April 15
Today is the 105th day of 2017, there are 260 days left in the year.
1755 - Samuel Johnson published his "Dictionary of the English Language".
1817 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet opened the first free American school for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut.
1850 - The city of San Francisco was incorporated.
1861 - In response to the attack on Fort Sumter three days earlier, President Abraham Lincoln declared a state of insurrection and called out Union troops.
1865 - President Abraham Lincoln died nine hours after being shot the night before by John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson took the oath of office to become the nation's 17th president.
1892 - General Electric Co. was formed by the merger of the Edison Electric Light Co. and other firms.
1912 - The Titanic sank off the coast of Newfoundland on its maiden voyage after it struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic. 1,512 people are believed to have drowned while less than half that many survived.
1920 - A paymaster and a guard were shot and killed during a robbery at a shoe company in South Braintree, Massachusetts; Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were accused of the crime, convicted and executed amid worldwide protests that they hadn't received a fair trial.
1945 - Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen was liberated by Canadian and British forces.
1955 - Ray Kroc acquired McDonald's and opened his first restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois. That site today is the official McDonald's corporate museum.
1959 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro arrived in Washington to begin a goodwill tour of the United States.
1974 - Members of the Symbionese Liberation Army held up a branch of the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco; a member of the group was SLA kidnap victim Patricia Hearst, who by this time was going by the name "Tania" (Hearst later said she'd been forced to participate).
1986 - The United States launched an air raid against Libya in response to the bombing of a discotheque in Berlin on April 5; Libya said 37 people, mostly civilians, were killed.
1989 - Students in Beijing launched a series of pro-democracy protests; the demonstrations culminated in a government crackdown at Tiananmen Square.
1998 - Cambodian despot Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge, died.
2002 - Retired Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White died at age 84.
Birthdays
22 - Cody Christian (actor)
25 - Kimberly Dos Ramos (actress)
27 - Emma Watson (actress)
30 - Samira Wiley (actress)
31 - Ester Dean (singer)
35 - Seth Rogen (actor)
38 - Luke Evans (actor)
38 - Cooper Barnes (actor)
39 - Karlie Redd (reality star)
39 - Austin Aries (professional wrestler)
41 - Toya Bush-Harris (reality star)
43 - Danny Pino (actor)
51 - Samantha Fox (singer)
58 - Emma Thompson (actress)
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Today in Sports History - April 15
1896 - The games for the first modern Olympics in Athens, Greece come to a close.
1910 - President William Howard Taft becomes the first U.S. president to throw out the first pitch at a baseball game.
1937 - The Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Rangers to win the Stanley Cup.
1947 - Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, becoming the major league's first African-American player as he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1952 - The Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup.
1958 - The San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers played the first major league baseball game on the West Coast. This was the first game in the Los Angeles Coliseum.
1965 - The NFL changes the color of their penalty flags from white to bright gold.
1968 - The Houston Astros beat the New York Mets 1-0 in 24 innings.
1972 - The major league baseball season began following a players strike.
1979 - Fuzzy Zoeller wins the Masters.
1984 - Ben Crenshaw wins the Masters.
1989 - 96 people died in a crush of soccer fans at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England.
1991 - Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers sets a new NBA record with 9,898 career assists.
1991 - The Sacramento Kings set an NBA record after losing their 35th consecutive road game.
1996 - The 100th Boston Marathon was won by Moses Tanui of Kenya.
1997 - On the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's historic debut, Major League Baseball retired his No. 42 across all franchises.
2000 - Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles became the 24th major league player to reach 3,000 hits.
2005 - The first major league game in Washington D.C. since September 30, 1971 is played between the Washington Nationals and the Arizona Diamondbacks at RFK Stadium. President George W. Bush throws out the first ceremonial pitch. The Nationals win, 5-3.
2013 - Two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon near the finish line, killing three and injuring at least 170 others.
Today is the 105th day of 2017, there are 260 days left in the year.
1755 - Samuel Johnson published his "Dictionary of the English Language".
1817 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet opened the first free American school for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut.
1850 - The city of San Francisco was incorporated.
1861 - In response to the attack on Fort Sumter three days earlier, President Abraham Lincoln declared a state of insurrection and called out Union troops.
1865 - President Abraham Lincoln died nine hours after being shot the night before by John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson took the oath of office to become the nation's 17th president.
1892 - General Electric Co. was formed by the merger of the Edison Electric Light Co. and other firms.
1912 - The Titanic sank off the coast of Newfoundland on its maiden voyage after it struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic. 1,512 people are believed to have drowned while less than half that many survived.
1920 - A paymaster and a guard were shot and killed during a robbery at a shoe company in South Braintree, Massachusetts; Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were accused of the crime, convicted and executed amid worldwide protests that they hadn't received a fair trial.
1945 - Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen was liberated by Canadian and British forces.
1955 - Ray Kroc acquired McDonald's and opened his first restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois. That site today is the official McDonald's corporate museum.
1959 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro arrived in Washington to begin a goodwill tour of the United States.
1974 - Members of the Symbionese Liberation Army held up a branch of the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco; a member of the group was SLA kidnap victim Patricia Hearst, who by this time was going by the name "Tania" (Hearst later said she'd been forced to participate).
1986 - The United States launched an air raid against Libya in response to the bombing of a discotheque in Berlin on April 5; Libya said 37 people, mostly civilians, were killed.
1989 - Students in Beijing launched a series of pro-democracy protests; the demonstrations culminated in a government crackdown at Tiananmen Square.
1998 - Cambodian despot Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge, died.
2002 - Retired Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White died at age 84.
Birthdays
22 - Cody Christian (actor)
25 - Kimberly Dos Ramos (actress)
27 - Emma Watson (actress)
30 - Samira Wiley (actress)
31 - Ester Dean (singer)
35 - Seth Rogen (actor)
38 - Luke Evans (actor)
38 - Cooper Barnes (actor)
39 - Karlie Redd (reality star)
39 - Austin Aries (professional wrestler)
41 - Toya Bush-Harris (reality star)
43 - Danny Pino (actor)
51 - Samantha Fox (singer)
58 - Emma Thompson (actress)
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Today in Sports History - April 15
1896 - The games for the first modern Olympics in Athens, Greece come to a close.
1910 - President William Howard Taft becomes the first U.S. president to throw out the first pitch at a baseball game.
1937 - The Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Rangers to win the Stanley Cup.
1947 - Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, becoming the major league's first African-American player as he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1952 - The Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup.
1958 - The San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers played the first major league baseball game on the West Coast. This was the first game in the Los Angeles Coliseum.
1965 - The NFL changes the color of their penalty flags from white to bright gold.
1968 - The Houston Astros beat the New York Mets 1-0 in 24 innings.
1972 - The major league baseball season began following a players strike.
1979 - Fuzzy Zoeller wins the Masters.
1984 - Ben Crenshaw wins the Masters.
1989 - 96 people died in a crush of soccer fans at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England.
1991 - Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers sets a new NBA record with 9,898 career assists.
1991 - The Sacramento Kings set an NBA record after losing their 35th consecutive road game.
1996 - The 100th Boston Marathon was won by Moses Tanui of Kenya.
1997 - On the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's historic debut, Major League Baseball retired his No. 42 across all franchises.
2000 - Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles became the 24th major league player to reach 3,000 hits.
2005 - The first major league game in Washington D.C. since September 30, 1971 is played between the Washington Nationals and the Arizona Diamondbacks at RFK Stadium. President George W. Bush throws out the first ceremonial pitch. The Nationals win, 5-3.
2013 - Two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon near the finish line, killing three and injuring at least 170 others.
