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As friends of the calender know, today is April 15. This is normally tax day, the day when staunch patriots turn into raving radicals. The interest on the loans that finance our wonderful wars MUST BE PAID. Never mind that the blood of the Afghan people flows every day, because of our military misadventure. The dittohead patriots celebrate the slaughter 364 days a year. On the day the bills come due, they are not happy campers.
Of course, this year tax day comes on a sunday. The day of reckoning is postponed. If tax day is a Friday, the Muslims have to pay up. If tax day is Saturday, the Jews will write checks. But this is a nation dominated by Jesus idolatry. When April 15 is a sunday, monday the 16th is the magic/tragic day.
Two infamous events in history happened on April 15. Both were triggered by something that happened on April 14. In 1865, the bodyguard of Abraham Lincoln was bored, and went to a neighborhood saloon. While he was gone, famed actor John Booth made a guest appearance. Andrew Johnson sobered up long enough to be sworn in as President of the United States on April 15. 
On April 14, 1912, shortly before midnight, the Titanic hit an iceberg. The location was 41.44n, 56.14w. You probably know the rest of the story. HT to Teju Cole.
In 1898, Morgan Robertson published a book, Futility. It told of the largest passenger ship in the world, which sunk after hitting an iceberg. The boat was called The Titan. At least one contemporary reviewer was not amused. You’re going to be disappointed April 7, 2008 Stanwyck (Texas) “This book has always been said to have been a foretelling of the Titanic disaster, but aside from a few coincidences, it’s not that much. The story is boring and trite, and if you have read a list of the similarities between what happened and what Robertson put in his book, then you have most of it.”
Twelve deceased passegers from the Titanic are remembered by Wikipedia. They are Edward Smith captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850), Henry Tingle Wilde, English chief officer (b. 1872), William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor and first officer (b. 1873), Wallace Hartley,English violinist (b. 1878), James Paul Moody, English sixth officer (b. 1887), Jack Phillips, British wireless telegraphist (b. 1887), John Jacob Astor IV, American businessman (b. 1864), Thomas Andrews, Irish businessman and shipbuilder (b. 1873), William T. Stead English author and journalist (b. 1849), Isidor Straus co-owner of Macy’s department store (b. 1845), his wife, Rosalie Ida Blun (b. 1849), and Benjamin Guggenheim American businessman (b. 1865). The story of Archie Butt and Frank Millet is only recently coming out.
The grim reaper has been busy on April 15. Recruits include Jean-Paul Sartre (1980), Jean Genet (1986), Greta Garbo (1990), Pol Pot (1998), and Joey Ramone (2001). The stork dropped off Leonardo da Vinci (1452) and Joseph Seagram (1841). In a curious bit of synchronicity, Nikita Khrushchev and Bessie Smith were born April 15, 1894. Everic J. Dupuy arrived in 1984. In 1985 actress Amy Ried (NSFW) made her debut.
Pictures are from “The Special Collections and Archives,Georgia State University Library”