In the early hours of April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North

In the early hours of April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg. Some 1,500 people die.

In 1817, the first American school for the deaf opens in Hartford, Conn. In 1850, the city of San Francisco is incorporated. In 1861, three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina, President Abraham Lincoln declares a state of insurrection and calls out Union troops. In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln dies, several hours after being shot at Ford’s Theater in Washington by John Wilkes Booth. Andrew Johnson becomes the nation’s 17th president. In 1945, during World War II, British and Canadian troops liberate the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. In 1947, Jackie Robinson, baseball’s first black major league player, makes his official debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on opening day. (The Dodgers defeat the Boston Braves, 5-3.) In 1959, Cuban leader Fidel Castro arrives in Washington to begin a goodwill tour of the United States. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles resigns for health reasons. (He is succeeded by Christian A. Herter). In 1986, the United States launches an air raid against Libya in response to the bombing of a discotheque in Berlin on April 5; Libya says 37 people, mostly civilians, are killed. In 1989, 96 people die in a crush of soccer fans at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England.

April 15, 1984: Youngstown Mayor Patrick J. Ungaro says his first 100 days in office “seem like 100 years in some ways.” Ungaro notes that city council twice blocked appointment of his choice for finance director, Gary Kubic, and balked at his attempt to use federal money to keep some policemen of the job.

Mr. T, star of NBC-TV’s “The A-Team,” pays a surprise visit to David Para, an 11-year-old patient at Tod Babies’ and Children’s Hospital, where he is being treated for leukemia. David is the first child to be served by Fulfill a Dream of Ohio Inc. in Youngstown. The TV star spent about 20 minutes with David and other young patients at the hospital.

Dr. Neil D. Humphrey says his goals as president of Youngstown State University will be to strengthen the graduate program and reduce the percentage of undergraduates who are “undecided majors.”

April 15, 1969: Two thugs invade the Western Reserve Road home of Frank A. Pilgrim, president of F.A. Pilgrim Extrusions In., and terrorize him and his wife. They leave in his 1968 Cadillac taking jewelry valued at more than $20,000. During the robbery, the bandits kept in touch by walkie-talkie with an accomplice.

U.S. Sen. William B. Saxbe, R-Ohio, asks the U.S. Justice Department to seriously consider blocking the planned merger of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. and the Lykes Corp., citing it as an example of a “startling trend” in corporate conglomeration.

A cutback in federal loans and grants to college students is expected to slice in half the amount of aid available to students from middle and lower income families at Youngstown State University.

April 15, 1959: The General Services Administration will hold a government sale in June of the Warren Industrial Plant, a 19-acre site containing 21 buildings on Griswold Street in Warren.

Youngstown Transit Co. promises to decide on a city council proposal that it reinstate a weekly bus pass but at a higher rate than the $3 in effect before passes are discontinued.

A memorial pew and a pulpit bible presented by U.S. Coast Guard classmates of Ensign George T. Bergman of Youngstown are dedicated at the U.S. Coast Guard Chapel in New London, Conn. Bergman was swept into the Pacific Ocean by a giant wave and was lost Dec. 17.

April 15, 1934: J.C. Argetsinger of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce and other backers of the Beaver-Mahoning waterway are seeking a meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt sometime in May to solicit his support for the canal.

Gov. George White gives Mahoning County an indefinite extension of state funding for relief projects, clearing the way for about 800 men to resume work on seven or eight projects in the county.

More than 2,200 youngsters jam the Palace Theater for The Vindicator’s Mickey Mouse carnival, a program of Mickey Mouse and Crazy Cat cartoons and a showing of Laurel and Hardy’s “Mush and Milk.”