April 15, 1802
William Wordsworth takes a walk with his sister, Dorothy, and is inspired to write
"I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud".
1817
The
American School For The Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, is founded in Hartford, Connecticut.
1861
President Lincoln
calls for 75,000 volunteers to stop the insurrection that became the Civil War.
1865
President Lincoln dies a day after being shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth. Andrew Johnson becomes President.
1892
General Electric is formed.
1912
The Titanic sinks the day after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic.
1924
Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
1945
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.
1952
The
B-52 Stratofortress makes its maiden flight.
1964
The first
Ford Mustang rolls off the showroom floor.
2013
Two bombs explode near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
Births
Leonardo da Vinci-1452; Joseph Seagram-1841;Thomas Hart Benton-1889;
Percy Shaw-1890; Corrie ten Boom-1892; Nikita Krushchev-1894; Roy Clark-1933; Dave Edmunds-1944; Michael Kamen-1948; Heloise-1951; Emma Thompson-1959; songwrite Linda Perry-1965; Samantha Fox-1966; Seth Rogen-1982
Deaths
Abraham Lincoln-1865; Wallace Beery-1949; Jean-Paul Sartre-1980; Corrie ten Boom-1983; Pol Pot-1998; Joey Ramone-2001