1865 Abraham Lincoln dies nine hours after he is shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington.
1912 RMS Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as the band plays on, with the loss of between 1,490 and 1,635 people.
1942 George VI awards George Cross to people of Malta.
1945 34th US President FDR buried in grounds of his Hyde Park home, New York state.
1945 British Army liberates Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.
1972 A member of the British Army is shot dead by the Official IRA in the Divis area of Belfast.
1972 A member of the Official Irish Republican Army is shot dead by British soldiers at Joy Street in the Markets area of Belfast close to his home.
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