If you are reading this today (Thursday, April 14) then On This Day in History In 1865, Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth In 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg (as a tangent, there is speculation that a coal fire in the hold of the Titanic weakened the hull, and was ultimately the cause of the rapid sinking.) In 1935, the “Black Sunday” dust storm descended upon the central Plains, turning a sunny afternoon into total darkness. In 1986, the heaviest recorded hailstones (2.2 lbs) fell on Bangladesh killing 92 people I wish you a better April 14. |