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April 15

US Internal Revenue Service Income Tax Day

St. Paternus

1865  President Linclon died at 7:22 a.m. from a gunshot to the head.  He is the first US President to be assasinated
1892  General Electric Company formed by a merger of the Edison Electric Light Company in New York.
1912  The "Unsinkable" Titanic sank off of Newfoundland after hitting an iceberg duing its maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City taking the lives of 1,500 of the 2,200 passengers.
1923  Insulin, used for the treatment of diabetes, and extracted from the pancreas of sheep and oxen, became available for general use.
1956  The worlds' first, all-color television station was dedicated Chicago, Illinois asWNBQ-TV.  It is now WMAQ-TV and remains one of the primary NBC television stations.

1452  Inventor & Artist Leonardo da Vinci
1933  Actress Elizabeth Montgomery
1933  Country Musician Roy Clark

1959

• Come Softly to Me - The Fleetwoods

• A Fool Such As I - Elvis Presley

• Guitar Boogie Shuffle - The Virtues

• Alvin's Harmonica - The Chipmunks

1963

• He's So Fine - The Chiffons

• Can't Get Used to Losing You - Andy Williams

• South Street - The Orlons

• The End of the World - Skeeter Davis

1972

• A Horse with No Name - America

• Heart of Gold - Neil Young

• I Gotcha - Joe Tex

• My Hang-up is You - Freddie Hart

1981

• Kiss on My List - Daryl Hall and John Oates

• Just the Two of Us - Grover Washington, Jr./Bill Withers

• Crying - Don McLean

• You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma - David Frizzell & Shelly West

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