1452 ~ Birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance Man.

1688 ~ Birthday of Johann Friedrich Fasch, Composer.

1843 ~ Birthday of Henry James, Author.

1871 ~ "Wild Bill" Hickok became the marshal of Abilene, Kansas.

1880 ~ William Gladstone became PM of England.

1912 ~ The RMS Titanic sank at 2:27 AM.

1924 ~ Rand McNally published its first road atlas.

1955 ~ Ray Kroc opened his first McDonald’s restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois.

1989 ~ 96 people die and more than 200 injured at Hillsborough, in Britain's worst-ever sporting disaster.

1998 ~ Pol Pot died, and thereby evaded prosecution for the deaths of 2 million Cambodians.

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