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Today in History: April 15

1813 U.S. troops under James Wilkinson lay siege to the Spanish-held city of Mobile in future state of Alabama.

1865 Abraham Lincoln dies from John Wilkes Booth's assassination bullet.

1871 'Wild Bill' Hickok becomes the marshal of Abilene, Kansas.

1912 With her band playing on the deck, the ocean liner Titanic sinks at 2:27 a.m. in the North Atlantic.

1923 Insulin becomes generally available for people suffering with diabetes.

1952 President Harry Truman signs the official Japanese peace treaty.

1955 Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants.

1986 U.S. warplanes attack Libya.

1989 Then largest lottery in North America ($69M) drawn in Illinois

[img]1997[/img] America On Line begins service in Japan

2019 Paris cathedral Notre Dame catches fire, toppling its spire and destroying its roof

2020 US's deadliest day during COVID-19 pandemic with 2,752 deaths reported

2021 India record over 200,000 (200,739) daily new cases of COVID-19 for the first time with 1,038 deaths amid massive second wave

2023 Germany ends its use of nuclear power, closing its last three nuclear power plants - Emsland, Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim to focus on renewable energy

Born on April 15

1452 Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, scientist and visionary

1832 Wilhelm Busch, German painter and poet, created the precursor to the comic strip.

JOTD
The Soviet army is marching in Finland

They hear a voice from the other side of a hill, "one Finnish soldier is better than ten Soviet soldiers."
The Soviet general sends ten soldiers. There is some gunfire then everything is quiet again. The voice then says, "one Finnish soldier is better than one hundred Soviet soldiers."
The Soviet general sends one hundred Soviet soldiers. There is more gunfire and then silence. The voice speaks up again and says, "one Finnish soldier is better than one thousand Soviet soldiers."
The Soviet general then sends one thousand Soviet soldiers. There is a lot of gunfire and then silence. After awhile a Soviet soldier crawls over the hill and say to the general, "do not send more troops, it's a trap, there are two Finnish soldiers."