April 15th Was A Terrible Day 103 Years Ago And 150 Years Ago

[mudwhistle]

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On the morning of April 15, 1865, at 7:22am, President Abraham Lincoln was declared dead, having suffered through the night comatose after being shot by John Wilkes Booth the evening before.

Here in town, there was no daily newspaper published in Oberlin at that time, so the awful tidings traveled by word of mouth the following morning. We encourage you to read this excellent blog entry over at the Oberlin Heritage Center’s website, about local reaction to the assassination.

One-hundred and fifty years later, we mark this solemn occasion by sharing from our collection this tintype of Mr. Lincoln, probably made as a copy after a photographic portrait of the president taken by Christopher S. German in Springfield, Illinois, on January 13, 1861. The mount of this tintype suggests that it had been placed in an album.

Read about it in detail here......Oberlin Heritage Center Blog
Oberlin Heritage Center Blog


This was also a terrible day in 1912......The Titanic sunk...

Titanic facts history and passenger and crew research - Encyclopedia Titanica

 

[DarkFury]

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On the morning of April 15, 1865, at 7:22am, President Abraham Lincoln was declared dead, having suffered through the night comatose after being shot by John Wilkes Booth the evening before.

Here in town, there was no daily newspaper published in Oberlin at that time, so the awful tidings traveled by word of mouth the following morning. We encourage you to read this excellent blog entry over at the Oberlin Heritage Center’s website, about local reaction to the assassination.

One-hundred and fifty years later, we mark this solemn occasion by sharing from our collection this tintype of Mr. Lincoln, probably made as a copy after a photographic portrait of the president taken by Christopher S. German in Springfield, Illinois, on January 13, 1861. The mount of this tintype suggests that it had been placed in an album.

Read about it in detail here......Oberlin Heritage Center Blog
Oberlin Heritage Center Blog


This was also a terrible day in 1912......The Titanic sunk...

Titanic facts history and passenger and crew research - Encyclopedia Titanica

This is old but you may find it interesting.

 

[Valerie]

two years ago...

Boston Marathon Bombings - Facts Summary - HISTORY.com

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One Boston Day

On April 15th, we will mark the first instance of a new annual Boston tradition: One Boston Day.


On this day, we remember and reflect. We greet our neighbors. We lend a hand. We reach out, give back, and go above and beyond. We epitomize the spirit of the City we love.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Taxes, assassinations, sinking ships. No wonder this is the favorite day of the left.

 

[Moonglow]

I broke a finger nail.....