In , 96 people died in a crush of soccer fans at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England. Students in Beijing launched a series of pro-democracy protests; the demonstrations culminated in a government crackdown at Tiananmen Square. In , Pol Pot, the notorious leader of the Khmer Rouge, died at age 72, evading prosecution for the deaths of two million Cambodians. In , two bombs made from pressure cookers exploded at the Boston Marathon finish line, killing two women and an 8-year-old boy and injuring more than Army master sergeant was convicted of murder at a court-martial in Vilseck, Germany in the killings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqis.
John Hatley initially received life in prison, but had his sentence later reduced to 40 years. Pirates released the Greek-owned cargo ship Titan that had been hijacked off the Somali coast on March Five years ago: Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped some girls from a school in northeastern Nigeria.
One year ago: A seven-hour battle over territory and money broke out among inmates armed with homemade knives at the Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina, leaving seven inmates dead and 22 injured in the worst U. At the Academy of Country Music Awards, held in Las Vegas six months after the deadly shooting at a country music festival there, Jason Aldean paid tribute to the 58 people killed; he spoke after he was named entertainer of the year for the third consecutive time.
Aldean had been performing at the Las Vegas festival when the shooting began. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.
Share This: share on facebook share on twitter share via email print. The picture shows Mrs. Lincoln kneeling beside the bed and members of the cabinet behind it. This picture was supposed to have been given to a friend by Mrs. Lincoln shortly after the funeral and then passed down through the family from generation to generation. Share This Gallery: Share on Facebook. Steve Anderson, a beloved friend and late Free Press page designer, often posted iconic Freep front pages on his Twitter account, dfpsteve.
Here are some of those front pages, as well as other important events that went down on April 15 over the years. On April 15, , the Titanic sank off the Newfoundland coast as the band played on. More than 1, people lost their lives in the world's most tragic and infamous maritime tragedy. On April 15, -- years ago today -- President Abraham Lincoln died after having been shot the night before by John Wilkes Booth. On April 15, , three people were killed and injured in the Boston Marathon bombing.
On April 14, , demonstrations began in Beijing's Tiananmen Square over the death of a popular pro-reform leader, Hu Yaobang.
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