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Notable anniversaries in history for today: April 15
- 200th: 1824 - Theodorus F van Capellen, Vice-Admiral (Algiers), dies at age 61.
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Johannes Stark in Germany; physicist (Stark effect) (Nobel Prize 1919).
- 150th: 1874 - New York legislature passes compulsory education law.
- 100th: 1924 - Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas, in the USA.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Neville Marriner in Lincoln, England; conductor (Minnesota Orchestra 1978).
- 100th: 1924 - Flemish-Walloon riots in Louvain, Belgium; one dead.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Dave Edmunds in Cardiff, Wales; singer/guitarist (Rockpile - "Baby I Love You").
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Gerard Schoenaker; Dutch singer ("Les Baroques").
- 70th: 1954 - Baltimore Orioles' first game in Baltimore; they beat Chicago White Sox 3-1.
- 70th: 1954 - New York Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Lydie Denier in Saint Nazaire, France; actress (General Hospital, Blood Relation).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Nadeem Abbasi; cricket player (three Tests for Pakistan versus India 1989).
- 60th: 1964 - Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (Bridge-Tunnel measures 17.6 miles (28.4 km) and is considered the world's largest bridge-tunnel complex).
- 60th: 1964 - Ian Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia.
- 50th: 1974 - Third Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:47:11.
- 50th: 1974 - 78th Boston Marathon won by Neil Cusack of Ireland in 2:13:39.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Marena Bencomo; Miss Universe-2nd place (Venezuela, 1997).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Mike Quinn; quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Sergei Krivokrasov in Angarsk, Russia; NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks, Olympics-silver-1998).
- 50th: 1974 - The first Olympic lottrery draw is held in Canada. Nine winners share the CDN$1 million top prize, while one person wins the $500,000 second prize.
- 50th: 1974 - Military coup in Niger, President Diori Hamani deposed.
- 40th: 1984 - 48th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 277.
- 40th: 1984 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament.
- 40th: 1984 - Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India.
- 40th: 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 40th: 1984 - British comedian/magician Tommy Cooper suffers a massive heart attack while live on TV, dying at age 61 (born 1921).
- 30th: 1994 - Cleveland Indians lose first game at Jacobs Field, Kansas City Royals wins 2-1.
- 30th: 1994 - John Curry, British figure skater (Olympics-gold-1976), dies of AIDS at age 44 (born 1949).
- 10th: 2014 - Odyssey Marine Explorations recovers over $1 million in gold ingots and US coins from the wreck site of the SS Central America off South Carolina.
- 5th: 2019 - During Holy Week, a major fire engulfs Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, resulting in the roof and main spire collapsing.
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