Historical Events on April 15.

1.  Historical events in Indian and world history on April 15.

2.  1912, 15th April: RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean.

3.  1923, 15th April: Insulin became available in the market for people suffering from diabetes.

4.  1994, 15th April: After the establishment of the World Trade Organization, 123 countries signed its agreement.

5.  2000, 15th April: G-77 summit concluded in Havana with a call for cooperation to combat terrorism.

6.  2004, 15th April: The murder of LTTE militant V Muralitharan in Colombo linked to the Rajiv Gandhi assassination.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on April 15.

1.  1452: Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian polymath and one of the greatest painters of all time.

2.  1469: Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.

3.  1563: Guru Arjan, the fifth of the ten Sikh Gurus. 

4.  1707: Leonhard Euler, a Swiss mathematician.

5.  1894: Nikita Khrushchev, former Premier of the Soviet Union.

6.  1901: Ajoy Mukherjee, an Indian independence activist and politician

7.  1922: Hasrat Jaipuri, an Indian poet.

8.  1932: Suresh Bhat, a noted Marathi-Indian poet.

9.  1963: Manoj Prabhakar, an Indian former cricketer.

10.  1972: Mandira Bedi, an Indian actress, fashion designer, and television presenter.

11.  1990: Emma Watson, an English actress, model, and activist.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on April 15.

1.  1865: Abraham Lincoln, as the 16th president of the United States.

2.  1912: Edward Smith, a British naval officer. He was the captain of the RMS Titanic.

3.  1980: Jean-Paul Sartre, a French philosopher.

4.  1990: Greta Garbo, a Swedish-American actress. 

5.  1995: Pandit Liladhar Joshi, then Chief Minister of Central India.

6.  1998: Pol Pot, former prime minister of Cambodia.