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EVENTOS DEL 15 DE ABRIL

1896 Summer Olympics

Año: 1896

Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.

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General Electric

Año: 1892

The General Electric Company is formed.

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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Año: 1865

President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Three hours later, Vice President Andrew Johnson is sworn in as president.

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Philippine–American War

Año: 1900

Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.

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Titanic

Año: 1912

The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive.

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Insulin

Año: 1923

Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.

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John B. Kendrick

Año: 1922

U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.

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Braintree, Massachusetts

Año: 1920

Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.

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Abraham Lincoln

Año: 1861

President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 militiamen to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.

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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

Año: 1817

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc found the American School for the Deaf (then called the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons), the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.

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NACIMIENTOS DEL 15 DE ABRIL

Hasrat Jaipuri

Año de nacimiento: 1922

Hasrat Jaipuri, Indian poet and songwriter (died 1999)

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Donn F. Draeger

Año de nacimiento: 1922

Donn F. Draeger, American martial arts practitioner (died 1982)

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Harold Washington

Año de nacimiento: 1922

Harold Washington, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago (died 1987)

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Georgy Beregovoy

Año de nacimiento: 1921

Georgy Beregovoy, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 1995)

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Godfrey Stafford

Año de nacimiento: 1920

Godfrey Stafford, English-South African physicist and academic (died 2013)

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Angelo DiGeorge

Año de nacimiento: 1921

Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (died 2009)

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Michael Ansara

Año de nacimiento: 1922

Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor (died 2013)

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Robert DePugh

Año de nacimiento: 1923

Robert DePugh, American activist, founded the Minutemen (an anti-Communist organization) (died 2009)

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Robert Mills (physicist)

Año de nacimiento: 1927

Robert Mills, American physicist and academic (died 1999)

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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

Año de nacimiento: 1930

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Icelandic educator and politician, 4th President of Iceland

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