Tragic week in US History (April 15-21)

April 15th. 1865 - Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford Theater, Washington DC (Google Maps View)


April 16th, 1947 - Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, (Google Maps View) to catch fire, killing almost 600.


April 16th, 2007 - Virginia Tech Massacre: A gunman goes on a shooting rampage killing 33 at the Virginia Tech Campus in Blacksburg, Virginia (Google Maps View).


April 18th, 1983 - United States Embassy Bombing in Beirut, Lebanon (Google Maps View) where 63 people died.


April 19th, 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, (Google Maps View) is bombed, killing 168.


April 20th, 1999 - Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 12 students and a teacher before killing themselves in the Columbine High School massacre (Google Maps View).