Today is Tuesday, April 15, the 106th day of 2008. There are 260 days left in the year.
1450 _ French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years' War
1493 _ Columbus meets with King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella
1738 _ Bottle opener invented
1784 _ First balloon flight in Ireland
1793 _ Bank of England hands out first banknote
1800 _ James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole
1900 _ International Exposition opens in Paris France
1945 _ FDR buried on grounds of Hyde Park home
1945 _ British and Canadian troops liberate Nazi camp of Bergen-Belsen
1969 _ North Korea shoots at U.S. airplane above Japanese sea