April 15

April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). There are 260 days remaining.

Births:

• 1452?: Leonardo da Vinci (artist)
• 1843: [Henry James]? (author)
• 1894: [Bessie Smith]? (singer)
• 1933: [Elizabeth Montgomery]? (actress)
• 1950: [Amy Wright]? (actress)
• 1951: Heloise? (newspaper columnist)
• 1959: [Emma Thompson]? (actress)
• 1966: [Samantha Fox]? (singer)

Deaths:

• 1865: Abraham Lincoln dies from an assassination attempt made on April 14
• 1942: Robert Musil, Austrian novelist ([The Man Without Qualities]?)

Events:

• 1912: The passenger liner S.S. Titanic sinks
• 1947: Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, breaking that sport's color line in the U.S.

Other significances:

• April 15 or the following Monday (if it falls on the weekend) is the deadline for Americans to file their [tax return]?s. It is a stressful day for most American people. Post offices across the United States stay open until midnight to accommodate the procrastinaters.

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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