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.

2002

SCE eBook: Past Life is released by Pocket Books.

2005

ENT episode: "Bound" airs.

2009

• 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).
• The Official Starships Collection, Issue 44, featuring the SS Intrepid, is released by Eaglemoss Collections.

External link[]

• 15 April article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.