16 April 1457 BC: Egyptians under Pharaoh Thutmose III defeat a coalition of Canaanite vassal states at the Battle of Megiddo, leading to the re-establishment of #Egyptian dominance in the #Levant . Egypt reached its greatest expanse under Thutmose. #ad amzn.to/2ydTO2d

16 April 1889: Hollywood actor and legend Charlie Chaplin is born in London, England. #history #OTD #Happybirthday #ad amzn.to/3ahDs9

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16 April 1947: U.S. financier Bernard Baruch, who was born in Camden, South Carolina, coined the term 'Cold War' in a speech he gave during the unveiling of his portrait in the South Carolina House of Representatives. #ColdWar #history #OTD #ad amzn.to/2KaUsQR

15 April 1783: The U.S. Continental #Congress ratifies a preliminary peace treaty with Great Britain. On Sept. 3, 1783, the Treaty of #Paris is signed by U.S, Great Britain, #Spain and France, officially ending the American Revolutionary war. #History #ad amzn.to/3b84EW6

15 April 1947: Jackie Robinson, the first black #baseball player in the major leagues, debuts for the #Brooklyn Dodgers at first base. He would mostly play at second base during his storied career. #MLB #History #firsts #OnThisDay #ad amzn.to/3el4gpl

15 April 1865: U.S. #President Abraham Lincoln dies from gunshot wounds inflicted on him the day before by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC. #Lincoln was only 56 years old. #history #OTD #ad amzn.to/2V6NqD2

15 Apr 1942: The Island of Malta, at the time a #British colony, is awarded the George Cross by King George VI in recognition for heroism under constant attack from Germany and Italy. #history #OTD #WWII #WW2 #ad amzn.to/3ceHJbC

15 April 1945: Near the end of World War II, #British and #Canadian troops liberated the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. #history #HistoryMatters #OTD #WWII #WW2 #ad amzn.to/3MDi2XS

15 April 1945 1945: ~ A month before the end of WW2, German sub U-234 leaves #Norway for Japan carrying among other items over 1,000 lbs of uranium oxide, for use in nuclear weapons. It never made it, surrendering on May 14, a week after the war ended. #ad amzn.to/3CpE1vz

15 April 1469: Guru Nanak, who founded the #Sikh religion and who was the first Sikh Guru, is born in Rai-Bhoi-Di-Talwandi, Punjab, in what is now Pakistan. #history #OTD #ad amzn.to/2RAXu4P

15 April 1945: Hitler said learning of #President Franklin Roosevelt's death, “Now that fate has removed from the earth the greatest war criminal of all time, the turning point of this war will be decided.' He would commit suicide 15 days later. #WWII #ad amzn.to/3el4fS4

15 April 1452: Italian painter, sculptor, and #scientist Leonardo da Vinci is born in Vinci, Republic of Florence. He died on May 2, 1519 in Amboise, #France at the age of 67. #daVinci #HappyBirthday #history #ad amzn.to/2RAiFEq

15 April 1912: After hitting an iceberg, the “unsinkable” RMS #Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic, killing 1,517 people out of 2,206 on board. #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/2yb9cwo

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15 April 1783: The U.S. Continental #Congress ratifies a preliminary peace treaty with Great Britain. On Sept. 3, 1783, the Treaty of #Paris is signed by U.S, Great Britain, #Spain and France, officially ending the American Revolutionary war. #OTD #ad amzn.to/3b84EW6

15 April 1947: Jackie Robinson, the first black #baseball player in the major leagues, debuts for the #Brooklyn Dodgers at first base. He would mostly play at second base during his storied career. #MLB #history #firsts #OTD #ad amzn.to/3el4gpl

14 April 1931: #King Alfonso XIII of #Spain flees the country, settling in Rome, while the Second #Spanish Republic was being formed. King Alfonso never formally abdicated the throne. #History #OnThisDay #ad amzn.to/3cdptj6

14 April 1912: The luxury liner the RMS #Titanic hits an #iceberg at 11:40 pm about 375 miles south of #Newfoundland . She sank a few hours later on April 15. She had left Southampton by #England on April 10. #History #OnThisDay #ad amzn.to/2Xw5BTZ

14 April 1943: Joseph Stalin's oldest son, Yakov Dzhugashvili, dies in #Sachsenhausen concentration camp in #Germany . He was taken prisoner on July 16, 1941, during the Battle of Smolensk. #Stalin had refused a prisoner exchange. #OTD #WW2 #History #ad amzn.to/3b4XJNd

14 April 1865: Republican #President Abraham #Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth on Good Friday while attending a play at Ford's #Theatre in Washington, D.C. He dies from his wounds the next day on April 15. #History #History Matters #OnThisDay #ad amzn.to/3b57g6W

14 April 1941: Cincinnati Reds' #baseball great Pete Rose is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He holds the record for most hits, 4,256, in baseball #MLB history. #history #HappyBirthday #PeteRose #OTD #ad amzn.to/2XAUk5b