1865: Drei Stunden nach dem Tod von Abraham Lincoln wird US-Vizepräsident Andrew Johnson als 17. Präsident der USA vereidigt.
1865 - Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States of America, died at 7:22 a.m. Lincoln had been shot in the back of the head the previous evening while attending a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. The assassin, John Wilkes Booth, escaped, only to be hunted down and shot to death. Lincoln was carried to a boarding house across the street from the theatre. He never regained consciousness. 
1865 Otto von Bismarck elevated to earl
Pres Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater

Lincoln J. Carter (135), Filmschaffende/R, geboren

Many movies and documentaries about the monumental disaster have been filmed over the years. However, none had the exacting data gleaned by scientists from the 1986 expedition aboard Atlantis II. Dr. Robert Ballard headed a crew and a robot named Jason in a descent to the deck of the Titanic aboard Alvin, a submersible craft. They returned with information and photos that challenged and verified stories from the past. After years of studying the facts, the 1997 Academy Award-winning film, Titanic, recreated the ship to the tiniest detail including the design on the elegant china. Although the film’s love story is fictitious, the true tragedy of the Titanic can now be seen by the world some eight decades later. 
Untergang der »Titanic«
Vor Neufundland sinkt am 15. April 1912 der britische Passagierdampfer »Titanic«. Das größte Unglück der zivilen Schiffahrt, das 1503 Menschenleben fordert, wird durch die Kollision mit einem Eisberg ausgelöst. Der als unsinkbar geltende Luxusliner, das größte Passagierschiff der Welt, befand sich auf seiner Jungfernfahrt.