It was on this day in 1912 that the Titanic leaves England on her maiden voyage. SPOILER ALERT: The ship sinks.
The earliest event mentioned by Wiki is “428 – Nestorius becomes Patriarch of Constantinople” and the latest is “2010 – Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board including President Lech Kaczyński.“
Other events that happened on this date include:
1815 – Mount Tambora erupts and continues spewing for the next 3 months. 71,000 people die, and weather all over the world is affected for the next two years.
1866 – The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is founded.
1953 – House of Wax, the first 3-D film from a major American studio, premieres.
A very warm birthday wish to David Rovics. (This fine folk singer has two songs in the Weedstock Music Series.)
Birthday greetings also go out to Steven Seagal, John Madden, and Harry Morgan.