On This Day in History April 15, 2018  Historical Events 1755  Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of the English Language" published in London 1877  1st telephone installed: Boston-Somerville in Massachusetts 1896  First modern Olympic games close in Athens, Greece 1912  RMS Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as the band plays on 1947  Jackie Robinson becomes 1st African-American to play in US major league baseball (Dodgers) 2013  Boston Marathon bombings: 3 people are killed and 183 injured after two explosions near the finish line More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Elizabeth Montgomery (1933 - 1995) Emma Watson 28th Birthday Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) Nikita Khrushchev (1894 - 1971) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) Pol Pot (1925 - 1998) More Famous Deaths April 15th: Iceberg Sinks 'Unsinkable' Titanic The Titanic hit an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank on this day in history. She took with her to the bottom of the sea some of the world’s richest people. Read the Article