ON This Day

[biker@sea]

April 14

1912 = Titanic hit an iceberg

[Shmoo here]

1981 - space shuttle Columbia returns to earth. 1st to do so.

[SuiteTraveler]

1865 - Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

 

1894 - First public showing of the Kinetiscope (moving pictures) by Edison

 

1902 - First JC Penney store opened in Kemmerer, WY

[Shmoo here]

• 1828 British 18-gun sloop HMS Acorn sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard
  

[Langley Cruisers]

My (now) husband kissed me for the very first time. 37 years ago. :hearteyes:<3:kiss-mark:

[paul929207]

Interesting day

[Velvetwater]

Also...on a vague topical note from today's military aggression:

 

The Soviet Union agree to withdraw from Afghanistan on this day in 1988.

[leaveitallbehind]

My (now) husband kissed me for the very first time. 37 years ago. :hearteyes:<3:kiss-mark:

 

What a fortunate day for him! :)

[Langley Cruisers]

What a fortunate day for him! :)

 

Aww! My cheerleader! :D

[DirtyDawg]

April 14

1912 = Titanic hit an iceberg

 

April 15

1912 = Titanic sank.

[biker@sea]

April 16 1947

S.S. Grandcamp explodes in Texas city.

 

 

Texas City disaster

The Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred April 16, 1947, in the Port of Texas City, Texas. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions. Originating with a mid-morning fire on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp, her cargo of approximately 2,200 tons of ammonium nitrate detonated, initiating a subsequent chain-reaction of additional fires and explosions in other ships and nearby oil-storage facilities. It killed at least 581 people, including all but one member of the Texas City fire department. The disaster triggered the first ever class action lawsuit against the United States government, under the then-recently enacted Federal Tort Claims Act, on behalf of 8,485 victims.

 

 

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Edited April 16, 2018 by biker@sea