April 15 : Father Damien Day in Hawaii; Day of the Sun in North Korea; Tax Day in the United States (2015)
- 1071 – Norman forces, under the command of Robert Guiscard, conquered the city of Bari, the capital of the Catepanate of Italy.
- 1638 – A rebellion by Catholic Japanese peasants in Shimabara over increased taxes was put down by the Tokugawa shogunate, resulting in greater enforcement of the policy of national seclusion.
- 1912 – The passenger liner RMS Titanic sank (pictured) about two hours and forty minutes after colliding with an iceberg , killing more than 1,500 people.
- 1986 – U.S. armed forces began bombing Libya to try to reduce that country's ability to support international terrorism.
- 1995 – At a GATT ministerial meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco, representatives of 124 countries and the European Communities signed an agreement to establish the World Trade Organization .
More anniversaries: April 14 – April 15 – April 16
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