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Daily Archives: April 15, 2009

On this day…

Posted on April 15, 2009 by jjn1

… in 1912, the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic sank in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg. About 1,500 people died.

And twenty years ago, 96 people were crushed to death in Hillsborough at the beginning of a football match.

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