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April 15: Day of the Week
April 15, 2024 was the 106th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 260 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.
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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
April 15 Historical Event(s)
1632
Battle of Rain; Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years’ War.
1638
Tokugawa shogunate forces put down the Shimabara Rebellion when they retake Hara Castle from the rebels.
1802
William Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy see a “long belt” of daffodils, inspiring the former to pen I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.
1865
Abraham Lincoln dies without regaining consciousness after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth.
1896
Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
1912
The British passenger liner, the RMS Titanic, sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two and a half hours after hitting an iceberg. 1,517 people are killed.
1921
Black Friday: mine owners announce more wage and price cuts, leading to the threat of a strike all across England.
1923
Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
1936
First day of the Arab revolt in Palestine.
1955
McDonald’s restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois
Who were born on April 15?
1741
Charles Willson Peale, American painter, soldier and naturalist (d. 1827)
1888
Maximilian Kronberger, German poet (d. 1904)
1907
Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch ethologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1988)
1919
Alberto Breccia, Uruguay-born Argentine comics artist and writer (d. 1993)
1920
Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist
1933
Jim Towers, English footballer (d. 2010)
1940
Woodie Fryman, American baseball player
1959
Kevin Lowe, Canadian ice hockey player and general manager
1971
Katy Hill, British television presenter
1983
Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian ice hockey player
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters GCQUAKII? Check your answers here: Words with these letters GCQUAKII. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
Are you not curious to discover some fun facts about your birthday? Find out ‘what happened on my birthday’ and what was the number one song on your day of birth. Know the meaning of your special day and who shares your birthday! (Sponsored link)
Now try another date like anniversaries, birthdays of someone you know or any other date that is special to you. Don’t forget to share the info to your friends, loved ones or social media followers. Who knows, they might appreciate and thank you for it.