*Ø* Blogmanac April 14, 1912 | Sinking of the Titanic
1912 On its maiden voyage, RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean; it finished sinking at about 2:20 am the next day.
It is not true that millionaire passenger Jacob Astor quipped "I ordered ice, but this is ridiculous".
Sir Lew Grade made a film, Raise the Titanic, based on the best-selling book about the salvage of the disaster liner. The budget blew out and Grade lost £10 million. He is reported to have quipped, "It would have been cheaper to lower the Atlantic".
A young radio operator in New York on April 14, 1912, picked up the message from SS Olympic through the static: "SS Titanic ran into iceberg. Sinking fast". He sat for hours taking down whatever information he could, communicating it to the anxiously waiting world, until he collapsed, exhausted.
The young man was David Sarnoff – later founder of communications giant RCA.
This is just a snippet of today's stories. Read all about today in folklore, historical oddities, inspiration and alternatives, with more links, at the Wilson's Almanac Book of Days, every day. Click today's date when you're there.
1912 On its maiden voyage, RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean; it finished sinking at about 2:20 am the next day.
It is not true that millionaire passenger Jacob Astor quipped "I ordered ice, but this is ridiculous".
Sir Lew Grade made a film, Raise the Titanic, based on the best-selling book about the salvage of the disaster liner. The budget blew out and Grade lost £10 million. He is reported to have quipped, "It would have been cheaper to lower the Atlantic".
A young radio operator in New York on April 14, 1912, picked up the message from SS Olympic through the static: "SS Titanic ran into iceberg. Sinking fast". He sat for hours taking down whatever information he could, communicating it to the anxiously waiting world, until he collapsed, exhausted.
The young man was David Sarnoff – later founder of communications giant RCA.
This is just a snippet of today's stories. Read all about today in folklore, historical oddities, inspiration and alternatives, with more links, at the Wilson's Almanac Book of Days, every day. Click today's date when you're there.
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