On this day: April 15
Events
Battle of FormignyApril 15, 1450 · Wars & Conflicts
Founding of GE AerospaceApril 15, 1892 · Companies- Release of AftermathApril 15, 1966 · Music
- Release of Second HelpingApril 15, 1974 · Music
Founding of LawsonApril 15, 1975 · Companies
Hillsborough disasterApril 15, 1989 · World History- Release of UltraApril 15, 1997 · Music
Release of EntrapmentApril 15, 1999 · Film- Release of Cube 2: HypercubeApril 15, 2002 · Film
Release of ThankfulApril 15, 2003 · Music- Release of Cossacks II: Napoleonic WarsApril 15, 2005 · Gaming
- Release of Cop OutApril 15, 2010 · Film
Release of Fast FiveApril 15, 2011 · Film
Release of SCP - Containment BreachApril 15, 2012 · Gaming
Born on this day
Leonardo da VinciApril 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519 · Culture
Pietro CataldiApril 15, 1552 – February 11, 1626 · Science
Jan van HuysumApril 15, 1682 – February 8, 1749 · Art
Johann Friedrich FaschApril 15, 1688 – December 5, 1758 · Music
Leonhard EulerApril 15, 1707 – September 18, 1783 · Science
William CullenApril 15, 1710 – February 5, 1790 · Science
Charles Willson PealeApril 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827 · Technology
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von StruveApril 15, 1793 – November 23, 1864 · Science
Adolphe ThiersApril 15, 1797 – September 3, 1877 · Politics
James Clark RossApril 15, 1800 – April 3, 1862 · Exploration
Hermann GrassmannApril 15, 1809 – September 26, 1877 · Science
Katarina IvanovićApril 15, 1811 – September 22, 1882 · Art
Théodore RousseauApril 15, 1812 – December 22, 1867 · Art
Theodor KotschyApril 15, 1813 – June 11, 1866 · Exploration
Wilhelm BuschApril 15, 1832 – January 9, 1908 · Art
Maurice LoewyApril 15, 1833 – October 15, 1907 · Science
Émile DurkheimApril 15, 1858 – November 15, 1917 · Culture
Ida FreundApril 15, 1863 – May 15, 1914 · Science
Olga BoznańskaApril 15, 1865 – October 26, 1940 · Art
Johannes StarkApril 15, 1874 – June 21, 1957 · Science
Georg KolbeApril 15, 1877 – November 20, 1947 · Art
William David RossApril 15, 1877 – May 5, 1971 · Culture
Max WertheimerApril 15, 1880 – October 12, 1943 · Culture
Giovanni AmendolaApril 15, 1882 – April 7, 1926 · Culture- Amédée OzenfantApril 15, 1886 – May 4, 1966 · Art
Thomas Hart BentonApril 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975 · Art
Wallace ReidApril 15, 1891 – January 18, 1923 · Film
Nicolas SlonimskyApril 15, 1894 – December 25, 1995 · Music
John WilliamsApril 15, 1903 – May 5, 1983 · Music
Arshile GorkyApril 15, 1904 – July 21, 1948 · Art
Nikolaas TinbergenApril 15, 1907 – December 21, 1988 · Science
Mark KreinApril 15, 1908 – October 17, 1989 · Science- Elizabeth CatlettApril 15, 1915 – April 2, 2012 · Art
Georgy BeregovoyApril 15, 1921 – June 30, 1995 · Space
Neville MarrinerApril 15, 1924 – October 2, 2016 · Music
Robert MillsApril 15, 1928 – October 27, 1999 · Science
Richard RushApril 15, 1929 – April 8, 2021 · Film
Tomas TranströmerApril 15, 1931 – March 26, 2015 · Culture
David HamiltonApril 15, 1933 – November 25, 2016 · Film
Robert LefkowitzApril 15, 1943 – present · Science
Riken YamamotoApril 15, 1945 – present · Culture
Michael KamenApril 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003 · Music
Alla PugachevaApril 15, 1949 – present · Music
Josiane BalaskoApril 15, 1950 – present · Film
Marsha IvinsApril 15, 1951 – present · Space
John L. PhillipsApril 15, 1951 – present · Space
SekaApril 15, 1954 – present · Film
Emma ThompsonApril 15, 1959 – present · Film
Susanne BierApril 15, 1960 – present · Film
Mikhail KorniyenkoApril 15, 1960 – present · Space
Carol GreiderApril 15, 1961 – present · Science
Sōichi NoguchiApril 15, 1965 – present · Space
Linda PerryApril 15, 1965 – present · Music
Sergei PuskepalisApril 15, 1966 – September 20, 2022 · Film
Ed O'BrienApril 15, 1968 – present · Music
Luis FonsiApril 15, 1978 – present · Music
Giorgi LatsabidzeApril 15, 1978 – present · Music
Chris StapletonApril 15, 1978 – present · Music
Patrick CarneyApril 15, 1980 – present · Music
Seth RogenApril 15, 1982 – present · Film