Today is Wednesday, April 15, the 105th day of 2015. There are 260 days left in the year.
1729 _ Johann S. Bach’s ``Matthew’s Passion" premieres in Leipzig
1738 _ Bottle opener invented
1784 _ First balloon flight in Ireland
1892 _ General Electric Company forms and is incorporated in New York
1896 _ First Olympic games close at Athens, Greece
1911 _ Walter Johnson pitches a record tying four strike-outs in an inning
1912 _ Titanic sinks at 2:27 a.m. in North Atlantic as the band plays on
1945 _ FDR buried on grounds of Hyde Park home
1959 _ Fidel Castro begins U.S. goodwill tour
1969 _ North Korea shoots at U.S. airplane above Japanese sea
1989 _ 95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England
1989 _ Students in Beijing pro-democracy protests