As I get older, I've noticed the days seem to be flying by in hypersonic time with one day merging into the next, so I've decided to pump the brakes for 20 to 30 minutes and just for the hell-of-it, take a closer, more in-depth look at April 15th.Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, April 15th is tax deadline day. Let's move on. Here's some cool stuff that happened on April 15th...............

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**Jackie Robinson, the first Black player in the major leagues, make his debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1947

**Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas in 1924

**The first Ford Mustang rolls off the showroom in 1964

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According to People Magazinea bunch of restaurant chains are offering up free or discounted food on April 15th! Here we go......***At your local Hard Rock Cafe they will give you a free Local Legendary Burger but only if you literally sing for your supper. You will need to sing an entire rock song. The lyrics will be provided on stage.

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***At your local McDonalds if you buy one Big Mac or a Quarter Pounder with Cheese, you get another for only a penny!

***Sonic is offering half price off their cheeseburgers all day!

***Boston Market is offering two meals for the price of one on everything!

****Remember those deals are only good for April 15th.

Here are some more cool observances that happened on April 15th...................

***Rubber Eraser Day .........Joseph Priestly discovered the eraser in 1770 and Hyman Lipman patented the pencil with an eraser on the end. In Great Britain erasers are known as "rubbers."

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***Titanic Remembrance Day.......Over 1,500 passengers die when the ship hit an iceberg on April 14th and sunk at 2:27am on April 15th as the band played on.

1738.....Thank God the Bottle Opener was invented.....

1817.....The first American School for the Deafopens in Hartford....

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1877.....The first telephone is installed in Boston-Somerville Massachusetts.....

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1911.....Walter Johnson pitches a record setting 4 strikeouts in one inning....

1923.....First sound on film public performance shown at the Realto Theatre in New York City....

1931.....First walk across America going backwards begins......

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1941.....First helicopter flight of 1 hour duration in Stratford, CT......

1952.....Franklin National Bank issues America's first credit card.......

1955.....Ray Kroc starts his chain of McDonald's restaurants in Illinois......

1968.....Houston Astros beat the New York Mets 1-0 in 24 innings......

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