War · April 15, 2023

Sudanese civil war

Name: Sudanese civil war
Start: 2023-04-15
Location: Khartoum, Sudan

3 years ago · Khartoum, Sudan

3rd anniversary

Since April 2023, there has been a civil war in Sudan between the two main factions of the country's military government.

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The 4th anniversary falls on April 15, 2027.

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1452–1519

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.

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ArtDied aged 67

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1707–1783

Leonhard Euler

Leonhard Euler ( OY-lər; 15 April 1707 – 18 September 1783) was a Swiss polymath who was active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, logician, geographer, music theorist and engineer.

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ScienceDied aged 76

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1894–1971

Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (15 April 1894 – 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964.

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1912–1994

Kim Il-sung

Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean communist revolutionary, military officer, politician, and dictator who founded the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), also known as North Korea, in 1948, and led it until his death in 1994.

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1989

1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

Protests led by students and workers, known in China as the June Fourth Incident, were held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, from 15 April to 4 June 1989.

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Tragedy

1989

Hillsborough disaster

The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal crowd crush at a football match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989.

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Disaster

2013

Boston Marathon bombings

The Boston Marathon bombing, sometimes referred to as simply the Boston bombing, was an Islamist domestic terrorist attack that took place during the 117th annual Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013.

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Tragedy

2019

2019 fire at Notre-Dame de Paris

On 15 April 2019, at 18:18 CEST, a structural fire broke out in the roof space of Notre-Dame de Paris, a medieval Catholic cathedral in Paris, France, part of the "Paris, Banks of the Seine" UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Disaster