Today in History
Listings for Friday, April 15, 2022.
Birthdays:
- 1452 Leonardo da Vinci, visionary
- 1452 L. da Vinci --1519
- 1548 P.A.Cataldi --1626
- 1684 Catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27)
- 1707 Leonhard Euler, mathematician
- 1809 H.G. Grassmann --1877
- 1889 Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and muralist
- 1894 Bessie Smith
- 1917 Hans Conried
- 1933 Elizabeth Montgomery
- 1933 Roy Clark
- 1939 Claudia Cardinale
- 1959 Emma Thompson
Events:
- 1598 Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots
- 1790 First US patent law passed
- 1850 City of San Francisco incorporated.
- 1912 Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 AM.
- 1923 Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics.
- 1923 First talking picture is screened before a paying audience.
- 1955 Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's fast food restaurants.
- 1983 Tokyo Disneyland opens
That's all for today.
