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April 15 is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 260 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 769 ...
30. Events. 1715 - Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina. 1783 - Preliminary articles of peace ending Revolutionary War ratified. 1865 - Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by John Wilkes Booth and Andrew Johnson becomes the 17th President of the United States.
Jackie Robinson Day. Jackie Robinson Day is a traditional event which occurs annually on April 15 in Major League Baseball (MLB), commemorating and honoring the day Jackie Robinson made his major league debut. Celebrated at MLB ballparks, on that one day, all players, coaches, and managers on both teams, and the umpires, wear Robinson's uniform ...
Lithuania is the first country in which the Universal Day of Culture is celebrated on government level since 2006. On November 24, 2007 the 26th session of the Baltic Assembly adopted a Resolution, initiated by Lithuania, in which the Assembly proposed to the governments of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia to proclaim April 15 as Day of Culture of the Baltic states.
Patriots' Day (Patriot's Day in Maine) [1] is an annual event, formalized as a legal holiday or a special observance day in six U.S. states, commemorating the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Menotomy, the inaugural battles of the American Revolutionary War. The holiday occurs on the third Monday of April each year, with celebrations ...
U.S. Weather Bureau Surface Analysis at 7:00 am CST on April 15, 1935, just after the Black Sunday dust storm. Black Sunday is a particularly severe dust storm that occurred on April 14, 1935, as part of the Dust Bowl in the United States. [1] It was one of the worst dust storms in American history and caused immense economic and agricultural ...
The first World Art Day on April 15, 2012, was supported by all IAA national committees and 150 artists, including those of France, Sweden, Slovakia, South Africa, Cyprus and Venezuela, but the intention of the event is universal. [3] [4] Events varied from special museum hours to conferences and more. [1]
This makes it the 15th day after the Spring Equinox, either 4, 5 or 6 April in a given year. [11] [12] [13] During Qingming, Chinese families visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites and make ritual offerings to their ancestors. [8] Offerings would typically include traditional food dishes and the burning of joss sticks and ...