eso ha pasado un 15 Abril

1912 : RMS Titanic sank


On 14 April 1912, the Titanic sank, a few hours after striking an iceberg. It was her first trip and her builders had boasted that she was unsinkable. Over 1500 people lost their lives.

1945 : Liberation of Bergen Belsen concentration camp


On April 15, 1945, British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen in Germany. The few thousands of prisoners that survived suffered from typhus, typhoid and tuberculosis. There had been no more food for a long time and water had been sabotaged. 30,000 prisoners died of disease and hunger the last few months, including Anne Frank and Helene Berr.

1986 : U.S. air strike on Libya


On April 15, 1986, U.S. forces launched air strikes against Libya in retaliation for the bombing of a discotheque in Berlin a few days earlier that killed 3 people including two American soldiers.

1989 : Deadly crush in a stadium


On April 15, 1989, thousands of fans of Liverpool football club crowd in the Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield, England crushing hundreds of people against the fences. 96 people were killed and over 700 others injured.

2010 : Eyjafjallajökull


On April 15, 2010, all flights are cancelled in several European countries due to the eruption of volcano Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland.

Actualidad del día : 15 Abril

3rd Day of Songkran
April 15 is the 3rd day of Songkran, the Buddhist New Year in Thailand. It is also celebrated all over South Asia
Great Leader's Birthday in North Korea
On 15 April, we commemorate the birthday of the Eternal President Kim Il-Sung, a great celebration with dances and parades, especially in Kim il Sung Square in Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Korea.

Cita del día : 15 Abril

Leonardo da Vinci
Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!

Cumpleaños : 15 Abril

Leonardo da Vinci, Erudito italiano (1452)
Catherine I de Russie, Emperatriz de Todas las Rusias (1684)
Leonhard Euler, Matemático y físico suizo (1707)
Charles Peale, Pintor americano (1741)
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Naturalista francés (1772)
Henry James, Escritor americano (1843)
Johannes Stark, Físico alemán, Premio Nobel (1874)
Stanley Bruce, Primer ministro de Australia (1883)
Nikita Khrouchtchev, Primer Secretario del Partido Comunista de la Unión Soviética (1894)
Nikolay Semyonov, Químico ruso, Premio Nobel (1896)
Kim Il-sung, Presidente de Corea del Norte (1912)
Alfred S. Bloomingdale, Hombre de negocios estadounidense (1916)
Richard von Weizsäcker, Presidente de Alemania (1920)
Georgy Beregovoy, Cosmonauta ruso (1921)
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Presidente de Islandia (1930)
David Hamilton, Fotógrafo Inglés (1933)
Elizabeth Montgomery, Actriz americana (1933)
Raymond Poulidor, Ciclista francés (1936)
Claudia Cardinale, Actriz italiana (1939)
Marty Wilde, Cantante inglés (1939)
Jeffrey Archer, Escritor y político Inglés (1940)
Lois Chiles, Actriz americana (1947)
Michael Kamen, Compositor americano (1948)
Josiane Balasko, Actriz y directora de cine francesa (1950)
Dodi Fayed, Hombre de negocios egipcio (1955)
Emma Thompson, Actriz inglesa (1959)
Pedro Delgado, Ciclista español (1960)
Linda Perry, Músico estadounidense (1965)
Samantha Fox, Cantante inglesa (1966)
Ed O'Brien, Músico Inglés (Radiohead) (1968)
Douglas Spain, Actor americano (1974)
Frank Schleck, Ciclista luxemburgués (1980)
Seth Rogen, Actor canadiense (1982)
Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, Jugador de fútbol de Ghana (1986)
Thomas Albanese, Futbolista italiano (1988)
Emma Watson, Actriz inglesa (1990)

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Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, Segunda esposa del rey LuisXIV de Francia (1719)
Madame de Pompadour, Amante de Luis XV (1764)
Abraham Lincoln, 16 º presidente de los Estados Unidos (1865)
Gaston Leroux, Periodista y escritor francés (1927)
César Vallejo, Poeta peruano (1938)
Wallace Beery, Actor americano (1949)
Richard Conte, Actor americano (1975)
Jean-Paul Sartre, Escritor y filósofo francés (1980)
Jean Genet, Escritor francés (1986)
Kenneth Williams, Actor inglés (1988)
Charles Vanel, Actor francés (1989)
Greta Garbo, Actriz sueca (1990)
Pol Pot, Dictador camboyano (1998)
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