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Today in History

  • 1935 The Eastman Kodak Company launches Kodachrome

    The photographic film was one of the most popular media used by professional and hobby photographers

  • 1945 The German concentration camp Bergen-Belsen is liberated

    British and Canadian troops found about 53,000 prisoners inside the camp. Tens of thousands died bef

  • 1986 The United States launches retaliatory air strikes against Libya

    Around 40 Libyans died in Operation El Dorado Canyon, including an infant girl. The attack was the U

  • 1989 A small group of students initiates pro-democracy protest on Tiananmen Square in Beijing

    The death of reformer Hu Yaobang triggered the demonstrations, which grew in size and were brutally

  • 1994 The World Trade Organization is founded

    The WTO coordinates and strives to liberalize international trade. It has been criticized for ignori

Illustration of stork, signifying birth

Births On This Day,
April, 15

  • 1894 Nikita Khrushchev

    Soviet politician, 7th Premier of the Soviet Union

  • 1858 Émile Durkheim

    French sociologist

  • 1843 Henry James

    American/English author

  • 1832 Wilhelm Busch

    German poet, painter, illustrator

  • 1452 Leonardo da Vinci

    Italian painter, sculptor, architect

Illustration of tombstone, signifying death

Deaths On This Day,
April, 15

  • 1998 Pol Pot

    Cambodian politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia

  • 1990 Greta Garbo

    Swedish actress

  • 1980 Jean-Paul Sartre

    French philosopher, writer

  • 1889 Father Damien

    Flemish missionary, priest

  • 1865 Abraham Lincoln

    American lawyer, politician, 16th President of the United States