sinking of the titanic

     

Built in memory of a victim of this tragedy, Harvard's Widener Library was opened in 1915

Trivia about sinking of the titanic

  • On April 15, 1912 more than 1,500 perished in this maritime disaster
  • First Lady Helen Taft led a fund-raising drive for a memorial to this 1912 marine disaster
  • On April 15, 1962 memorials were held in remembrance of this tragic event's 50th anniversary
  • A survivor of this 1912 disaster at sea, Marjorie Newell Robb, died in 1992 at the age of 103

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