(Saturday, April 15, 1995) — “This Is How We Do It” by Montell Jordan peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for seven consecutive weeks (Apr. 15/22/29, May 6/13/20/27, 1995).
Daily Archives: April 15, 2015
First franchised McDonald’s restaurant opens 60 years ago today (Apr 15 1955)
Video: 'McDonald's Franchise #1 in Des Plaines, IL'
(Friday, April 15, 1955) — Ray Kroc opened the first franchised McDonald’s restaurant today at 400 North Lee Avenue in Des Plaines, Illinois, near Chicago.
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President Franklin Roosevelt buried at Hyde Park 70 years ago this hour (Apr 15 1945)
Video: 'FDR: A Presidency Revealed: Part 19' (Apr. 15, 1945, at 2:35)
(Sunday, April 15, 1945, 11:00 a.m. EWT; during World War II) — In the hedge-enclosed garden of his ancestral Hyde Park estate in New York, high above the eternal flow of the Hudson, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was laid at rest this morning in the presence of President Harry S. Truman and ranking officials of this country and representatives of other nations. Continue reading President Franklin Roosevelt buried at Hyde Park 70 years ago this hour (Apr 15 1945)
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Andrew Johnson sworn-in as 17th U.S. President 150 years ago this hour (Apr 15 1865)
(Saturday, April 15, 1865, 10:00 a.m.; during the American Civil War) — Vice President Andrew Johnson, 56, was sworn in as the 17th President of the United States this morning, following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Continue reading Andrew Johnson sworn-in as 17th U.S. President 150 years ago this hour (Apr 15 1865)
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Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen liberated 70 years ago today (Apr 15 1945)
Video: 'Bergen-Belsen concentration camp'
(Sunday, April 15, 1945, afternoon CEST; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — 60,000 (mostly sick) prisoners at the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen in what is today Lower Saxony in northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle, were liberated today by British and Canadian troops. Continue reading Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen liberated 70 years ago today (Apr 15 1945)
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President Abraham Lincoln dies, ‘now belongs to the ages’ 150 years ago this hour (Apr 15 1865)
Video: 'Ken Burns - The Civil War: Episode 9 - The Better Angels of Our Nature (1865) |Ken Burns Documentary' (Lincoln dies at 17:53)
(Saturday, April 15, 1865, 7:22:10 a.m.; during the American Civil War) — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, 56, died this morning at the Petersen House in Washington, nine hours after he was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth.
Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton is said to have uttered, “Now he belongs to the ages.”
