4. 15. 16. U. S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY:GO WINGS. 1861 - U. S 4.15.16 U.S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY:GO WINGS! 1861 - U.S. President Lincoln mobilized the Federal army. 1865 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln died from injuries inflicted by John Wilkes Booth. 1912 - The ocean liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg the evening before. 1,517 people died and more than 700 people survived. 1947 - Jackie Robinson played his first major league baseball game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. 1952 - U.S. President Harry Truman signed the official Japanese peace treaty. 1953 - Charlie Chaplin surrendered his U.S. re-entry permit, he was accused of sympathizing with Communists. 1955 – First Mcdonald’s open in Illinois. 1959 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro began a U.S. goodwill tour. 1960 - The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was organized at Shaw University. 1989 - Students in Beijing launched pro democracy protests which led to the Tiananmen Square massacre. 2013 – Terrorists detonate bombs at Boston Marathon. 2016 - Jackie Robinson Day in MLB. AGENDA:. CONTINUE NOTES & DISCUSSION: THE PRESIDENCY OF JFK COMPLETE & DISCUSS JFK & COLD WAR DBQ. HOMEWORK: CONTINUE WORKING ON NOTES & VOCABULARY. BELL WORK: PICK-UP & COMPLETE THE BAY OF PIGS & THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS WORKSHEET.