THIS DAY IN HISTORY
APRIL 15
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

2013
Three people killed, hundreds injured in Boston Marathon bombing
On this day in 2013, two bombs go off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three spectators and wounding more than 260 other people in attendance. Four days later, after an intense manhunt that shut down the Boston area, police captured one of the bombing ...read more

CIVIL WAR
1865
Lincoln dies from an assassin’s bullet
President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, dies from an assassin’s bullet. Shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington the night before, Lincoln lived for nine hours before succumbing to the severe head wound he sustained. Lincoln’s death ...read more

GENERAL INTEREST
1912
Titanic sinks

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This Day in History - April 15
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/history/history_162300?profile=1470

1997: A fire sweeps across a pilgrims' encampment outside Mecca as two million Muslims gather for one of Islam's most sacred rituals, killing at least 343 people.

2005: Flames and smoke send people jumping from windows of a budget hotel in Paris housing many African immigrants in an overnight fire that leaves 20 dead — half of them children.