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April 15

4 sourced moments from April 15 in history: Leonardo da Vinci was born near Vinci, Italy (1452); Samuel Johnson published his Dictionary of the English Language (1755); The Titanic Sank in the Early Hours (1912), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on April 15

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1947 Sports · Records & Statistics

Jackie Robinson breaks baseball's color barrier

When he trotted out to first base on April 15, 1947, one rookie ended six decades of segregation in America's pastime.

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1912 Earth & Climate · Natural Disasters

The Titanic Sank in the Early Hours

The unsinkable ship went down in under three hours after a midnight iceberg strike, taking over 1,500 lives.

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1755 Language & Communication · Languages

Samuel Johnson published his Dictionary of the English Language

On April 15, 1755, after nearly nine years of work, Johnson released the dictionary that would govern English for a century.

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1452 Culture & Arts · Art

Leonardo da Vinci was born near Vinci, Italy

On April 15, 1452, the painter and polymath who would define the Renaissance was born in a Tuscan hill town.

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