Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for April 15th: https://ko-fi.com/post/April-15-Ready-Player-One-U7U11DHWDX
Artist Birthday: Bessie Smith
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| The San Antonio Light, Nov. 22, 1925 |
Bummer April 15th
April 15, 1865: After being in a coma for eight hours, Abraham Lincoln dies from the bullet wound inflicted on him by John Wilkes Booth.
April 15, 1888: English poet Matthew Arnold dies. He has suffered a heart attack while chasing after a streetcar.
April 15, 1912: The HMS Titanic sinks into the Atlantic Ocean, having struck an iceberg shortly before midnight. Of the approximately 2,200 people on board, 1,500 die.
April 15, 1989: Nearly 100 spectators die in a crowd crush at a football match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
April 15, 2013: In a terrorist attack by two brothers from Chechnya at the Boston Marathon, two pressure cooker bombs detonate, killing three people and injuring hundreds of others. The older brother of the two terrorists is also killed while trying to evade police. The other is tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison.
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