From the April 18, 2021 Fox 4 Kansas City, Mo. "10 days of tragedy: 15 historic disasters occurred over these days in April" by Brian Dulle.
The middle of April has proven to be a calamitous time in human history.
** APRIL 11, 1965: Palm Sunday tornado out break over six Midwestern states killed 271 people.
** APRIL 12, 1861: The Civil War begins with the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, S.C.
** APRIL 12, 1945-- President Roosevelt dies in his 4th term. World War II was still underway.
** APRIL 13, 2014: Jewish Community Center shootings in Kansas City (3 killed)
** APRIL 14, 1912: Sinking of the RMS Titanic
** APRIL 14, 1865: Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
** APRIL 15, 2013: Boston Marathon bombing (3 dead and more than 260 wounded)
--Cooter
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