Today In History
Today is Thursday, April 15, the 105th day of 2021. There are 260 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1947: Jackie Robinson, baseball’s first Black major league player, made his official debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on opening day at Ebbets Field. (The Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves, 5-3.)
ON THIS DATE
› 1452: Artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci was born in or near the Tuscan town of Vinci.
› 1850: The city of San Francisco was incorporated.
› 1865: President Abraham Lincoln died nine hours after being shot the night before by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington; Andrew Johnson became the nation’s 17th president.
› 1892: General Electric Co., formed by the merger of the Edison Electric Light Co. and other firms, was incorporated in Schenectady, New York.
› 1989: Students in Beijing launched a series of pro-democracy protests; the demonstrations culminated in a government crackdown at Tiananmen Square.
› 2019: Fire swept across the top of the Notre Dame Cathedral as the soaring Paris landmark underwent renovations.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actor Claudia Cardinale is 83. Author and politician Jeffrey Archer is 81. Rock singer-guitarist Dave Edmunds is 78. Actor Michael Tucci is 75. Actor Lois Chiles is 74. Writer-producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason is
74. Actor Amy Wright is
71. Columnist Heloise is
70. Actor Sam McMurray is 69. Actor-screenwriter Emma Thompson is
62. Bluegrass musician Jeff Parker is 60. Singer Samantha Fox is 55. Olympic gold, silver and bronze medal swimmer Dara Torres is 54. Rock musician Ed O’Brien (Radiohead) is 53. Actor Flex Alexander is 51. Actor Danny Pino is 47. Actor Douglas Spain is
47. Country singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton is
43. Actor Luke Evans is
42. Rock musician Patrick Carney (The Black Keys) is 41. Rock musician Zach Carothers (Portugal. The Man) is 40. Actor Alice Braga is 38. Americana singer-songwriter Margo Price is 38. Rock musician De’Mar Hamilton (Plain White T’s) is 37. Actor Samira Wiley is 34. Actor Leonie Elliott is 33. Actor Emma Watson is 31. Actor Maisie Williams is 24.