Today in History - April 14

Shortly after 10:00pm on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln.  Continue reading.

At about 11:40pm, on April 14, 1912, the R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank to the bottom of the sea at about 2:20am the next morning.  Continue reading.

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