How Many Days Until April 15?

This day in history: April 15

1. 1989

   The Hillsborough disaster, a human crush that caused 97 deaths in the worst disaster in British sporting history, occurred during an FA Cup match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in Sheffield.

2. 1989

   The death of former Chinese General Secretary Hu Yaobang triggered a series of events that led to the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing.

3. 1994

   At a GATT ministerial meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco, representatives of 123 countries and the European Communities signed an agreement to establish the World Trade Organization.

4. 2002

   Air China Flight 129 crashed on approach to Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, killing 129 people.

5. 2013

   Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev set off two pressure cooker bombs during the running of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring 264 others.

6. 2019

   A fire severely damaged Notre-Dame de Paris, destroying the cathedral's timber spire and much of the roof.

7. 2021

   A mass shooting at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, killed nine and injured seven.

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