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Our part one article with the first five weirdest coincidences in history really made you wonder if fate really does have a say in the happenings of the universe. While these coincidences were insanely ironic, our part two is even better! If you thought the first set were mind-boggling, just wait until you see the top five weirdest coincidences in history, waiting for you below! Number Five: Halley’s Comet. Mark Twain left his legend behind as he died at the age of 74. The weird part, though,…

Secondly, the collapsing of the Quebec Bridge was Canada’s most famous bridge failure and was the inspiration for the Iron Ring Tradition. The Quebec Bridge was designed to have 1800-foot span, making it one of the longest spans in the world (Petroski, 2012, p. 175). However, in 1907 the entire bridge collapsed due to an error done when calculating the weight of the structure. This was blamed on several engineers working, yet it was mostly blamed on the chief consulting engineer that put young…

The 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…

In the year 1912, the tragedy of the “Unsinkable” R.M.S (Royal Mail Steamer) Titanic occurred, but why? According to www.historyonthenet.com, there are many possibilities why the Titanic has an early grave, 12,500 feet under water, resting at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Historians have argued over the possibilities ever since the incident had occurred. They believe the Titanic sank because of human error. Three of the many human errors that occurred on April 14,1912, are first of all…

The 1910s was at the end of the Progressive Era where it introduced a plethora of new events and forms of technology. This decade proposed new ideas and concepts that had not been talked about before in the history of the United States such as the fights for women's rights and poor working conditions for white-collar jobs. This decade had its boom and bust cycles along with new presidents that shifted the course of America. The 1910s had many events that make it history, the sinking of the…

Birkenhead Drill Birkenhead Drill was a military ship. In February 1851, it was going to South Africa with troops and their families. There were a total of six hundred and thirty people on board out of which one hundred and seventy were women and children. The rest were inexperienced military men and officers. At 2 a.m. on 25th February, when this ship was near Cape Town, it strokes a massive rock that was not shown on any of the maps. This sudden jerk broke the ship into two pieces. The front…

Atlantic Ocean. The ship carried almost 4,000 passenger but it actually carried 3,547 passenger and crew is 2,223. The titanic is longest ship ever recorded, the length of it was eight thunder three it was constructed in March 31 1909 and built in Belfast in Northern Ireland. The designer of the RMS Titanic is Thomas Andrews the captain is Edward Smith he was born in January 27 1850 he died with his ship. On the of day April 15 1912 it was around one in the morning the ship had hit an iceberg on…

The Titanic Introduction, The Titanic was launched at 11:40pm on the night of April 14, 1912.The Titanic was 269.9 meters the length of the Titanic was 882 feet 9 inches. It was 825 tons, the amount of coal used for the ship to move is 825 tons used per day. The amount of light bulbs used on the ship was 10,000. First, the cost to build the Titanic was $7,500,000. Two of the workers were killed during the build. 20 horses needed to transport the main anchor. It took three years to build…

The Titanic, a huge cruise ship built by man. The Titanic was believed to be indestructible and unsinkable. They said not even God can sink the Titanic; the name says it all. This ship was very luxurious and the largest of all ships. It was set for voyage April 10, 1912 after being built for three years. This Luxurious Giant was filled with many of the world’s wealthiest and famous people setting sail across the North Atlantic all the way to New York (Well, at least that was their intention).…

The sinking of the Titanic was a tragic event. Everyone was devastated because of the most advanced ship of the time sunk, About the Titanic, the sinking, and about the survivors are in the following paragraphs. The Titanic was a tragic event that isn’t uncovered all the way yet. (history.com) If you have ever wondered about the Titanic you won’t have to anymore. The Titanic was 269.1 meters long making it the largest ship of its time. It had cost $7500000 to build it. It carried 2223 people…