Events which occurred on the 15th of April.
Events[]
- 1452
- Leonardo da Vinci is born.
- 1572
- The crew of the time-displaced Federation Deep Space Station K-13 agree to retire to T'Von's island and remove themselves from future Draconian activities on 20 Draconis III. (STO - New Frontiers mission: "Echoes of Light")
- 1822
- United States President Ulysses S. Grant is born.
- 1865
- President Abraham Lincoln dies.
- 1912
- The RMS Titanic sinks in the Atlantic Ocean at 2:20 a.m. after striking an iceberg, killing more than 1,500 Human passengers. Captain Edward Smith escapes the ordeal, stumbling through a passageway to The Captain's Table. (NF - The Captain's Table novel: Once Burned)
- RMS Carpathia responds to distress signals from the sinking Titanic and rescues more than 800 survivors. (TNG - The Amazing Stories short story: "Life Itself is Reason Enough")
- 1930
- Icelandic politician Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is born.
- 1947
- In Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson plays his first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
- 1952
- First flight of a B-52 bomber.
- 1973
- Colonel Robert Argon composes a letter to Franz Joseph, explaining that a large amount of stored data in the Omaha Military Forces Base was found to be a hoax download of a future technical document, complete with illustrations and other official-looking printout data. (ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology)
- 2019
- The roof of Notre Dame Cathedral is destroyed by fire in Paris, France on Earth.
- 2335
- William T. Riker is born in Valdez on Earth. (TNG episode: "The Icarus Factor")
Appendices[]
Calendar of publication and production[]
- 1972
- TOS comic: "The Collector" continues with the 7th installment, in Valiant and TV21, Issue 29.
- 1974
- Part 2 of TOS comic: "The Hijacked Planet" is released in Serbian in TV 3AБABHИK.
- 1978
- TOS comic: "The Legacy of Lazarus", part 3 is reprinted in Mighty TV Comic, Issue 1374.
- 1980
- The 38th installment of TOS comic: "The Real McCoy" is published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
- 1981
- The 25th installment of TOS comic: "It's a Living" is published.
- TOS comic: "The Expansionist Syndrome", part 2 is reprinted in Future Tense, Issue 24.
- 1982
- The 46th installment of TOS comic: "The Wristwatch Plantation" is published.
- 1983
- The 53rd installment of TOS comic: "Send in the Clones" is published.
- 1996
- DS9 episode: "Hard Time" airs (week of).
- 1998
- DS9 episode: "In the Pale Moonlight" airs (week of).
- VOY episode: "The Omega Directive" airs.
- TOS video game: Academy Trainer is released by AddictingGames.
- ST - Alien Spotlight comic: "Klingons" is released by IDW Publishing.
- TOS omnibus: Countdown is released in German.
- 2014
- TOS omnibus: Gold Key Archives, Volume 1 and The Stardate Collection, Volume 2 are published.
- 2015
- TOS - Eurydice comic: "Part 2" is published.
- STO short story: "Locks Without Keys, Part 1" is released by Titan Magazines in Star Trek Magazine, Issue 180 (US #53).
External link[]
- 15 April article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.