Daily Calendar for April 15th, 2020

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

1450s

• Born 1452: Leonardo da Vinci (artist)

1810s

• 1817: American School for the Deaf founded in Hartford, Connecticut

1850s

• 1854: First state entomologist position approved, New York

1860s

• 1861: President Lincoln called for 75,000 Union militia volunteers

• Died 1865: Abraham Lincoln (16th U.S. president)

1870s

• 1870: Last day U.S. silver coins allowed to circulate in Canada

• 1872: Canadian thanksgiving day held after Prince of Wales recovered from serious illness

1890s

• 1892: General Electric Co. is incorporated

• Born 1894: Bessie Smith (legendary blues singer)

1910s

• 1912: R.M.S. Titanic sank in early morning after striking iceberg on April 14th in late evening

1920s

• 1920: First Canadian small penny coin released

• 1923: Insulin became available for general use

1930s

• Born 1933: Elizabeth Montgomery (actress)

1950s

• 1955: After acquiring franchising rights from the McDonald brothers, Dick and Maurice, Ray Kroc opened his first McDonald's chain restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois

• Born 1959: Emma Thompson (actress)

1960s

• 1964: Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel opened, Virginia-Delmarva Peninsula

1970s

• 1974: First national lottery drawing in Canada

1980s

• Died 1980: Jean-Paul Sartre (writer & philosopher)

1990s

• Died 1990: Greta Garbo (actress)

• Born 1990: Emma Watson (English actress)

• Died 1994: John Curry (figure skater)

2000s

• Died 2002: Byron White (Supreme Court justice)