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20th Century History, 6th Period
"Okay, so who hasn't heard of the Titanic?" asked Daniel. "The RMS Titanic was an Olympic class passenger liner that collided with an iceberg and sank in 1912.
"On the night of April 14-15, 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank, with great loss of life. There are several figures regarding the number of passengers and crew who were lost. The United States Senate investigation reported that 1,517 people perished in the accident, while the British investigation has the number at 1,490.
"Regardless, the disaster ranks as one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in history and by far the most famous. The Titanic's design used some of the most advanced technology available at the time and the ship was popularly believed to be "unsinkable." The media frenzy about the Titanic's famous victims, the legends about what happened on board the ship, the resulting changes to maritime law, and the discovery of the wreck in 1985 by a team led by Robert Ballard and Jean Louis Michel have made the Titanic persistently famous in the years since. The iceberg apparently bent plates located in the hull area, causing a massive dent to form letting the icy water rush in to the Titanic.
"Now, there was a film made about it, but as we don't have time to sit and watch it all, I have a summary here. With bunnies"
[[ooc: Sorry for the lateness; crisis at work and I'm only just back now which really wasn't planned!]]
"On the night of April 14-15, 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank, with great loss of life. There are several figures regarding the number of passengers and crew who were lost. The United States Senate investigation reported that 1,517 people perished in the accident, while the British investigation has the number at 1,490.
"Regardless, the disaster ranks as one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in history and by far the most famous. The Titanic's design used some of the most advanced technology available at the time and the ship was popularly believed to be "unsinkable." The media frenzy about the Titanic's famous victims, the legends about what happened on board the ship, the resulting changes to maritime law, and the discovery of the wreck in 1985 by a team led by Robert Ballard and Jean Louis Michel have made the Titanic persistently famous in the years since. The iceberg apparently bent plates located in the hull area, causing a massive dent to form letting the icy water rush in to the Titanic.
"Now, there was a film made about it, but as we don't have time to sit and watch it all, I have a summary here. With bunnies"
[[ooc: Sorry for the lateness; crisis at work and I'm only just back now which really wasn't planned!]]
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