My sister Lindsey and her boyfriend Alex are parents! Young Master Barber was born some time before 2:30PM GMT — when my parents called and told me — today. Grandparents are very excited. Parents are just in to a new flat and hard to contact, so I’ve not talked to them just quite yet. Congratulations, Lindsey and Alex!

Here’s a brief selection of the events of April 15^th, my nephew’s birthday:

Events

• 1912 - The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks at about 2:20 a.m. after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic almost three hours earlier.
• 1923 - Insulin first became generally available for use by diabetics.
• 1947 - Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, breaking that sport’s color line.

Births

• 1452 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian artist (d. 1519)
• 1707 - Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (d. 1783)
• 1889 - Thomas Hart Benton, American muralist (d. 1975)

Deaths

• 2001 - Joey Ramone, American musician and singer (The Ramones) (b. 1951)

Observances

• In the United States, April 15 is the official deadline for filing tax returns.
• Father Damien Day — celebrated annually in Hawai’i.

This is a great excuse to celebrate, so if possible leave some time free next weekend for scotch and cigars (or similar). I’ll send out invites via other channels.

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