today in history...

April 15... the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years)


today in history:
1865 - Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by John Wilkes Booth

1923 - insulin first became generally available for use by diabetics

1955 - the first ever McDonald's restaurant opens in Des Plaines, Illinois

1983 - Tokyo Disneyland opens

1452 - Leonardo da Vinci is born

1959 - Emma Thompson, born

1990 - Emma Watson, born