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. 

1923 - Dr. Lee DeForest’s Phonofilm, the first sound-on-sound film, motion picture, was demonstrated for a by-invitation-only audience at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. The guests saw The Gavotte, a man and woman dancing to old-time music and The Serenade, four musicians who played on wind, percussion and string instruments.

 1933 - Roy Clark
musician: guitar, banjo; CMA Entertainer of the Year [1973], Comedian of the Year [1970, 1971, 1972], co-host: Hee Haw; country singer: Tips of My Fingers, Through the Eyes of a Fool, Yesterday, When I Was Young, Come and Live with Me, Somewhere Between Love and Tomorrow, Thank God and Greyhound [You’re Gone], geboren

 1933 - Mel Kenyon

 1940 - Woody (Woodrow Thompson) Fryman
baseball: pitcher: Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies [all-star: 1968], Detroit Tigers, Montreal Expos [all-star: 1976], Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, geboren

 1942 - Julie Sommars
actress: Sex and the Single Parent, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, geboren
Bobbie Comber (52), Filmschaffende/R, gestorben

 1950 - Amy Wright
actress: The Scarlet Letter, Final Verdict, Crossing Delancey, The Accidental Tourist, Wise Blood, Breaking Away, The Amityville Horror, The Deer Hunter, geboren

1956 - General Motors announced that the first, free piston automobile had been developed.

1985 - ‘Marvelous’ Marvin Hagler helped Thomas the ‘Hit Man’ Hearn go nighty-night a littler earlier than expected, with a third round knockout to retain the world middleweight boxing title. Some have called the fight, “the greatest three rounds in boxing history.”

1990 - Greta Garbo, schwedisch-amerikanische Schauspielerin («Anna Karenina»), geb. 1905, gestorben
1990 Greta Garbo, Filmschauspielerin (S) New York), Die "Göttliche", gestorben