, Swedish bishop, theologian, and scholar (born 1921)

Brant Parker, American illustrator (born 1920)

Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese illustrator (born 1934)

Damon Knight, American author and critic (born 1922)

Byron White, American football player, lawyer, and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (born 1917)

Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (born 1951)

Edward Gorey, American poet and illustrator (born 1925)

Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (born 1944)

William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (born 1912)

Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (born 1925)

Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter (born 1907)

John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geophysicist and geologist (born 1908)

Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (born 1905)

Hu Yaobang, Chinese soldier and politician, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (born 1915)

Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926)

Jean Genet, French novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1910)

Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedian and magician (born 1921)

Arthur Lowe, English actor (born 1915)

Raymond Bailey, American actor and soldier (born 1904)

Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)

David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (born 1912)

Gurgen Boryan, Armenian poet and playwright (born 1915)

Friedebert Tuglas, Estonian author and critic (born 1886)

Totò, Italian comedian (born 1898)

Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Bengali politician, writer, journalist, first health minister of East Pakistan (born 1906)

Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (born 1903)

Clara Blandick, American actress (born 1880)

Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (born 1912)

Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1885)

Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (born 1892)

Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (born 1895)

Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (born 1901)

Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (born 1882)

Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (born 1880)

César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (born 1892)

Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (born 1868)

Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer (born 1879)

János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (born 1839)

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Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician

Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (born 1840)

Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (born 1822)

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (born 1809)

Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (born 1792)

Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (born 1773)

Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1718)

Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (born 1711)

Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian chemist and physicist (born 1711)

Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (born 1679)

Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV (born 1721)

Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (born 1682)

William Oldys, English historian and author (born 1696)

Rosalba Carriera, Italian painter (born 1673)

Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and academic (born 1676)

Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, French wife of Louis XIV of France (born 1635)

Simon Dach, German poet and hymnwriter (born 1605)

Patriarch Joseph of Moscow, Russian patriarch

George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English politician, English Secretary of State (born 1580)

Robert Persons, English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author (born 1546)

Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg, German nobleman (born 1509)

Hurrem Sultan, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent and the Haseki sultan of Ottoman Empire (born c. 1500)

John IV of Chalon-Arlay, Prince of Orange (born 1443)

Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian sculptor and architect (born 1377)

Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek philosopher and translator (born 1355)

Richard Poore, English ecclesiastic

Adolf of Altena, German archbishop (born 1157)

Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare (born 1094)

Godwin, Earl of Wessex (born 1001)

Lin Yanyu, Chinese court official and eunuch

Liu Bin, emperor of Southern Han (born 920)

Suiko, emperor of Japan (born 554)

Christian feast day: Abbo II of Metz

Christian feast day: Father Damien (The Episcopal Church)

Christian feast day: Hunna

Christian feast day: Paternus of Avranches

Christian feast day: April 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of the Sun (North Korea)

Father Damien Day (Hawaii)

Hillsborough Disaster Memorial (Liverpool, England)

Jackie Robinson Day (United States)

National American Sign Language Day (United States)

Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year; India)

Tax Day, the official deadline for filing an individual tax return (or requesting an extension). (United States, Philippines)

Universal Day of Culture

World Art Day