- 1912 15 Apr The 'unsinkable' liner SS 'Titanic' strikes an iceberg in the Atlantic and sinks, killing 1,503 people.
- 1941 15 Apr German bombers hit Belfast, including the Harland and Wolff shipyard that built the Titanic, killing 700.
- 1945 15 Apr British troops liberate Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. Disease and starvation are rampant.
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