The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1715Conflict between Carolinian colonial settlers and Native American tribes (1715–17)
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc found the American School for the Deaf (then called the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons)📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1817American educator (1787–1851)
President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1861President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Three hours later📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 18651865 murder in Washington, D.C., US
The General Electric Company is formed.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1892American multinational conglomerate (1892–2024)
Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1900Armed Philippine-American conflict (1899–1902)
Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree📜 CITIES🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1920City in Massachusetts, United States
U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1922American politician (1857–1933)
Racially motivated Nihon Shōgakkō fire lit by a serial arsonist kills 10 children in Sacramento📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 19231923 anti-Japanese arson in California
Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1947American baseball player (1919–1972)
First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1952American strategic bomber aircraft
McDonald’s restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc📜 BUSINESS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1955American fast food restaurant chain
The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1969Downing of a U.S. Navy aircraft by North Korean over the Sea of Japan
The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1986US April 1986 military operation in Libya
In the worst massacre of the South Sudanese Civil War📜 WARS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 15 April 20142014 mass killing of civilians during the South Sudanese Civil War
Legions loyal to the Roman Senate📜 CITIES🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 14 April 2026Political institution in ancient Rome
The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage📜 HISTORY🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 14 April 1775First American abolitionist organization
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln dies the following day.📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 14 April 18651865 murder in Washington, D.C., US