Matt Ortega

The History Channel updates visitors on historic events throughout world history with “This Day in History.” Here are a few notables for April 15:

1865: President Abraham Lincoln died from the gunshot wound he sustained six days earlier from actor and Confederate sympathizer, John Wilkes Booth.

1912: The once thought “unsinkable” Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after striking an iceberg two and a half hours before. The ship, spanning 883 feet long, was en route from Southampton, England to New York City in the United States carrying 2,200 passengers and crew.

1947: Infielder Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he signed and played for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves.