April 15 historical events
1071 — Siege of Bari
The siege of Bari took place 1068–1071, during the Middle Ages, when Norman forces, under the command of Robert Guiscard, laid siege to the city of Bari, a major stronghold of the Byzantines in Italy and the capital of the Catepanate of Italy, starting from 5 August 1068.
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1191 — Henry VI, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by pope Celestine III
The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans (Latin: Imperator Romanorum; German: Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period (Latin: Imperator Germanorum; German: Römisch-deutscher Kaiser), was the ruler and head of state of the Holy Roman Empire.
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1204 — Sack of Constantinople
The sack of Constantinople occurred in April 1204 and marked the culmination of the Fourth Crusade. Crusaders sacked and destroyed most of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. After the capture of the city, the Latin Empire (known to the Byzantines as the Frankokratia, or the Latin occupation) was established and Baldwin IX of Flanders crowned emperor in Hagia Sophia.
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1277 — Battle of Elbistan
On April 15, 1277, the Sultan of Egypt Baybars marched from Syria into the Mongol-dominated Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm and attacked the Mongol occupation force in the Battle of Elbistan (Abulustayn). While the Mongol forces initially gained the upper hand, the likely superior numbers of the Egyptian Mamluk forces decided the battle. The victory limited Mongol influence in Asia Minor and led to open hostilities between the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt and the Mongol Ilkhanate.
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1450 — Battle of Formigny
The Battle of Formigny (15 April 1450) was a battle of the Hundred Years' War fought between England and France. It was a decisive victory for the French.
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1617 — Battle of Playa Honda
The naval Second Battle of Playa Honda (Spanish: Segunda La Batalla Naval de Playa Honda; Filipino: Ikalawang Labanan sa Playa Honda), was the first of three known minor conflicts during the Eighty Years' War between the Dutch Republic and Spain held in Playa Honda (present-day Botolan) in the Philippines. All the battles were won by the Spanish. The first battle occurred in 1610.
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1632 — Battle of Rain
The Battle of Rain took place on 15 April 1632 near Rain in Bavaria during the Thirty Years' War. A Swedish army under Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden defeated a Catholic League force led by Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, who later died of wounds received in the battle.
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1642 — Battle of Kilrush
The Battle of Kilrush was a fought during the Irish Confederate Wars. It was fought on 15 April 1642 between a Royalist army under the Earl of Ormonde and Irish Confederate troops commanded by Lord Mountgarret.
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1658 — Battle of Dharmat
The Battle of Dharmat was fought during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659) by Aurangzeb against Jaswant Singh Rathore who was allied with the Mughal prince Dara Shikoh. The battle was fought on the open plain of Dharmat on the Summer day of 15 April 1658, in which Aurangzeb won a decisive victory due to advantage in imperial artillery and tactics.
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1738 — Handel’s opera Serse premieres in London
George Frideric Handel’s opera Serse premiered at the King’s Theatre in Haymarket, London, on 15 April 1738.
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1745 — Battle of Pfaffenhofen
The Battle of Pfaffenhofen was fought on 15 April 1745 between France and Austria. The Austrians under Karl Josef Batthyány defeated the outnumbered French under General Ségur, ending the war in Bavaria.
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1746 — Battle of Littleferry
The Battle of Littleferry (also known as the Skirmish at Golspie) took place near Littleferry during the Jacobite rising in 1746, just before the Battle of Culloden. Scottish forces loyal to the Anglo-Hanoverian Government defeated a Scottish Jacobite force.
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1755 — Release of A Dictionary of the English Language
A Dictionary of the English Language, sometimes published as Johnson's Dictionary, was published on 15 April 1755 and written by Samuel Johnson. It is among the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language. There was dissatisfaction with the dictionaries of the period, so in June 1746 a group of London booksellers contracted Johnson to write a dictionary for the sum of 1,500 guineas (£1,575), equivalent to about £300,000 in 2025.
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1763 — British occupation of Serampore (1763)
The British occupation of Serampore also referred to as the English occupation of Serampore (Danish: Den engelske besættelse af Serampore) was a siege and thereafter a minor military occupation by the United Kingdom on the Danish trading post of Serampore (Frederiksnagore) in 1763.
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1786 — Skirmishes around Vincennes (1786)
During the onset of the Northwest Indian War (1786–1795), there were numerous skirmishes around Vincennes in 1786 between American settlers and Native Americans near Vincennes, a frontier town on the Wabash River. American pioneers had been pouring into the area after the American Revolutionary War, creating tensions with the Native inhabitants of the region. On April 15, 1786, American militiamen from Vincennes, responding to an attack on a river boat, attacked Natives along the Embarras River; the Americans had three men killed in the skirmish.
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1786 — Northwest Indian War
The Northwest Indian War was an armed conflict for control of the Northwest Territory between the United States and a loose confederation of Native American peoples who called themselves the United Indian Nations but are better known today as the Northwestern Confederacy. The United States Army considers the conflict to be the first of the American Indian Wars.
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1796 — Second Battle of Dego
The Second Battle of Dego was fought on 14 and 15 April 1796 during the French Revolutionary Wars between French forces and Austro-Sardinian forces. The battle was fought near Dego, a hamlet in northwestern Italy, and ended in a French victory.
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1811 — Battle of Zacatecas (1811)
The Battle of Zacatecas was a military action of the Mexican War of Independence fought on 15 April 1811 at Zacatecas. The battle was fought between the royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown and the Mexican rebels fighting for independence from the Spanish Empire. The Mexican insurgents were commanded by General Ignacio López Rayón and the Spanish by José Manuel de Ochoa.
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1817 — Battle of la Tablada de Tolomosa
The Battle of la Tablada de Tolomosa was fought on 15 April 1817 near the town of Tarija in today's southern Bolivia between the royalist forces under colonel Mateo Ramírez and republican local forces under Eustaquio Méndez allied with the Army of the North under Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid. The main caudillos directing the militias were Méndez, José María Avilés and Colonel Francisco Pérez de Uriondo, one of the Tarijan's commanders allied with General Güemes' guerrillas. The town's center was under Ramírez and well defended by royalist troops. The local Montoneros guerrillas surrounded the town and Ramírez's troops.
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1817 — The American School for the Deaf opens in Hartford
On April 15, 1817, a school founded by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Laurent Clerc and Mason Cogswell opened in Hartford, Connecticut. It later became known as the American School for the Deaf.
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1818 — 1818 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1818 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was an election held on April 15, 1818, to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Nehemiah Rice Knight, the incumbent governor and Democratic-Republican nominee, beat Elisha Reynolds Potter, the Federalist candidate with 53.60% of the vote.
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1825 — Third siege of Missolonghi
The third siege of Missolonghi (Greek: Τρίτη Πολιορκία του Μεσολογγίου, often erroneously referred to as the second siege) was fought in the Greek War of Independence, between the Ottoman Empire and the Greek rebels, from 15 April 1825 to 10 April 1826. The Ottomans had already tried and failed to capture the city in 1822 and 1823, but returned in 1825 with a stronger force of infantry and a stronger navy supporting the infantry.
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1829 — 1829 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1829 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was an uncontested election held on April 15, 1829, to elect the governor of Rhode Island. James Fenner, the incumbent governor and Jacksonian Party nominee, was the only candidate and so won with 100% of the vote.
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1835 — 1835 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1835 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 15, 1835. Incumbent Democratic governor John Brown Francis won re-election to a third term, defeating Whig nominee Nehemiah R. Knight in a re-match of the previous year's election.
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1840 — 1840 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1840 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 15, 1840. Incumbent Whig acting governor Samuel Ward King won election in his own right, defeating Democratic nominee Thomas F. Carpenter.
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1844 — Battle of Tortuguero
The Battle of Tortuguero was the first naval battle of the Dominican War of Independence and was fought on April 15, 1844 at Tortuguero, Azua Province. A force of 3 Dominican schooners led by Commander Juan Bautista Cambiaso, defeated a force of 3 vessels of the Haitian Navy. Though it was a minor naval battle engagement, it determined the naval supremacy of the Dominican Republic over Haiti until the end of the war.
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1847 — Bombardment of Tourane (1847)
The Bombardment of Tourane (15 April 1847) was a naval incident that took place during the short reign of the Vietnamese emperor Thiệu Trị (1841–47), which saw a considerable worsening of relations between France and Vietnam. The French frigates Gloire and Victorieuse, which had been sent to Tourane (now Da Nang) to negotiate for the release of two French Catholic missionaries, were surprise attacked by several Vietnamese vessels.
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1861 — Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 state militiamen
On April 15, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 state militiamen after the fall of Fort Sumter. The call was an early federal mobilization in the American Civil War.
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1862 — Battle of Picacho Pass
The Battle at Picacho, also known as the Battle of Picacho Peak, was an engagement of the American Civil War on April 15, 1862. The action occurred around Picacho Peak, 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Tucson, Arizona.
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1862 — 1862 Chicago mayoral election
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1862, Democrat Francis Cornwall Sherman won a second non-consecutive term, defeating Republican Party nominee Charles N. Holden. Sherman had previously served as mayor two decades earlier, after winning the 1841 election. He had also been an unsuccessful candidate in the 1856 mayoral election.
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1865 — President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes president
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., and died the next day, one month into his second term and towards the conclusion of the American Civil War. Lincoln was watching the play Our American Cousin with his wife Mary Todd, Major Henry Rathbone, and Rathbone's fiancé Clara Harris when John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer, shot him in the head.
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1865 — Death of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederacy and playing a major role in the abolition of slavery. Born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky, Lincoln was raised on the frontier.
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1885 — Port Hamilton incident
The Geomun Island incident or the Port Hamilton incident was the military occupation of Geomundo (formerly "Port Hamilton"), Korea, by the British Royal Navy from 15 April 1885 to 27 February 1887. Russia had intended to use the island as a coaling station. While the British government was alarmed by rumors of a secret agreement between Russia and Korea, these rumors did not reach the British Cabinet until after the decision to occupy Geomundo had been taken.
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1885 — Battle of Fort Pitt
The Battle of Fort Pitt was an engagement during the North-West Rebellion in which Cree forces under the leadership of Big Bear captured Fort Pitt from a detachment of the North-West Mounted Police on April 15, 1885. The event occurred during a broader period of conflict in the North-West Territories involving Cree and Métis groups and Canadian government forces in 1885.
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1892 — The General Electric Company is formed
General Electric Company (GE) was an American multinational conglomerate. It played a role in the development of electric power, electric light, home appliances, aviation, and medical imaging. GE was established in 1892 through the merger of Thomas Edison's Edison General Electric Company and the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, a consolidation conceived and orchestrated by financier J. P. Morgan.
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1893 — 1893 South Australian colonial election
The 1893 South Australian colonial election was held between 15 April and 6 May 1893 to elect members to the 14th Parliament of South Australia. All 54 seats in the House of Assembly (the lower house, whose members were elected at the 1890 election) were up for re-election. This was the first state election contested by political parties; United Labor was formed in January 1891, which also led to the formation of the conservative National Defence League that same year.
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1894 — Portuguese legislative election, 1894
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 15 April 1894. The result was a victory for the Regeneration Party, which won 101 seats.
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1896 — The first modern Olympic Games close in Athens
The Athens Olympics concluded with an awards ceremony and a parade at the Panathenaic Stadium. King George I presented the prizes.
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1899 — 1899 FA Cup final
The 1899 FA Cup final was an association football match between Derby County and Sheffield United on Saturday, 15 April 1899 at the Crystal Palace stadium in south London. It was the final match of the 1898–99 FA Cup, the 28th edition of the world's oldest football knockout competition, and England's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, better known as the FA Cup.
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1900 — Siege of Catubig
The Siege of Catubig was a long and bloody engagement fought during the Philippine-American War, in which Filipino guerrillas launched a surprise attack against a detachment of U.S. infantry, and then forced them to abandon the town after a four-day siege. It began on April 15, 1900, and lasted four days before the survivors were rescued. The attack was very similar to the Balangiga Massacre south of Catubig a year later.
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1903 — Battle of Agaarweyne
The Battle of Agaarweyne (also known as Gumburu) was fought on 15 April 1903, in Agaarweyne between the British under Colonel Plunkett and the forces of Haji Muhammad Abdullah Hassan. Reinforced with a superiority in firearms, Muhammad was victorious and defeated the allied force. This battle sent shockwaves across the Horn of Africa.
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1905 — 1905 FA Cup final
The 1905 FA Cup final was contested by Aston Villa and Newcastle United at Crystal Palace. Aston Villa were victorious, winning 2–0, with Harry Hampton scoring both goals.
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1911 — 1911 Copa del Rey final
The 1911 Copa del Rey final was the 10th final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. The final was played at Jolaseta Stadium in Getxo on 15 April 1911. The match was won by Athletic Bilbao, who beat CD Español 3–1. The Athletic goals were scored by Martyn Veitch, Luis Belaunde, and Manuel Guernica, with Antonio Neyra reducing the deficit for Español with 20 minutes remaining.
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1912 — Sinking of the Titanic
RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912. The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic was four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States, with over 2,200 people on board when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 (ship's time) on 14 April.
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1915 — Battle of Dilman
The Battle of Dilman (April 15, 1915) was a battle fought at Dilman between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. More than half of the Ottoman troops were Kurdish, almost all of whom deserted. The result was a Russian-Armenian victory under Tovmas Nazarbekian and Andranik Ozanian. Apart from the Armenian officers who served under Tovmas Nazarbekian's Russian Caucasus Army, the Armenians also deployed a volunteer battalion under the leadership of their commander Andranik and with the participation of Smbat Baroyan.
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1915 — Battle of Celaya
The Battle of Celaya, 6–15 April 1915, was part of a series of military engagements in the Bajío during the Mexican Revolution between the winners, who had allied against the regime of Gen. Victoriano Huerta (February 1913-July 1914) and then fought each other for control of Mexico. The Constitutionalists under Gen. Venustiano Carranza faced off against the Army of the División del Norte of Pancho Villa.
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1916 — Trebizond Campaign
The Trebizond Campaign, also known as the Battle of Trebizond, was a series of successful Russian naval and land operations that resulted in the capture of Trabzon. It was the logical step after the Erzerum Campaign. Operations began on February 5 and concluded when the Ottoman troops abandoned Trabzon on the night of April 15, 1916.
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1917 — German attack on Lagnicourt
The German attack on Lagnicourt (German: Unternehmen Sturmbock [Operation Battering Ram]) on 15 April 1917 was a military operation on the Western Front during the First World War. Four German divisions conducted a spoiling attack on the positions of the 1st Anzac Corps of the British Fifth Army. The attack was intended to delay the advance of the Fifth Army towards the Hindenburg Line, inflict casualties and destroy as much equipment, particularly artillery, as possible.
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1919 — Fascist and anti-Fascist violence in Italy (1919–1926)
The Kingdom of Italy witnessed significant widespread civil unrest and political strife in the aftermath of World War I and the rise of Italian fascism, the far-right movement led by Benito Mussolini, which opposed the rise at the international level of the political left, especially the far-left along with others who opposed fascism.
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1920 — Battle of Voznesensk (1920)
The Battle of Voznesensk took place between the Cossacks of Ukrainian People's Republic and Red forces as part of the Cossack raid on 15 April 1920.
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1922 — 1922 Scottish Cup final
The 1922 Scottish Cup Final was played on 15 April 1922 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 44th staging of the Scottish Cup. Morton (as the Greenock club was named at the time) and Rangers contested the match, Morton won the match 1–0 with Jimmy Gourlay scoring the only goal of the game in the 12th minute.
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1923 — Japanese mission school fire
The Nihon Shōgakkō fire, or Japanese mission school fire, was a racially motivated arson that killed ten children in Sacramento, California, on April 15, 1923, at the dormitory of a Buddhist boarding school for students of Japanese ancestry. Fortunato Valencia Padilla, a Mexican-American itinerant from the Rio Grande Valley, admitted to committing the arson after his arrest in July 1923.
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1926 — 1926 Eden by-election
The 1926 Eden by-election was a by-election for the Eden electorate during the 22nd New Zealand Parliament. The seat became vacant after the appointment of the sitting member, James Parr of the Reform Party as High Commissioner to London. Parr resigned on 26 March. Labour won the by-election and became the official opposition in Parliament.
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1941 — Battle of Lake Kastoria
The Battle of Lake Kastoria (Greek: Μάχη λίμνης Καστοριάς) consisted of two parallel engagements north and south of Lake Kastoria (individually known in Greek as the battles of Argos Orestiko and of Foteini Pass) between Greek and German forces on 15 April 1941. Following the Greek failure to hold the Pass of Kleisoura on 14 April a new attempt was made to stop the German advance east of the road Bilisht (in Albania) – Kastoria – Grevena, which was used as the main route for the withdrawal of the Greek Western Macedonia Army Section.
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1941 — World War II: In the Belfast Blitz, 200 bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing some 1,000 people
The Belfast Blitz consisted of four German air raids on strategic targets in the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland, in April and May 1941 during World War II, causing high casualties. The first was on the night of 7–8 April 1941, a small attack which probably took place only to test Belfast's defences.
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1944 — 1944 Football League War Cup South final
The 1944 Football League War Cup South Final was the final of the southern section of Football League War Cup, an unofficial cup competition held in England during the Second World War as a replacement for the suspended FA Cup. The match took place at Wembley Stadium on 15 April 1944 and was won by Charlton Athletic, who beat Chelsea 3–1.
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1944 — 1944 Queensland state election
The 1944 Queensland state election was held on 15 April 1944 to elect all 62 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The Labor Party, led by premier Frank Cooper, was elected to a fifth term in office, albeit with a reduced majority. Prior to the election, the electoral system was changed from contingency voting to first-past-the-post.
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1945 — Nagykanizsa–Körmend offensive
The Nagykanizsa–Körmend offensive, carried out between 26 March and 15 April 1945, was part of the 3rd Ukrainian Front's Vienna offensive during World War II against Army Group South (including Hungarian and Croatian) forces defending the Kisbajom–Nagykorpád–Nagyatád–Heresznye defensive line north of the Drava river and west of Lake Balaton.
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1945 — Vienna offensive
The Vienna offensive was an offensive launched by the Soviet 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts in order to capture Vienna, Austria, during World War II. The offensive lasted from 16 March to 15 April 1945. After several days of street-to-street fighting, the Soviet troops captured the city on 13 April 1945.
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1945 — Lika-Primorje operation
Lika-Primorje operation was a military operation carried out by the Yugoslav Partisan 4th Army against Wehrmacht units and the Croatian Armed Forces. It was conducted in the area of Lika and Western Bosnia from 20 March to 15 April 1945. In the first phase, the 4th Army took eastern Lika and Bihać, and in the second it took Gospić, Perušić, Lički Osik and Otočac.
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1945 — British forces liberate Bergen-Belsen
British troops entered Bergen-Belsen after German forces agreed to hand over the concentration camp. They began providing aid to the prisoners they found there.
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1947 — Jackie Robinson makes his Brooklyn Dodgers debut
Jackie Robinson debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. He started at first base and scored the go-ahead run against the Boston Braves, breaking Major League Baseball's modern color barrier.
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1948 — Battle of Mishmar HaEmek
The Battle of Mishmar HaEmek was part of the civil war in Mandatory Palestine ahead of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was a ten-day battle fought from 4 to 15 April 1948 between the Arab Liberation Army (Yarmouk Battalion) commanded by Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the Haganah (Palmach and HISH) commanded by Yitzhak Sadeh and Dan Laner.
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1951 — Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Western Guangxi
The Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Guangxi was a counter-guerrilla / counterinsurgency campaign the communists fought against the nationalist guerrilla force that mostly consisted of bandits and nationalist regular troops left behind after the nationalist government withdrew from mainland China. This campaign is the last stage of the Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Guangxi, after which the last nationalist forces left in Guangxi were killed.
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1952 — First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American nuclear-capable subsonic jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1955 and was flown by NASA from 1959 to 2007. The bomber can carry up to 70,000 pounds (32,000 kg) of weapons and has a typical combat range of around 8,800 miles (7,600 nmi; 14,200 km) without aerial refueling.
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1953 — 1953 Cannes Film Festival
The 6th Cannes Film Festival was held between April 15–29, 1953. The Grand Prize of the Festival went to The Wages of Fear by Henri-Georges Clouzot. The festival opened with Horizons sans fin by Jean Dréville. Walt Disney was honored at the festival and received the title of Legion of Honor.
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1953 — 1953 South African general election
General elections were held in South Africa on 15 April 1953. The elections consolidated the position of the National Party under D. F. Malan, which won an absolute majority of the 156 elected seats in the House of Assembly, also receiving the most votes. Its first-time majority of the white electorate would be retained until the 1989 elections.
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1955 — Ray Kroc opens his first McDonald’s restaurant
Ray Kroc opened his first McDonald’s franchise in Des Plaines, Illinois. The McDonald brothers had already been operating their restaurant in California.
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1959 — China establishes its Flight Research Institute at Yanliang
China established the Flight Research Institute at Yanliang near Xi’an. The institute adapted a former flying school’s airfield and facilities for testing aircraft and later became the Chinese Flight Test Establishment.
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1962 — Operation Shufly
Operation Shufly was a United States Marine Corps operation to improve the mobility of Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces in the early phases of the Vietnam War from 1962 to 1965. Beginning on 15 April 1962, Marine helicopter squadrons, associated maintenance units and air traffic control detachments deployed to Sóc Trăng Airfield in the Mekong Delta and later to Da Nang Air Base rotating every four months in order to provide assault support and CASEVAC assistance during combat operations.
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1967 — Fendalton by-election, 1967
The Fendalton by-election of 1967 was a by-election for the electorate of Fendalton on 15 April 1967 during the 35th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election resulted from the death of the previous member the Hon Harry Lake on 21 February 1967; Lake had been Minister of Finance since 1960, a rapid rise to an important ministerial post. He died suddenly of a heart attack aged 55 years. The by-election was won by Eric Holland, also of the National Party. Holland was the son of former prime minister Sidney Holland.
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1967 — Petone by-election, 1967
The Petone by-election of 1967 was a by-election for the electorate of Petone on 15 April 1967 during the 35th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election resulted from the death of the previous member the Hon Michael Moohan on 7 February 1967. The by-election was won by Fraser Colman, also of the Labour Party.
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1967 — 1967 Essex County Council election
The 1967 Essex County Council election took place on 15 April 1967 to elect members of Essex County Council in England.
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1967 — 1967 Hokkaido gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held on 15 April 1967 to elect the Governor of Hokkaido Prefecture.
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1967 — 1967 Tokyo gubernatorial election
The 1967 Tokyo gubernatorial election took place on 15 April 1967 to elect the Governor of Tokyo. Professor and economist Ryokichi Minobe, endorsed by the Japan Socialist Party and Japanese Communist Party, was elected. The runner-up in a close contest was Masatoshi Matsushita, president of Rikkyo University, who was endorsed by the Liberal Democratic Party and Democratic Socialist Party. Kenichi Abe, candidate of the Komeito, placed a distant third.
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1967 — 1967 Saga gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held on 15 April 1967 to elect the Governor of Saga Prefecture. Incumbent Sunao Ikeda defeated communist candidate Kōzō Eguchi.
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1968 — Operation Scotland II
Operation Scotland II was a U.S. Marine Corps security operation that took place in northwest Quảng Trị Province from 15 April 1968 to 28 February 1969.
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1969 — 1969 EC-121 shootdown incident
The 1969 EC-121 shootdown incident occurred on April 15, 1969 when a United States Navy Lockheed EC-121M Warning Star of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One (VQ-1) on a reconnaissance mission was shot down by North Korean MiG-21 aircraft over the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea).
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1969 — Operation Washington Green
Operation Washington Green was a security and pacification operation during the Vietnam War conducted by the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Bình Định Province from 15 April 1969 to 1 January 1971.
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1972 — Uruguayan intrastate war
The Uruguayan intrastate war (Spanish: Guerra Interna) was a short military conflict in which the Uruguayan Government carried out a general crackdown on left-wing guerrillas through the implementation of martial law. The Intrastate War was declared by the Uruguayan Parliament on 15 April 1972.
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1974 — 1974 Nigerien coup d'état
The 1974 Nigerien coup d'état was a largely bloodless military insurrection which overthrew the first postcolonial government of Niger. The government that followed, while plagued by coup attempts of its own, survived until 1991. On 15 April 1974, Lieutenant-Colonel Seyni Kountché led a military coup that ended the fourteen-year rule of Niger's first President, Hamani Diori. Diori was imprisoned until 1980 and remained under house arrest. The military coup began at 1 AM on the morning of 15 April, with all but a handful of units quickly declaring for the coup leaders.
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1975 — 1975 Chadian coup d'état
On 13 April 1975, a military coup d'état deposed and killed Chadian president François Tombalbaye, replacing him by a military council. The most important factor leading up to the coup was a growing sentiment of distrust towards Tombalbaye inside the Chadian army. This distrust was exacerbated by the president's planned purge of the military cadre.
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1978 — 1978 DFB-Pokal final
The 1978 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 1977–78 DFB-Pokal, the 35th season of Germany's knockout football cup competition. It was played on 15 April 1978 at the Parkstadion in Gelsenkirchen. 1. FC Köln won the match 2–0 against Fortuna Düsseldorf, to claim their 3rd cup title.
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1983 — Opening of Tokyo Disneyland
Tokyo Disneyland (Japanese: 東京ディズニーランド, Hepburn: Tōkyō Dizunīrando; local nickname TDL) is a 126-acre (51 ha) theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, near Tokyo in Chiba Prefecture, Japan Its main gate is directly adjacent to both Maihama Station and Tokyo Disneyland Station. It was the first Disney park to be built outside the United States and it opened on April 15, 1983.
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1983 — The Huaxia technology institute opens in Beijing’s Zhongguancun
Physicist Chen Chunxian and his colleagues announced the establishment of the Huaxia New Technology Development Institute in Beijing’s Haidian district. The institute was among the early nongovernment research ventures in Zhongguancun and took on applied engineering projects.
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1983 — Luoyang holds its first peony festival
Luoyang opened its first peony festival in Henan. The city had adopted the peony as its official flower the previous year, and the new festival brought visitors to see the spring blooms.
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1984 — 1984 JSL Cup final
1984 JSL Cup final was the ninth final of the JSL Cup competition. The final was played at Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium in Tokyo on April 15, 1984. Yanmar Diesel won the championship.
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1986 — 1986 United States bombing of Libya
The 1986 United States bombing of Libya, code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon, comprised air strikes by the United States against Libya on Tuesday, 15 April 1986. The attack was carried out by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps via air strikes, in retaliation for the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing. There were 40 reported Libyan casualties, and one U.S. plane was shot down. One of the Libyan dead was a baby girl, who was reported to be Gaddafi's daughter, Hanna Gaddafi. However, there were doubts as to whether she was really killed, or whether she really even existed.
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1988 — 1988 Afghan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Afghanistan between 6 and 15 April 1988 to elect members of the bicameral National Assembly, which replaced the Revolutionary Council. Although the elections were marked by violence and boycotted by the mujahideen, the government left 50 of the 234 seats vacant in the House of the People and a small number of seats in the House of Elders, with hope that the guerrillas would abandon their armed struggle and present their own representatives to participate in the new administration.
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1989 — Hillsborough disaster
The Hillsborough disaster was a human crush at Hillsborough football stadium in Sheffield, England, UK, on 15 April 1989, during the 1988–89 FA Cup semi-final game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. With 96 fatalities and 766 injured it is the worst disaster in British sporting history, and remains one of the worst recorded football disasters worldwide. The crush occurred in the two standing only central pens in the Leppings Lane stand, allocated to Liverpool supporters. In the minutes before the match's kick-off, the central pens were already being disproportionately filled with supporters, while pens on either side were much more empty.
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1989 — 1989 Gwydir by-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Gwydir on 15 April 1989. This was triggered by the resignation of National Party MP Ralph Hunt. The Australian Labor Party did not field a candidate. The by-election was won by the National Party's John Anderson.
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1991 — Battle of Basra (1991)
The Battle of Basra was fought in the beginning of the 1991 Iraqi uprisings following the Gulf War. The battle started after demoralized troops throughout Iraq began to rebel against Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime, in particular after a tank driver in Basra fired at a public portrait of Saddam Hussein. Basra became a chaotic battlefield between military defectors and Republican Guard, with most of the fighting taking place at close quarters.
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1994 — Marrakesh Agreement
The Marrakesh Agreement, manifested by the Marrakesh Declaration, was an agreement signed in Marrakesh, Morocco, by 124 nations on 15 April 1994, marking the culmination of the 12-year-long Uruguay Round and establishing the World Trade Organization, which officially came into being on January 1, 1995. The agreement developed out of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), supplemented by a number of other agreements on issues including trade in services, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, trade-related aspects of intellectual property and technical barriers to trade. It also established a new, more efficient and legally binding means of dispute resolution.
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1994 — At a GATT ministerial meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco, representatives of 123 countries and the European Communities signed an agreement to establish the World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. Established on 1 January 1995, pursuant to the 1994 Marrakesh Agreement, it succeeded the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which was created in 1948. As the world's largest international economic organization, the WTO has 166 members, representing over 98% of global trade and global GDP.
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1995 — 1995 Northern Cypriot presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 15 April 1995. As no candidate received over 50% of the vote, a run-off was held on 22 April. Rauf Denktaş was re-elected with 62% of the vote.
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1995 — Hostile City Showdown (1995)
Hostile City Showdown (1995) was the second Hostile City Showdown professional wrestling event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It took place on April 15, 1995 in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. It was a "double header" event with Three Way Dance, which took place the prior weekend. The announcer for the event was Joey Styles.
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1997 — 1997 Anchorage mayoral election
The 1997 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 15, 1997, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. It saw the reelection of current mayor Rick Mystrom. Since at least one candidate (in this instance, two candidates) obtained 40% of the vote, no runoff was needed.
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1999 — Algerian presidential election, 1999
The 1999 Algerian presidential election took place on 15 April 1999 to elect the President of Algeria. Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected with 73.8% of the vote after the other six candidates withdrew on the eve of the election.
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1999 — 1999 Democratic Progressive Party presidential primary
The 1999 Democratic Progressive Party presidential primary was the selection process by which the Democratic Progressive Party of the Republic of China (Taiwan) chose its candidate for the 2000 presidential election. The DPP candidate for president was selected through a series of member of the party in Thursday, April 15, 1999.
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1999 — Korean Air Cargo Flight 6316
Korean Air Cargo Flight 6316 (KE6316/KAL6316) was a scheduled Korean Air Cargo freight flight from Shanghai to Seoul. On 15 April 1999, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11F operating the route, registered as HL7373, crashed in Xinzhuang, Shanghai shortly after taking off from Hongqiao Airport, killing all 3 crew on board, along with 5 on the ground.
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2000 — 2000 Northern Cypriot presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Northern Cyprus on 15 April 2000. Incumbent president Rauf Denktaş was the lead candidate in the first round, but failed to cross the 50% threshold to win outright. However, the second-placed candidate Derviş Eroğlu forfeited the election and the second round was not held.
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2000 — 2000 Virginia Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2000 Virginia Democratic presidential caucuses were held on April 15, 2000, as part of the 2000 presidential primaries for the 2000 presidential election. 79 delegates to the 2000 Democratic National Convention were allocated to the presidential candidates. Former Vice President AI Gore won the contest unopposed and won all 79 delegates.
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2000 — 2000 Pasay mayoral recall election
A recall election for mayor of Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, was held on April 15, 2000, where Mayor Jovito Claudio was defeated by former vice mayor Wenceslao Trinidad.
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2002 — Air China Flight 129
Air China Flight 129 (CCA129/CA129) was a scheduled international passenger flight, operated by Air China, from Beijing Capital International Airport to Gimhae International Airport in Busan. On 15 April 2002, the aircraft on this route, a Boeing 767, crashed into a hill named Mount Dotdae near Gimhae Airport, killing 129 of the 166 people on board.
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2003 — 2003 Jacksonville mayoral election
The 2003 Jacksonville mayoral election took place on May 13, 2003, following a primary election on April 15, 2003. Incumbent Republican Mayor John Delaney was unable to seek a third consecutive term because of term limits. Jacksonville Sheriff Nat Glover, a Democrat, placed first in the primary election with 28 percent of the vote.
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2006 — UFC 59
UFC 59: Reality Check was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 15, 2006 at Arrowhead Pond, in Anaheim, California, and broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada. This was the first-ever UFC event held in California after the state's legalization of mixed martial arts contests. It was a sold-out show, and was one of the fastest sell outs in UFC history.
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2007 — Lockdown (2007)
Lockdown (2007) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, which took place on April 15, 2007 at the Family Arena in Saint Charles, Missouri. This was the second monthly pay-per-view, after Bound for Glory (2006), to be held outside Orlando, Florida. It was the third annual event under the Lockdown chronology. Eight professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card. In the tradition of Lockdown events, every match took place inside a steel structure with six sides, known as Six Sides of Steel.
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2007 — 2007 Zürich cantonal elections
The 2007 Zürich cantonal elections were held on 15 April 2007, to elect the seven members of the cantonal Executive Council and the 180 members of the Cantonal Council. The FDP-SVP alliance gained a majority in the Executive Council by winning four seats. In the Cantonal Council, the SVP retained a plurality but the SVP-FDP alliance lost their overall majority, resulting in a more fragmented council.
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2007 — The Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony is held
On 15 April 2007, the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards were held. Ng King-to won Best Supporting Actor and Best New Performer for After This Our Exile.
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2008 — 2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq
The 2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq was a month-long offensive conducted by al-Qaeda in Iraq against the multinational coalition of USA, UK, Australia and Poland. On 19 April 2008, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Ayyub al-Masri, called for a month-long offensive against U.S. and Iraqi forces. However, the offensive is generally considered to have started four days earlier, when a series of suicide bombings in four major cities killed nearly 60 people.
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2010 — Sudanese general election, 2010
General elections were held in Sudan between 11 and 15 April 2010, extended from the original end date of 13 April. The elections were held to elect the President and National Assembly of Sudan, as well as the President and Legislative Assembly of Southern Sudan. The election brought to the end the transitional period which began when the decades-long Second Sudanese Civil War ended in 2005. Early results on 20 April showed that President Omar al-Bashir's party National Congress was well ahead. On 26 April, full results were announced and al-Bashir was confirmed as the winner by having received 68.24% of the vote.
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2010 — 2010 Southern Sudanese general election
Regional elections were held in Southern Sudan between 11 and 15 April 2010 as part of the Sudanese general election. The result was a victory for Salva Kiir of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, who received almost 93% of the vote. The winners of these elections would later continue in office upon South Sudan's independence after a referendum in 2011.
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2011 — 2011 Saudi Crown Prince Cup final
The 2011 Saudi Crown Prince Cup final was the 36th final of the Crown Prince Cup. It took place on 15 April 2011 at the King Abdul Aziz Stadium in Makkah, Saudi Arabia and was contested between Al-Wehda and Al-Hilal. It was Al-Wehda's sixth Crown Prince Cup final and Al-Hilal's 11th final. This was the second meeting between these two clubs in the final.
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2012 — Guerra del Golfo (2012)
Guerra del Golfo (2012) (Spanish for "Gulf War") was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), which took place on April 15, 2012 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The annual Guerra del Golfo main event consists of three matches in total, with two "qualifying matches", multi-man steel cage matches where the last person left in the cage advances to the main event of the night. The two losers is forced to wrestle inside the steel cage, with the loser being forced to either take off their wrestling mask or have their hair shaved off under Lucha de Apuesta, or "Bet match" rules.
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2012 — Lockdown (2012)
Lockdown (2012) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, which took place on April 15, 2012 at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. It was the eighth under the Lockdown chronology and fourth event in the 2012 TNA PPV schedule. In the tradition of Lockdown events, every match took place inside a Steel Cage.
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2012 — 2012 Delhi Municipal Corporation election
The 2012 Delhi municipal corporation election was held on 15 April 2012 and the result was declared on 17 April 2012.
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2012 — 31st Hong Kong Film Awards
The 31st Hong Kong Film Awards presentation ceremony took place in Hong Kong Cultural Centre on 15 April 2012. The hosts for the awards ceremony are Eric Tsang, Bowie Tsang, Gordon Lam, Ronald Cheng and Angelababy. TVB, Now TV and RTHK Radio 2 were the live broadcasters of the ceremony, with other networks airing simulcasts around the world.
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2013 — Boston Marathon bombing
The Boston Marathon bombing was a terrorist attack, followed by subsequent related shootings, that occurred when two pressure cooker bombs exploded during the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. The bombs exploded about 12 seconds and 210 yards (190 m) apart at 2:49 pm EDT, near the marathon's finish line on Boylston Street. The explosion killed 3 civilians and injured an estimated 264 others. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) took over the investigation and, on April 18, released photographs and a surveillance video of two suspects. The suspects were identified later that day as Chechen brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
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2013 — 15 April 2013 Iraq attacks
A wave of bombings and shootings across Iraq killed at least 75 people and injured more than 356 others on 15 April. The attacks came just days before the provincial elections which was held on 20 April.
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2014 — Bentiu massacre
The Bentiu massacre occurred on 15 April 2014 in the town of Bentiu, in the north of South Sudan, during the South Sudanese Civil War. The attack was described by The Economist as the "worst massacre" of the civil war.
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2014 — 2014 Copa del Rey final
The 2014 Copa del Rey final was the 112th final of Spain's premier football cup since its establishment (including two seasons where two rival editions were played). The match was an El Clásico between Real Madrid and Barcelona on 15 April 2014 at Mestalla in Valencia, making it the seventh such Copa del Rey final (the most recent was also played at the Mestalla on 20 April 2011).
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2015 — Siege of Taiz
The Siege of Taiz is an ongoing, protracted military confrontation between opposing Yemeni forces in the city of Taiz for control of the city and surrounding area. The battle began one month after the start of the Yemeni Civil War. The siege was partially lifted on 13 June 2024 with the opening of a key road into Taiz. The siege is still ongoing as of June 2025.
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2016 — CMLL Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles (2016)
The CMLL Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increíbles 2016 or "National Incredible Pairs Tournament 2016" was a tag team Lucha Libre tournament held by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The tournament is based on the Lucha Libre Parejas Increíbles match concept, which pairs two wrestlers of opposite allegiance, one portraying a villain, referred to as a "rudo" in Lucha Libre wrestling terminology, and one portraying a fan favorites, or "técnico".
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2017 — UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis
UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis (also known as UFC on Fox 24) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on April 15, 2017, at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
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2018 — 2018 Montenegrin presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Montenegro on 15 April 2018. Former Prime Minister Milo Đukanović, leader of the ruling DPS was elected as new President of Montenegro in the first round.
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2018 — 2018 Wallis and Futuna's 1st constituency by-election
A by-election was held in Wallis and Futuna's 1st constituency on 15 April 2018. The by-election was called after the Constitutional Council invalidated the election of Napole Polutele, miscellaneous left candidate in the June 2017 legislative elections and member of the UDI, Agir and Independents group in the National Assembly, on 2 February 2018. Sylvain Brial defeated outgoing deputy Polutele in the first round of the by-election on 15 April.
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2018 — Guerra del Golfo (2018)
The 2018 Guerra del Golfo (Spanish for "Gulf War") was a major lucha libre event produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) that took place on April 15, 2018. The show was the 11th year in a row that IWRG has held a Guerra del Golfo show, which usually takes place around March or April.
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2018 — 8th Beijing International Film Festival
The 8th Beijing International Film Festival (simplified Chinese: 第8届北京国际电影节; traditional Chinese: 第8屆北京國際電影節) was held in Beijing, China by the Beijing Municipal Government and the China Media Group. The film festival opened on April 15 and lasted until April 22, 2018. The closing ceremony was held in Beijing on April 22, 2018. The opening film was Ren Pengyuan's drama film A or B and the closing night film was Mongolian-Chinese director Hasi Chaolu's action film Genghis Khan.
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2019 — Notre-Dame fire
On 15 April 2019, at 18:18 CEST, a structural fire broke out in the roof space of Notre-Dame de Paris, a medieval Catholic cathedral in Paris, France, part of the "Paris, Banks of the Seine" UNESCO World Heritage Site. The fire, which investigators believe was started by a cigarette or an electrical short circuit, destroyed the cathedral's wooden spire (flèche) and most of the wooden roof and severely damaged the cathedral's upper walls.
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2020 — 2020 South Korean legislative election
Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 15 April 2020. All 300 members of the National Assembly were elected, 253 from first-past-the-post constituencies and 47 from proportional party lists. They were the first elections held under a new electoral system. The two largest parties, the liberal Democratic Party and the conservative United Future Party, set up new satellite parties (also known as bloc parties or decoy lists) to take advantage of the revised electoral system.
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2021 — 2021 Indianapolis FedEx shooting
On April 15, 2021, a mass shooting occurred at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Nineteen-year-old Brandon Scott Hole killed eight people and wounded four before committing suicide. Three others were injured by other causes. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) concluded that the shooting was "an act of suicidal murder" driven by Hole's desire to prove his masculinity and experience killing.
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2021 — 2021 Lord Speaker election
An election for Lord Speaker, the presiding officer of the House of Lords, was held from 13 to 15 April 2021. The incumbent, Lord Fowler, announced on 25 February that he would resign from the office in late April, about four months before the end of his first term.
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2021 — 2020 Supercupa României
The 2020 Supercupa României was the 22nd edition of the Supercupa României, an annual football super cup contested by the winners of the previous season's Liga I and Cupa României competitions. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the match was postponed until 15 April 2021. The game featured CFR Cluj and FCSB, and the Ilie Oană Stadium in Ploiești hosted the competition for a second consecutive year.
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2022 — Bellator 277
Bellator 277: McKee vs. Pitbull 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on April 15, 2022, at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, United States.
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2023 — Fighting reaches El Obeid as war breaks out in Sudan
On April 15, 2023, fighting broke out in El Obeid between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces. The Rapid Support Forces said they had taken control of the city’s airport. The full siege of El Obeid followed in June.
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2023 — April 2023 Aorema attack
On April 15, 2023, jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin attacked a group of Burkinabe soldiers and civilian volunteers in the Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP) near Aorema, Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso, killing at least forty soldiers and VDP and injuring over thirty others. The attack occurred a month after a massacre against civilians by JNIM in Aorema that killed fourteen.
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2023 — UFC on ESPN: Holloway vs. Allen
UFC on ESPN: Holloway vs. Allen (also known as UFC on ESPN 44) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 15, 2023, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
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2023 — Capital Collision (2023)
Capital Collision (2023) was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on April 15, 2023, at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C. Wrestlers from NJPW's partner promotions, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Impact Wrestling, also appeared on the card. This was the second event to be held under the Capital Collision name.
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2023 — Sudanese civil war (2023–present)
Since April 2023, there has been a civil war in Sudan between the two main factions of the country's military government. The conflict involves the internationally recognized government of Sudan led by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), under General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan; against the rival Government of Peace and Unity led by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, commanded by General Hemedti (Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo Musa). Smaller armed groups have also taken part on both sides, most notably Sudan Liberation Movement splinter groups, the Tamazuj militia, and the Darfur Joint Protection Force. Fighting began on 15 April 2023 following a power struggle within the transitional administration established after the 2021 coup.
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2023 — Rapid Support Forces occupation of the Khartoum International Airport
From 15 April 2023 to 25 March 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) occupied the Khartoum International Airport, Sudan's most important airport, during the War in Sudan as part of the Battle of Khartoum. The RSF forces managed to capture the airport in the early hours of the attacks on Khartoum, the airport itself was the place of the first official attack of the entire conflict.
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2023 — Sudanese forces clash near El Geneina in West Darfur
On April 15, 2023, the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces clashed near El Geneina in West Darfur, Sudan. The fighting came on the first day of the war between the two forces.
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2023 — Kordofan campaign (2023–present)
The Kordofan campaign is the theater of the War in Sudan that takes place in the 3 states that make up the Kordofan region: North Kordofan, South Kordofan and West Kordofan. The campaign began on 15 April 2023, when the RSF claimed to have taken control of the airport in El Obeid, happening on the same day that the war began.
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2023 — Shenzhou 15 astronauts complete a record fourth spacewalk
Fei Junlong and Zhang Lu performed their crew’s fourth spacewalk at the Tiangong space station, with Deng Qingming supporting from inside. The mission set a new record for the number of spacewalks by a single Chinese crew.
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2024 — 2024 Fogo Island-Cape Freels provincial by-election
The 2024 Fogo Island-Cape Freels provincial by-election was held on April 15, 2024 following the death of Liberal member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly Derrick Bragg.
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2025 — 2025 Oakland mayoral special election
The 2025 Oakland mayoral special election was held on April 15, 2025, to elect the next mayor of Oakland, California, following the recall of mayor Sheng Thao in November 2024. City Council president Nikki Fortunato Bas served as interim mayor until January 6, 2025, when she resigned to take a seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. Fellow city councilor Kevin Jenkins then took over as interim mayor.
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2025 — 2025 Irvine elections
The 2025 Irvine special election was held on April 15, 2025, to fill a vacancy on the Irvine City Council created when Councilmember Larry Agran was elected Mayor of Irvine in the November 2024 election and sworn in the following December. Although Agran was elected at-large in 2022, the passage of Measure D in March 2024 restructured Irvine's electoral system.
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2026 — 2026 Onikişubat school shooting
On 15 April 2026, a school shooting occurred at the Ayser Çalık Secondary School in the Onikişubat district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. İsa Aras Mersinli, a 13-year-old student enrolled at the school, shot and killed 12 people and injured 13 more. Mersinli died from hypovolemic shock after sustaining a fatal knife injury while attempting to flee the scene.
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