April 15
People born on this day are Aries.
- 1960
At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
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The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
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During the Cambodian Civil War, massacre of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong river into South Vietnam.
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The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a discotheque bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.
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Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans.
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Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China.
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Marrakesh Agreement relating to foundation of World Trade Organization is adopted.
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Air China Flight 129 crashes on approach to Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, killing 129 people.
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Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring over 500 others.
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The cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in France is seriously damaged by a large fire.
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A mass shooting occurs at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, killing nine and injuring seven.
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Twelve people and the perpetrator are killed and twelve others injured in a mass shooting at a school in Onikişubat, Turkey.
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1999Denis Shapovalov, Israeli-Canadian tennis player
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1998Sexyy Red, American rapper
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1997Ashleigh Gardner, Australian cricketer
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1997Maisie Williams, English actress
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1995Leander Dendoncker, Belgian footballer
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1994Brodie Grundy, Australian rules football player
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1994Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Bahamian sprinter
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1993Felipe Anderson, Brazilian footballer
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1992Remo Freuler, Swiss footballer
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1992John Guidetti, Swedish footballer
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1992Jeremy McGovern, Australian rules football player
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1991Javier Fernández López, Spanish figure skater
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