What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
04/15/1452	Leonardo da Vinci, visionary
04/15/1684	Catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27)
04/15/1707	Leonhard Euler, mathematician
04/15/1889	Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and muralist
EVENTS
04/15/1598	Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots
04/15/1790	First US patent law passed
04/15/1850	City of San Francisco incorporated.
04/15/1912	Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 AM.
04/15/1923	Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics.
04/15/1923	First talking picture is screened before a paying audience.
04/15/1955	Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's fast food restaurants.
04/15/1983	Tokyo Disneyland opens

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