It happened on a… April 15 - Beinteractivegroup

2019

Paris cathedral Notre Dame catches fire, toppling its spire and destroying its roof.

2013

Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing 3 people and injuring 264 others.

2010

Volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland leads to the closure of airspace over most of Europe.

1989

Students in Beijing launched a series of pro democracy protests upon the death of former Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang. The protests led to the Tienanmen Square massacre.

1977

Montreal Expos play their first baseball game in the Olympic Stadium – the Big O – after moving from Jarry Park.

1965

NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold.

1952

The first B-52 prototype was tested in the air.

1947

Jackie Robinson becomes 1st African-American to play in US major league baseball (Dodgers).

1912

The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.

1874

First ‘Impressionist’ exhibition opens in Paris, features Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro and Berthe Morisot.

1865

Abraham Lincoln dies 9 hours after he is shot attending the play “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theatre in Washington.