Is April 15 Jinxed

[AussieMick]

April 15th? I guess April 14th was Lincoln's unluckiest day, since it was the day he was shot. The death on 15th might be seen as a blessed relief (and, if you're a Believer, the day that he went to meet Willie, Edward, his mother Nancy, his Maker, and to live in eternal peace). So April 14th unlucky; April 15th quite good.

The Titanic hit the iceberg on April 14th (bad luck/ poor seamanship) and sank in the early hours of the 15th (yes, bad luck for many passengers ... good luck for those that were picked up or chose not to travel on her) .

Da Vinci was born April 15th. He probably didnt enjoy it at the time.

Other events April 15th ...

1788 Britain, Netherlands & Prussia sign peace treaty

1817 1st American school for the deaf opens (Hartford, Connecticut)

On April 15th Wordsworth and his Sister saw a field of daffodils. ( "I wandered lonely as a cloud ...")

1874 NY legislature passes compulsory education law
(1878 Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap .... Any connection with 1874 above purely coincidental)?

1902 Russian minister of interior and head of secret police, Sipyengin, is assassinated by the 'Terror Brigade' of the Socialist Revolutionaries (yeah, bit tough on poor old Sipy ... maybe saved a few thousand others though?)

1927 Babe Ruth hits 1st of 60 HRs of season (off A's Howard Ehmke) ... Howie went home not feeling great? Babe probably had a smile.

1948 1st Jewish-Arab military battle, Arabs defeated (Yeah, take your pick ... unlucky for some, good for others)

April 15th 1962 US national debt above $300,000,000,000 ("if you owe the bank 1 million, you have problems ... if you owe the bank a billion, then the bank has problems" .... if you owe 300,000 million then zippy-doo-dah!)

I'll stop there.