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April 15

What happened on this day

Titanic sinks114 years agoRMS Titanic sinks in the early hours of 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg; more than 1,500 die.
Leonardo da Vinci born574 years agoThe polymath artist-engineer behind the Mona Lisa and countless inventions is born in 1452.
Lincoln dies161 years agoAbraham Lincoln dies in 1865, the morning after being shot at Ford's Theatre.
Notre-Dame fire7 years agoFire breaks out in the roof of the medieval cathedral in Paris in 2019, destroying the spire and most of the timber frame.
Ray Kroc opens his McDonald's71 years agoKroc opens in Des Plaines in 1955 — the ninth McDonald's, but the one the corporation counts from; the brothers had started in 1940.
Jackie Robinson debuts79 years agoHe takes the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, breaking the colour line that had kept Black players out of the major leagues since the 1880s.

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