Talk:April 15

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April 15: Tax Day in the United States; Father Damien Day in Hawaii; Birthday of the Great Leader in North Korea 1755 – A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson was first published. 1912 – The passenger liner RMS Titanic sank about two hours and forty minutes after colliding with an iceberg (pictured), killing over 1,500 people. 1947 – Jackie Robinson, the first African American to break the baseball color line, played his first game in Major League Baseball. 1986 – U.S. armed forces launched Operation El Dorado Canyon against Libya. 1989 – The death of former Chinese General Secretary Hu Yaobang triggered a series of events that led to the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing. More events: April 14 – April 15 – April 16 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 21:33, June 14, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Contents 1 Sacco and Vinzetti 1.1 Tax return deadline 2 Mosul Massacre 3 Link suggestions 4 Do not include individual Titanic Deaths 5 Robert Sibbald birth date listed twice 6 The Devil? 7 Tax deadline

[edit] Sacco and Vinzetti

Sacco and Vinzetti were framed! We ought to take that statement out of this encyclopedia, that they murdered guards.

We should defer to the Sacco and Vanzetti article on this. Upton Sinclair had some rather interesting things to say about this case that may cause you to change your mind. Rklawton 19:16, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tax return deadline

Are there jurisdictions outside the USA/states/territories that use April 15 as a tax return deadline? - knoodelhed 21:50, 12 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Mosul Massacre

Should this really be here? The term massacre is rather inflammatory and unlike cases like the Boston Massacre or My Lai Massacre, I can't find any historical precendent for referring to this event as such beyond some non-mainstream publications.

Agreed. Massacre???? -Penta 03:19, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Discussion regarding POV for the name of the event should really take place in the event's article. However, this event has no article. As a result, it should not be included in this date article. The person who added this event here, should first create an article for the event, hash out the significance and POV issues there, and in due time, reference the article here. Until then, no reference belongs here. Rklawton 19:09, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Link suggestions

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[edit] Do not include individual Titanic Deaths

I suggest that individuals from the Titanic not be listed on the date page. There is a seperate article on the RMS_Titanic. If you agree I will remove the 3 names already added. Thanks, Hu Gadarn 23:35, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

• Any comment on this? There were 1500 people who died. I'm proposing that we do not want to see a list of them on the "death" section of this page - that's the purpose of the article. Thoughts? Thanks, Hu Gadarn 00:32, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't think it's necessary. The sinking is listed in the event and I believe everyone knows that a lot of people lost their lives. Dying on the Titanic doesn't make you notable per se unless you already were notable. I don't even see the need for the generic "Victims of the RMS Titanic" to be perfectly honest. Just my two cents though. -- Borameer ™ 00:41, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

In keeping with other date articles, the "Victims of..." notation is standard. And yes, only those who already have articles rate mention in this section. Whether or not someone rates an article is a matter for WP:BIO, and I doubt this event would be sufficient alone to gain someone appropriate notability. Rklawton 00:54, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Hold on a second. Several people who died on the Titanic were notable in and of themselves. Should they not be listed here just because they happened to die in that disaster? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.21.213.99 (talk) 00:50, 16 April 2007 (UTC).

I concur. You can't tell me that John Jacob Astor or Benjamin Guggenheim weren't notable. StaticElectric 00:50, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Robert Sibbald birth date listed twice

The same Robert Sibbald article is listed twice in the Births section for this day, April 15, under both 1641 and 1651. It appears that 1641 is correct, but I don't have time to check into it now, so I won't alter anything. I'll look again soon, but if someone else has a chance to fix it now, thank you in advance. Hurrmic 14:16, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Devil?

I don't believe that the "birth of the devil" is entirely factual... can I get someone's concurrence before deleting it?

It's not accurate. If you see anything silly like that on wiki, don't hesitate to WP:REVERT it. Gscshoyru 23:02, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tax deadline

Shouldn't the United States tax deadline be included here somehow? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mistman123 (talk • contribs) 00:13, 13 April 2008

It is under Holidays and observances and it barely belongs there. It is only of note to Americans. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 00:15, 13 April 2008 (UTC)