April 15th, 1889

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Born on April 15th, 1889 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on April 15th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on April 15th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (April 1889)

Born on April 15th, 1889

Weekday

Monday

April 15th, 1889 was a Monday.

Age

135

People born on April 15th, 1889 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 135 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

March 21st, 1889 - April 20th, 1889

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 682 days, exactly on March 8th, 2026, people who were born on April 15th, 1889 will be 50,000 days old!

49,318 Days

7,045 Weeks

1,620 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on April 15th?

April 15th, 2019

A fire (pictured) 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, 1989

The Hillsborough disaster, a human crush that caused 97 deaths in the worst disaster in British sporting history, occurred during an FA Cup match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in Sheffield.

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, 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 (pictured) 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.

April 15th, 1861

The Italian tricolour is adopted as national flag by the newly formed Kingdom of Italy.

April 15th, 1802

English poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy encountered a "long belt" of daffodils while walking around Ullswater in the Lake District, inspiring him to pen his best-known work, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".

April 15th, 1738

Serse, an opera by Baroque composer George Frideric Handel loosely based on Xerxes I of Persia, premiered in London.

April 15th, 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, Count of Tilly.

April 15th, 1071

Byzantine–Norman wars: After a siege of almost three years, Italo-Norman forces conquered the city of Bari, the capital of the Catepanate of Italy, ending more than five centuries of Byzantine presence in the region.

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

Born on April 15th, 1889

Galka Scheyer

German-American painter, art collector, art dealer, teacher (1889-1945)

*April 15th, 1889, Brunswick †December 13th, 1945, Hollywood

A. Philip Randolph

Black American civil rights activist, labor unionist, politician (1889-1979)

*April 15th, 1889, Crescent City †May 16th, 1979, Manhattan

Thomas Hart Benton

American painter (1889–1975)

*April 15th, 1889, Neosho †January 19th, 1975, Kansas City

August Adolphi

German politician (1889-1965)

*April 15th, 1889, Wiesdorf †April 6th, 1965, Leverkusen

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 15th?

Emma Watson

English actress and activist (born 1990)

*April 15th, 1990, Le Marais

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)

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

Bessie Smith

American blues singer (1894–1937)

*April 15th, 1894, Chattanooga †September 26th, 1937, Clarksdale

Patrick Carney

American drummer

*April 15th, 1980, Akron

Giovanni Amendola

Italian journalist and politician (1882-1926)

*April 15th, 1882, Naples †April 7th, 1926, Cannes

Henry James

American and British writer (1843–1916)

*April 15th, 1843, New York City †February 28th, 1916, Chelsea

Alla Pugacheva

Soviet-Russian singer, composer and actress

*April 15th, 1949, Moscow

Richard von Weizsäcker

President of Germany from 1984 to 1994

*April 15th, 1920, New Palace †January 31st, 2015, Berlin

Tomas Tranströmer

Swedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015)

*April 15th, 1931, Stockholm †March 26th, 2015, Stockholm

Leonhard Euler

Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)

*April 15th, 1707, Basel †September 18th, 1783, Saint Petersburg

Émile Durkheim

French sociologist

*April 15th, 1858, Épinal †November 15th, 1917, Paris

Johannes Stark

German physicist (1874-1957)

*April 15th, 1874, Freihung †June 21st, 1957, Traunstein

Maisie Williams

British actress

*April 15th, 1997, Bristol

Kim Il-sung

Founder of North Korea and General Secretary of the Workers' Party from 1948 to 1994

*April 15th, 1912, Mangyongdae District †July 8th, 1994, Pyongyang

David Hamilton

British photographer and film director

*April 15th, 1933, London †November 25th, 2016, 6th arrondissement of Paris

Elizabeth Montgomery

American actress (1933-1995)

*April 15th, 1933, Hollywood †May 18th, 1995, Beverly Hills

Marty Wilde

British rock and roll singer (born 1939)

*April 15th, 1939, Blackheath

Wilhelm Busch

German painter, poet and cartoonist (1832–1908)

*April 15th, 1832, Wiedensahl †January 9th, 1908, Mechtshausen

Max Wertheimer

Austro-Hungarian psychologist (1880–1943)

*April 15th, 1880, Prague †October 12th, 1943, New Rochelle

Philippe of Belgium

King of the Belgians since 2013

*April 15th, 1960, Belvédère Castle

Same year
Born in 1889

Charlie Chaplin

English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)

*April 16th, 1889, Walworth †December 25th, 1977, Corsier-sur-Vevey

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

*April 20th, 1889, Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus †April 30th, 1945, Führerbunker

Jawaharlal Nehru

Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964

*November 14th, 1889, Prayagraj †May 27th, 1964, New Delhi

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

*April 26th, 1889, Neuwaldegg †April 29th, 1951, Cambridge

Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator

*April 7th, 1889, Vicuña †January 10th, 1957, Hempstead

Lilly von Mallinckrodt-Schnitzler

*June 25th, 1889, Cologne †June 26th, 1981

Edwin Hubble

American astronomer

*November 20th, 1889, Marshfield †September 28th, 1953, San Marino

Olave Baden-Powell

World Chief Guide

*February 22nd, 1889, Chesterfield †June 25th, 1977, Bramley

Gabriel Marcel

French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist

*December 7th, 1889, 8th arrondissement of Paris †October 8th, 1973, 7th arrondissement of Paris

Adrian Boult

British conductor

*April 8th, 1889, Chester †February 22nd, 1983, London

António de Oliveira Salazar

Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)

*April 28th, 1889, Vimieiro (Santa Comba Dão) †July 27th, 1970, Lisbon

Harry Clarke

Irish artist (1889–1931)

*March 17th, 1889, Dublin †January 6th, 1931, Chur

Eduardo Ciannelli

Italian actor (1889-1969)

*August 30th, 1889, Ischia †October 8th, 1969, Rome

Dietrich von Hildebrand

German Catholic philosopher and theologian

*October 12th, 1889, Florence †January 26th, 1977, New Rochelle

Ted Wilde

American film director, screenwriter (1889-1929)

*December 16th, 1889, New York City †December 17th, 1929, Hollywood

Martin Heidegger

German philosopher (1889–1976)

*September 26th, 1889, Messkirch †May 26th, 1976, Freiburg im Breisgau

Darcy Hadfield

New Zealand rower (1889–1964)

*December 1st, 1889, Meadowbank Homestead †September 15th, 1964, Auckland

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Danish film director (1889–1968)

*February 3rd, 1889, Copenhagen †March 20th, 1968, Copenhagen

Ruby Miller

British actress (1889–1976)

*January 17th, 1889, London †January 17th, 1976, Chichester

Warner Baxter

American actor (1889–1951)

*March 29th, 1889, Columbus †May 7th, 1951, Beverly Hills

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 15th

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

Tax Day, the official deadline for filing an individual tax return (or requesting an extension). (United States, Philippines)

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Universal Day of Culture

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Day_of_Culture

World Art Day

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Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XV.IV.MDCCCLXXXIX

15.4.1889

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

IV = 4

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1889 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
April 1889

April 1889

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April 15th, 1889

Born on April 15th, 1889

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 49,000 days old!

49,318 Days

7,045 Weeks

1,620 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on April 15th?

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

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

The Hillsborough disaster, a human crush that caused 97 deaths in the worst disaster in British sporting history, occurred during an FA Cup match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in Sheffield.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

U.S. senator John B. Kendrick (pictured) 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.

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

The Italian tricolour is adopted as national flag by the newly formed Kingdom of Italy.

English poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy encountered a "long belt" of daffodils while walking around Ullswater in the Lake District, inspiring him to pen his best-known work, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".

Serse, an opera by Baroque composer George Frideric Handel loosely based on Xerxes I of Persia, premiered in London.

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, Count of Tilly.

Byzantine–Norman wars: After a siege of almost three years, Italo-Norman forces conquered the city of Bari, the capital of the Catepanate of Italy, ending more than five centuries of Byzantine presence in the region.

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

Born on April 15th, 1889

German-American painter, art collector, art dealer, teacher (1889-1945)

Black American civil rights activist, labor unionist, politician (1889-1979)

American painter (1889–1975)

German politician (1889-1965)

Same Day Who's birthday is on April 15th?

Same year Born in 1889

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 15th

Abbo II of Metz

Father Damien (The Episcopal Church)

Hunna

Paternus of Avranches

April 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of the Sun (North Korea)

Father Damien Day (Hawaii)

Hillsborough Disaster Memorial (Liverpool, England)

Jackie Robinson Day (United States)

National American Sign Language Day (United States)

Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year; India)

Tax Day, the official deadline for filing an individual tax return (or requesting an extension). (United States, Philippines)

Universal Day of Culture

World Art Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

15.4.1889

Legend

Leap year

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April 1889

Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 15th?

Same year
Born in 1889

Calendar
April 1889

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
14	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
15	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
16	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
17	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
18	29	30