April 1912

Sunday 14:

The British ocean liner RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage, plunging beneath the waves and taking with it over 1,500 lives at about 2:20 a.m. the following morning.

Monday 15:

The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks at about 2:20 a.m. after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic almost three hours earlier.

Tuesday 16:

Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.

Saturday 20:

Opening day for baseball stadiums Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sunday 21:

The New York Giants and New York Yankees play an exhibition game to benefit survivors of the RMS Titanic.