April 15

Tuesday 15, 1947:

Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, breaking that sport's color line.

Sunday 15, 1945:

The Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.

Monday 15, 1940:

The Allies start their attack on the Norwegian town of Narvik which was occupied by Nazi Germany.

Friday 15, 1892:

The General Electric Company is formed through the merger of the Edison General Electric Company and the Thomson-Houston Company.

Thursday 15, 1632:

Battle of Rain; Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.

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