The Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, Truman received the NSC-68 report in 1950, Titanic sank in 1912, Hepburn and Streisand tied for Best Actress in 1969, first abolition society formed in 1775, Donner Party embarked on journey in 1846, Black Sunday dust storm occurred in 1935, and Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939. Bangladesh experienced the heaviest hail on record in 1986.
The human genome has been mapped. (2003) The Human Genome Project was completed on this day after more than 20 years of work. The human genetic code sequence has been mapped to 99 percent with 99.99 percent accuracy.
President Lincoln has been assassinated. (1865) Lincoln was killed while attending a play at Ford’s Theater just five days after Robert E. Lee’s surrender, essentially ending the Civil War. His killer, John Wilkes Booth, was caught almost immediately and later hanged along with several co-conspirators.
President Truman received the NSC-68 report. (1950) The report was a comprehensive analysis of American foreign policy strategies made by the Department of Defense, the CIA, and the State Department, and went on to shape much of American foreign policy during the Cold War.
The Titanic hit an iceberg and began to sink. (1912) The huge luxury liner remained afloat until the following morning when she finally sank, killing over 1,500.
Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand tied for Best Actress. (1969) Was the Academy Award winner in over 30 years, and it was all the more dramatic because it was the first time the Academy Awards had been broadcast internationally. Hepburn won for The Lion in Winter, while Streisand won for Funny Girl.
The first abolition society was formed in the United States. (1775) The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage was founded by a Quaker teacher, Anthony Benezet, who also founded one of the first schools for African American children in the United States. Among the supporters of the society was Benjamin Franklin, who later served as its president.
The Donner Party has embarked on its journey. (1846) The party consisted of three families and their servants trying to get from Illinois to California. They were trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains in the winter of 1846 and ended up having to resort to cannibalism to survive.
The Black Sunday dust storm has occurred. (1935) The storm was one of the worst in the Dust Bowl with over 300,000 tons of topsoil thrown into the air.
The grape of wrath has been published. (1939) Steinbeck wrote the now classic Great Depression novel to “put a label of shame” on those who caused the Great Depression. He has won both the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for literature.
The heaviest hail on record fell in Bangladesh. (1986) Hailstones weighing over 2 pounds (over 1 kg) fell in Gopalganj, Bangladesh, killing over 90 people.
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