1865

Abraham Lincoln died after being shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater the previous evening; Andrew Johnson was sworn in as the 17th president hours later.

1912

The British luxury liner RMS Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland just over two and a half hours after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage.

1947

Jackie Robinson, baseball’s first Black major league player of the modern era, made his official debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers.