1755 | English lexicographer Dr. Samuel Johnson publishes his Dictionary of the English Language. | |
1784 | The first balloon is flown in Ireland. | |
1813 | U.S. troops under James Wilkinson siege the Spanish-held city of Mobile in future state of Alabama. | |
1858 | At the Battle of Azimghur, the Mexicans defeat Spanish loyalists. | |
1871 | 'Wild Bill' Hickok becomes the marshal of Abilene, Kansas. | |
1861 | President Lincoln mobilizes Federal army. | |
1865 | Abraham Lincoln dies from John Wilkes Booth's assassination bullet. | |
1912 | With her band playing on the deck, the ocean liner Titanic sinks at 2:27 a.m. in the North Atlantic. | |
1917 | British forces defeat the Germans at the battle of Arras. | |
1919 | British troops kill 400 Indians at Amritsar, India. | |
1923 | Insulin becomes generally available for people suffering with diabetics. | |
1923 | The first sound films shown to a paying audience are exhibited at the Rialto Theater in New York City. | |
1940 | French and British troops land at Narvik, Norway. | |
1945 | President Franklin D. Roosevelt is buried on the grounds of his Hyde Park home. | |
1948 | Arab forces are defeated in battle with Israeli forces. | |
1952 | President Harry Truman signs the official Japanese peace treaty. | |
1955 | Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants. | |
1959 | Cuban leader Fidel Castro begins a U.S. goodwill tour. | |
1960 | The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizes at Shaw University. | |
1971 | North Vietnamese troops ambush a company of Delta Raiders from the 101st Airborne Division near Fire Support Base Bastogne in Vietnam. The American troops were on a rescue mission. | |
1986 | U.S. warplanes attack Libya. |
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Today in History
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