The sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 when a Germany U-boat torpedoed the passenger liner off the coast of Ireland, taking the lives of 1,200 innocent passengers.

The death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, or FDR, occurred on April 12th, 1945. The only four-term president in American history.

The U2 spy plane incident of 1960 when Soviet missiles shot down an American spy plane as it made a high-altitude spy flight over Russian soil.

NASA’s space shuttle program flew 135 missions from 1981 to 2011, costing the lives of fourteen astronauts in two devastating accidents.

The sinking of the Titanic occurred on April 15th, 1912, despite being touted as the first unsinkable passenger ship to ever set sail.

Even though the Allies remained at war with Japan, VE-Day in Europe was a massive celebration when Germany finally surrendered.

The coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second of the United Kingdom, months after the death of her father, King George, when she was just 27 years of age.