April 15 in History

April 15 in Pop Culture History

April 15th is…
Anime Day
ASL Day
Glazed Spiral Ham Day
Griper’s Day
Jackie Robinson Day
Laundry Day
McDonald’s Day
Micro volunteering Day
Purple Up! Day
Rubber Eraser Day
Take a Wild Guess Day
US Tax Day
Titanic Remembrance Day

1755 – Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language was published in London.

1817 – The Erie Canal was authorized to link Buffalo on Lake Erie and the Hudson River at Albany, New York,

1892 – The Edison General Electric Company (General Electric Company) was formed.

1912 – Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, near Newfoundland & Nova Scotia, Canada, after hitting an iceberg the night before.

1912 – The fourth dimension was referred to ‘as time’ by Albert Einstein.

1923 – Insulin became available for use by people with diabetes.

1924 – Rand McNally published its first road atlas.

1927 – The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 began.

1941 – Igor Ivor Sikorsky made the first helicopter flight over one hour in his Vought-Sikorsky VS-300.

1947 – Jackie Robinson became the first African-American player in Major League Baseball when he played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

1950 – #1 Hit April 15, 1950 – April 28, 1950: Eileen Barton – If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake

1955 – McDonald’s opened its first franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc in Des Plaines, Illinois.

1964 – Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was opened to traffic, connecting the Eastern Shore to Virginia Beach.

1967 – #1 Hit April 15, 1967 – May 12, 1967: Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra – Somethin’ Stupid

1972 – #1 Hit April 15, 1972 – May 26, 1972: Roberta Flack – The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

1983 – Tokyo Disneyland opened to the public.

1984 – The inaugural World Youth Day was held in Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City.

1989 – #1 Hit April 15, 1989 – April 21, 1989: Fine Young Cannibals – She Drives Me Crazy

1993 – Benny and Joon and Boiling Point were released in theaters.

1995 – #1 Hit April 15, 1995 – June 2, 1995: Montell Jordan – This Is How We Do It

2004 – Kill Bill vol 2 and The Punisher debuted in theaters.

2010 – Kick-Ass and Death at a Funeral were released in theaters.

2013 – At approximately 2:50 PM (EDT), in a terrorist attack, two explosions around Copley Square were caught live on camera during the telecast of the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring 260.