A Brief History
This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on April 15th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event.
Digging Deeper
On April 15, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to join the US Army to put down the rebellion known later as the American Civil War.
On April 15, 1952, a milestone in aviation history was crossed when the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress made its first flight, a flight directly headed to First Place in the pantheon of bomber aircraft.
On April 15, 2016, we posted an article about the greatest bomber in history, but you may be wondering what else rounds out the top ten.
On April 15, 2016, we ran an article acknowledging April 15th as the day your income tax return must be filed by each year in the United States, and used that fact to list five days people really look forward to and five other days many people may dread.
On April 15, 2017, we got a 2-day reprieve from the filing limit date for filing our Federal Income Tax Returns, since the day fell on Saturday.
On April 15, 2019, we had the sad duty to inform our readers that one of the great historical cathedrals in the world, Notre Dame in Paris, France, had been burning for the past few hours and was virtually destroyed.
On Monday, April 15, 2019, musical drama film fans had their chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Teen Spirit at 7:00 PM at Cinemark At Valley View & XD in Valley View, Ohio!
On April 15, 2020, we took into account the changing nature of our society, or as you may have guessed already, coronavirus.
On April 15, 2023, we wished a Happy Birthday to any of our friends, students, and subscribers who were born on April 15th.
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Andrews, John and Matt Baker. Timeline of World History. Thunder Bay Press, 2020.
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