2014 Event The U.S. stock market decreases sharply, with the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average each sinking by about 2 percent 2012 Event Ceremonies and special events marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic are help around the world 1969 Event New York Met Ron Swoboda's spectacular diving catch of sinking liner with runners at 1st and 3rd in 9th, Mets win in 10th in World Series game 1945 Death Josef Hora, Czechoslovakian writer/poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt declares state of emergency due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor 1918 Event 1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania) 1774 Event 1st American colonial decl of rights with sinking of Peggy Stewart
