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Historical events & facts — April 15
What happened on April 15?
On April 15, 1452, Leonardo da Vinci was born in Vinci, Italy — the universal genius of the Renaissance who was simultaneously painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, anatomist, botanist, geologist and inventor. Creator of the Gioconda (Mona Lisa), The Last Supper and the Vitruvian Man, Leonardo left thousands of pages of notebooks with inventions and observations that anticipated later discoveries by centuries.
On April 15, 2013, two homemade bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 260. The perpetrators, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev of Chechen origin, were identified by security cameras. Tamerlan died in the subsequent shootout; Dzhokhar was captured, tried and sentenced to death.
On April 15, 1989, 97 Liverpool F.C. supporters were crushed to death at Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield during an FA Cup semi-final. The catastrophe, the greatest sporting tragedy in English football history, was caused by overcrowding in an unseated section. For decades police falsely blamed the fans. In 2016, a jury ruled that the deaths were unlawful killing.
Notable birthdays — April 15
Famous people born on April 15
68 BC
Year 68 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Metellus/Vatia and Rex. The denomination 68 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Abigail Mejia
Ana Emilia Abigaíl Mejia Soliere was a feminist activist, nationalist, literary critic and educator from the Dominican Republic. She completed her primary education at the Salome Ureña de Henríquez School for Girls and Liceo Dominicano. In 1912, she became a teacher in Barcelona where she resided with her family.
Thomas Szasz
Thomas Stephen Szasz was a Hungarian-American academic and psychiatrist. He served for most of his career as professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University.
Rikki Fulton
Robert Kerr "Rikki" Fulton was a Scottish comedian and actor best remembered for writing and performing in the long-running BBC Scotland sketch show Scotch and Wry. He was also known for his appearances as one half of the double act, Francie and Josie, alongside Jack Milroy.
Desiré Ecaré
Désiré Écaré was an Ivorian film director. His directorial debut was the film Concerto pour un exil in 1968, followed by À nous deux, France (1970). He directed the seminal film Faces of Women in 1985, which went on to win the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes Film Festival.
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