In 1817, the first American school for the deaf opened, in Hartford, Conn.
In 1850, the city of San Francisco was incorporated.
In 1912, the British luxury liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg. About 1,500 of the more than 2,200 people aboard died in the disaster.
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Actor Michael Ansara (1922)
Country singer Roy Clark (1933)
Actress Elizabeth Montgomery (1933)
Actress Claudia Cardinale (1939)
Rock singer-guitarist Dave Edmunds (1944)
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"Life is 440 horsepower in a two-cylinder engine."