April 15

President Abraham Lincoln dies (1865); RMS Titanic sinks after hitting an iceberg, killing more than 1,500 (1912); Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier, becomes first Black major league baseball player (1947); Actress Emma Watson born (1990); Two bombs explode at Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring 264 (2013).

April 14

"Webster’s Dictionary" is first published (1828); President Abraham Lincoln is mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth, dies the next day (1865); Marine biologist and environmentalist Rachel Carson dies (1964); Human Genome Project is completed (2003).

JACKIE ROBINSON DAY

"Each year on April 15, we honor Major League Baseball legend Jackie Robinson."

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/jackie-robinson-day-april-15?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=17677024&hashed_email=90b5e25581634376972953552bab634b31f7675f&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

April 13

Sikh religion is formalized (1699); Handel's "Messiah" makes its world premiere in Dublin (1742); Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded (1870); Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov born (1963); American novelist Eudora Welty born (1909); American astronomer Annie Jump Cannon dies (1941).

Thomas Jefferson

"Thomas Jefferson, a founding father of the United States, was born on April 13, 1743."

https://www.checkiday.com/9c115a2377b932f7951dd48995965774/thomas-jefferson-day#google_vignette

April 12

Patent for first portable typewriter issued in the US (1892); American Red Cross founder Clara Barton dies (1912); Franklin D. Roosevelt dies (1945); David Letterman born (1947); Yuri Gagarin becomes first person in space (1961); Boxing great Joe Louis dies (1981).

April 11

Ethel Kennedy, philanthropist and widow of Bobby Kennedy, born (1928); Civil Rights Act of 1968 is signed (1968); Apollo 13 launches (1970); American novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies (2007).