1865 US President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington; he dies a day later 1912 RMS Titanic, the world's largest ocean liner, hits an iceberg at 11.40pm off Newfoundland, sinks in the early hours of 15 April 1914 Dr. Harry Plotz isolates the bacteria that causes Typhus Fever (Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City) 1935 Black Sunday: Severe dust storm ravages the US Midwest, led to the region being named "the Dust Bowl" 1981 1st Space Shuttle, Columbia 1, returns to Earth 2003 The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99% | 
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