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April 15 is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 260 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 769 ...
Lee Hsien Loong announces that he will resign as Prime Minister of Singapore on May 15 and will be succeeded by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong. Thousands of people protest against a controversial foreign agent law in Tbilisi, Georgia. Georgia's Interior Ministry reports at least 14 people have been detained.
Events. 1715 - Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.; 1783 - Preliminary articles of peace ending Revolutionary War ratified.; 1865 - Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by John Wilkes Booth and Andrew Johnson becomes the 17th President of the United States.
RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean.The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic was four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, with an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 (ship's time) [a] on 14 April.
On April 15, 2008, the 61st anniversary of Jackie Robinson's major league debut, [3] over 330 team members wore number 42, which was up from about 240 the previous year. [22] When the teams took the field, all players, managers and coaches were wearing number 42, and this was repeated at all other 14 ballparks that had scheduled games that day.
Russia launches major missile strikes on Kyiv, saying that the strikes are in retaliation for the April 2022 Belgorod and Bryansk attacks. Israeli–Palestinian conflict. 2022 Al-Aqsa Mosque storming. More than 150 Palestinians and three Israeli police officers are injured after Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem.
April 15: Patriots' Day in some states in the United States (2024); Day of the Sun in North Korea; Jackie Robinson Day and Tax Day in the United States Hillsborough Memorial 1632 – Thirty Years' War : A Swedish–German army defeated the forces of the Catholic League at the Battle of Rain , mortally wounding their commander Johann Tserclaes ...
Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in the United States The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States rises by 2,371 in a single day to 30,800, the highest number of COVID-19 linked deaths reported in any country in a single day, as total cases rise to 635,000. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in France France reports 1,438 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily ...