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Other key events on April 15th:
Church:
1250 Pope Innoncent III refuses Jews of Cordova, Spain, request to build a synagogue
1901 Pope Leo XIII issues an allocution deploring hostile actions against the Roman Catholic Church throughout Europe
1945 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Communium interpretes dolorum
1949 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri
France:
1689 French King Louis XIV declares war on Spain
1900 Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) in Paris opens (till 12th Nov)
1918 Georges Clémenceau publishes secret French/Austrian documents
Banking/Industry:
1793 Bank of England issues first £5 note
1892 General Electric Company formed by merger of Thomas Edison's General Electric Company with Thomson-Houston Electric Company, arranged by J. P. Morgan and incorporated in NY
1952 Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card
1991 East-Europe Bank forms in London
2012 China loosens monetary policy and allows the Yuan to fluctuate up to 1% against the US dollar
US:
1850 City of San Francisco incorporated
1861 Federal army (75,000 volunteers) mobilized by US President Abraham Lincoln (US Civil War)
1865 Abraham Lincoln dies 9 hours after he is shot attending the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater
1959 US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles resigns
Tragedies:
1912 RMS Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as the band plays on, with the loss of between 1,490 and 1,635 people
2013 Boston Marathon bombings: 3 people are killed and 183 injured after two explosions near the finish line
2019 Notre-Dame de Paris fire
https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/15