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What are the important events that happened on April 15? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 15: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 15 is the 105th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 260 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 2, 2021 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,618,444,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectapentagon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac 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 292 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 3,037 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 15 Historical Events
- 1738 –Premiere in London, England, Great Britain of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel.
- 1923 –Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
- 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.
- 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.
Who were born on April 15?
- 1641 –Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)
- 1832 –Wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908)
- 1924 –Sir Neville Marriner, English conductor
- 1952 –Brian Muir, British sculptor and creator of Darth Vader
- 1971 –Kate Harbour, English voice actress
Who died on April 15?
- 1641 –Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581)
- 1652 –Patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church
- 1889 –Father Damien, Flemish missionary (b. 1840)
- 1942 –Robert Musil, Austrian novelist (b. 1880)
- 1969 –Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen of Spain (b. 1887)
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