April 14, 1865 President Lincoln is shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC.

April 14, 1912 The British liner Titanic, on her maiden voyage and hailed as ‘the unsinkable ship,’ collides with an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sinks.

April 15, 1923 Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics.

April 15, 2002 An Air China Boeing 767-200 crashes in Pusan, South Korea, killing 128 people