1912

appalling maritime disaster of the twentieth century, the sinking of Titanic is remembered for the failure of an engineering marvel equipped with technological advances that were, at the time, deemed it “practically unsinkable.”(Delgado, n.d.) On April 10, 1912 from Southampton, England to New York city, largest ship destined on her maiden voyage. The most luxurious and with latest technology of her time, cruise liner set sail for the United States with the pleased passengers all aboard. The…

It is Sunday, April 14, 1912, at 11:39 pm. The shout, “ICEBERG RIGHT AHEAD!!!!!!!” is heard. 37 seconds later, the Titanic hits an iceberg and starts to sink. The sinking lost more than half of the ship’s crew and passengers. Of around 2,228 people aboard, 1,503 died and 725 survived. Yet this tragic disaster improved safety for future ships. How? The sinking of the Titanic during the night of April 14, 1912 and the early morning of April 15, 1912, was a tragic disaster. This was truly the…

The Oreo is a sandwich cookie consisting of two chocolate wafers with a sweet crème filling in between (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreo). The product was first introduced on March 6th, 1912, which is exactly one hundred and three years ago and now owned by Nabisco, from Mondelēz International, Cadbury. The snack is wildly popular and a top-seller in the United States of America. The Oreos taglines are “Wonderfilled”, because they are claimed to be filled with wonder and “Milk’s favorite…

This led to success in both the 1903 and 1907 elections as the Conservative/National Liberal coalition maintained a majority in the universal male suffrage. While Bethmann-Hollweg’s reforms hadn’t led to a similar success to that of Von Bulow in the 1912 election, he had also made reforms to the Welfare Policy via the 1911 Imperial Insurance Code. In the same year, Bethmann-Hollweg also introduced constitution to the Alsace-Lorraine region. Both Chancellors were good at meeting the pressurising…

decades. It was originally created to be used as a training competition for horses and their officers but it has slowly evolved into a sport that is taken very seriously by the riders. It was first introduced in the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1912. I felt the air rushing past…

His articles attracted millions of people and they really enjoyed his articles. He was the first prominent journalist to focus on America’s racial divide. In 1912 Baker helped and supported Woodrow Wilson when he ran for president. The two of them became really good friends, and had a good bond between each other. Also in 1912 Woodrow Wilson sent Baker to Europe to study the war situation, and that way Wilson could prepare for war. Baker served as Wilson’s press secretary, and he went on to…

preparation of sermons (J. Harold Putman, 1912 and 2010 para4). According to J. Harold Putman, Egerton stated in his letter that “On my leisure days I read from ten to twenty verses of Greek a day besides reading history, the Scriptures, and the best works on practical divinity, among which Chalmers have decidedly the preference in my mind both for piety and depth of thought. These two last studies employ the greatest part of my time” (J. Harold Putman, 1912 and 2010 para4). Talking about his…

miles to the sea depths in the wake of sideswiping an iceberg amid its maiden voyage. Instead of the originally intended Port of New York, a remote ocean grave turned out to be the White Star Line's last destination in the early hours of April 15, 1912. More than 1,500 individuals lost their lives in the catastrophe. The tragedy triggered a sudden and complete collapse in confidence, revealing that we are still vulnerable despite our modern presumptions of technological infallibility. In the…

movie produced in 1958 by William MacQuitty. Both plots discuss and portray the dramatic events that happened on April 15, 1912. The world’s largest “lifeboat” (MacQuitty. W.) set sail on April 10, 1912 on its maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York. However, the voyage was abruptly halted when it came into contact with an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. On April 15, 1912, the “safest ship afloat” (MacQuitty. W.) sank, leaving only 711 survivors out of the initial 2,240 passengers who…

The Titanic Disaster The Titanic sank on April 14, 1912. The Titanic set sail from Southampton, England on April 10, 1912. It was on its way to New York City. There were 2,224 passengers. The sinking of the Titanic resulted in many people not having lifeboats. Therefore they either sank or died from hypothermia. They would've died from hypothermia due to the water being so cold. (Connolly, 46-47) There were three calls to the Titanic, but Captain Smith only got one. He couldn’t turn the boat…