Nikita Khrushchev 1894 - U.S.S.R. premier
- 1817 - The first American school for the deaf was opened in Hartford, CT.
- 1865 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln died from injuries inflicted by John Wilkes Booth.
- 1892 - The General Electric Company was organized.
- 1912 - The ocean liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg the evening before. 1,517 people died and more than 700 people survived.
- 1945 - During World War II, British and Canadian troops liberated the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.
- 1994 - The World Trade Organization was established.
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