April 15th, 1452

Born on April 15th, 1452

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 209,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 247 days, exactly on April 1st, 2027, people who were born on April 15th, 1452 will be 210,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on April 15th?

April 15th, 2021

A mass shooting at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, killed nine and injured seven.

April 15th, 2002

Air China Flight 129 crashed on approach to Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, killing 129 people.

April 15th, 1955

American restaurateur Ray Kroc opened the ninth McDonald's franchise in Des Plaines, Illinois, an occasion considered to be the founding of the present corporation.

April 15th, 1755

A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson was first published, becoming one of the most influential dictionaries in the history of English.

April 15th, 1191

Henry VI, King of Germany (pictured), was crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

April 15th, 2019

A fire severely damaged Notre-Dame de Paris, destroying the cathedral's timber spire and much of the roof.

April 15th, 2013

Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev set off two pressure cooker bombs during the running of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring 264 others.

April 15th, 1958

On Walter O'Malley's initiative, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants played the first Major League Baseball game on the U.S. West Coast.

April 15th, 1957

The Indiaman departed Victoria Coach Station, London, as part of the first UK–India bus service.

April 15th, 1952

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, a long-range, subsonic, jet-powered, strategic bomber operated by the U.S. Air Force for most of the aircraft's history, made its first flight.

April 15th, 1947

Jackie Robinson, the first African American to break the baseball color line, played his first game in Major League Baseball.

April 15th, 1936

The Great Arab Revolt in the British Mandate for Palestine began when unknown assailants attacked a convoy of trucks and killed two of the Jewish drivers.

April 15th, 1927

Torrential rains caused the Mississippi River to break out of its levee system in at least 145 places, resulting in the worst flooding in the history of the United States.

April 15th, 1922

U.S. senator John B. Kendrick introduced a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal involving U.S. president Warren G. Harding's administration, leading to the Teapot Dome scandal.

April 15th, 1912

More than 1,500 people on the Titanic died when the passenger liner sank after colliding with an iceberg southeast of Newfoundland.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 15th

Born on April 15th, 1452

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Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)

*April 15th, 1452, Anchiano †May 2nd, 1519, Clos Lucé

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Public holidays on April 15th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on April 15th.

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Leap year

Yes: 1452 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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