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Today marks 101 years since the RMS Titanic sank in the Atlantic, Strange coincidence?
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April 15th throughout the years.
April 15, 1912 "The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic, causing the deaths of about 1,503 people."
◦April 15, 1943 "An Allied bomber attack misses the Minerva automobile factory and hits the Belgian town of Mortsel instead, killing 936 civilians."
April 15, 1961 "Launching of first nuclear-powered frigate, USS Bainbridge, at Quincy, MA"
April 15, 1969 North Korean aircraft shoots down Navy EC-121 reconnaissance aircraft over the Sea of Japan
April 15, 1986 "Operation Eldorado Canyon, Navy aircraft from USS America (CV-66) and USS Coral Sea (CV-43) attack Libya in conjunction with USAF aircraft after Libya linked to terrorist bombing of West"
April 15, 1989 "Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, a football stadium in Sheffield, resulting in 96 deaths
April 15, 1997 Fire sweeps through a campsite of Muslims making the Hajj pilgrimage; the official death toll is 343
◦April 15, 2002 "An Air China Boeing 767-200, flight CA129 crashes into hillside during heavy rain and fog near Busan, South Korea, killing 128."
◦April 15, 2008 "Speaking at the bank's annual meeting Richard Fuld Leman chairman and CEO, tells investors that the worst of the credit crisis is behind Wall Street, but that the environment will remain challenging."
These are just a few things I found that happened in History of April 15th.
Just something to think about. Now we add,
April 15, 2013 Terrorist Attack in "Boston, Ma" during the Boston Marathon.
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