April 17

Benjamin Franklin dies (1790); Bay of Pigs invasion begins in Cuba (1961); Apollo 13 returns safely to Earth (1970); Victoria Beckham born (1974); Former first lady Barbara Bush dies (2018).

April 16

Actor Charlie Chaplin born (1889); Harriet Quimby is first woman to fly across English Channel (1912); Basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar born (1947); Singer-songwriter Selena Quintanilla-Pérez born (1971); 32 die, 17 injured in Virginia Tech mass shooting (2007).

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