Happy National Titanic Remembrance Day! Each year on April 15, this day is dedicated to the memory of the lives lost when the British passenger luxury liner R.M.S. Titanic sank into the icy waters of the North Atlantic Ocean back in April 1912.
We also remember the more than 1,500 people who died that day of the 2,200 passengers onboard. Of these, there were only seven hundred and five survivors (492 passengers and 214 crew).
Known as the “the unsinkable ship,” the Titanic hit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912, on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City, New York.
Later, in the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean, on April 15, the Titanic sank at 2:20 a.m. Those who perished did so mainly due to an insufficient number of lifeboats onboard the ship.
There have been a few movies made about this subject as well. Most notably, this includes English film director Roy Ward Baker's two-hour 1958 British black and white drama film 'A Night to Remember'.
Most recently, this also includes James Cameron's three-hour 1997 American epic romance/drama disaster film 'Titanic', starring Leonardo DiCaprio (Jack Dawson) and Kate Winslet (Rose DeWitt Bukater).
As of late, the wreck of the Titanic lies at a depth of about 12,500 feet. It has been sitting on the sea floor, three hundred and seventy miles south-southeast off of the coast of Newfoundland, for one hundred and eight years.
HOW TO OBSERVE
Learn more about the Titanic’s history. Read about the building of the Titanic and follow its timeline. Discover the survivors’ stories. Watch a documentary, film or take a virtual tour of the ship.
- • A Night to Remember (1955) by Walter Lord
- • Secrets of the Titanic (1986) by National Geographic
- • Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From (2012) by Richard Davenport-Hines
- • Waking the Titanic (2012) directed by Francis Delany
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HISTORY
The day commemorates the date of the Titanic’s sinking in honor of those who lost their lives aboard the Titanic in 1912.
While each year since its sinking, memorial events dedicated to remembering the tragic loss, no one person or entity has proclaimed the observance.
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