161 items found relating to : 25th Anniversary
| Syren & Shipping | 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SINKING Castings for the Queen Elizabeth... |
15th April 1937 | |||
| Berkshire County Eagle | THE WILLIAM PERINES CELEBRATE 25TH ANNIVERSARY newspaper photo... |
29th January 1947 | |||
| MSN News UK | THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITANIC'S DISCOVERY Just before midnight on 14 April 1912 the 'unsinkable' Titanic hit an iceberg and in the early hours of 15 April it sank with the loss of 1517 lives.... |
1st September 2010 | |||
| forestgrovenewstimes.com | FOREST GROVE COUPLE CELEBRATED 40TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ABOARD TITANIC On Friday, May 13, Amato presents “Titanic: A Love Story: The Forest Grove Connection,” a slideshow presentation telling the story of Frank Warren and Anna Atkinson, who were celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary aboard the ill-fated vessel when it collided with an iceberg on April 15, 1912. ... |
11th May 2011 | |||
| expressandstar.com | TITANIC CUTLERY RESURFACES TO MARK 100TH ANNIVERSARY Titanic cutlery resurfaces to mark 100th anniversary Thursday 16th June 2011, 11:30AM BST. Titanic cutlery resurfaces to mark 100th anniversary A Lichfield firm has produced a 100th anniversary replica of the cutlery it created for the doomed liner Titanic. To commemorate the centenary of the Titanic’s fateful maiden voyage, Arthur Price of England has recreated the Panel Reed cutlery that was used in the first class accommodation. Each knife features the famous logo of the ship owner, White Star Line, on its blade – just as the original set did. In April 1912, A. Price & Co. Ltd, as the company was then known, was based in a small factory at Conybere Street, Birmingham.... |
16th June 2011 | |||
| huffingtonpost.com | TITANIC CENTENARY CELEBRATION! Next April will be the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. Looking for a way to celebrate the tragedy? Well, the British company Miles Morgan Travel is offering a Titanic Memorial Cruise coinciding with the anniversary. ...... |
16th May 2011 | |||
| Irish Central | IRISH PLAN FOR 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TITANIC Ireland will be at the epicenter of the Titanic commemorations set for 2012, the 100th anniversary of the loss of the massive ocean liner.... |
10th April 2010 | |||
| DEATH NOTICE: KEMP, THOMAS HULMAN Engineer, of SS Titanic, Dearly Beloved Husband of Kate Kemp, 11 Cedar Road. [also 25th, 26th, April 1912]... |
24th April 1912 | ||||
| Belfast Telegraph | TITANIC ANNIVERSARY TO BE MARKED A poignant ceremony to mark the 95th anniversary of the launch of Titanic into the waters of Belfast Lough is to be held later this week.It was on May 31, 1911, that the ill-fated liner was pushed from its birthplace in the Harland and Wolff shipyard into the lough to float for the first time.... |
29th May 2006 | |||
| thisishampshire.net | SOUTHAMPTON AND BELFAST'S TITANIC MEMORIALS TAKE SHAPE AHEAD OF ANNIVERSARY THEY have both been billed as landmark tourist attractions to mark the 100th anniversary of Titanic's tragic maiden voyage. But council heritage bosses behind a Ł15m Titanic museum in Southampton have shrugged off ...... |
13th April 2011 | |||
| Irish Central | TITANIC 100TH ANNIVERSARY CRUISE ATTRACTS VACATIONERS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE The 100th anniversary of the tragic sinking of the Belfast-built Titanic will be marked by a cruise retracing the ship's final journey.... |
4th August 2010 | |||
| metronews.ca | REMEMBERING THE TITANIC AT FAIRVIEW LAWN Dig out your flashlights and dress warmly for tonight’s 99th anniversary of the birth and sinking of the Titanic. The anniversary will take place at the Fairview Lawn Cemetery on Windsor Street at 11 p.m., and everyone is welcome to attend.... |
14th April 2011 | |||
| AOL Travel News | NEW TITANIC ANNIVERSARY CRUISE ANNOUNCED A British travel agency has been marketing a controversial 100th anniversary memorial cruise on the route of the ill-fated Titanic and now an American company is also selling a Titanic centennial cruise.... |
23rd September 2010 | |||
| PRLog.org | TITANIC 100TH ANNIVERSARY MEDALLION GOES TO RUSSIA! Very happy to report that one of the very limited edition Titanic 100th Anniversary Medallions has been sold to a customer in Russia. ... |
29th January 2011 | |||
| Yeovil Express | TITANIC REMEMBERED: 95TH ANNIVERSARY THIS month commemorates the 95th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic. Overnight April 14-15, 1912, the luxurious passenger liner sank en-route to New York from Southampton on her maiden voyage. Some 1,496 people were lost at sea, while only 712 passengers and crew members survived. One of those who did survive came from Yeovil.... |
25th July 2007 | |||
| Titanic Heritage Trust | TITANIC 95TH ANNIVERSARY STAMPS As 2007 approaches plans are well underway all over the world to commemorate the 95th Anniversary of the tragic loss of R.M.S. Titanic and over 1500 lives on 15 April 1912.As part of the 95th Anniversary Commemorations, Titanic Heritage Trust will be issuing a Commemoration Royal Mail Stamp Sheet plus two First Day Covers, one with a Belfast Postmark and one with a Southampton Postmark. For further details: 95th Anniversary Stamps www.titanicheritagetrust.org.uk/95th_stamps.htm As a society, organization or individual you are invited to join any of our events, in particular our inaugural Convention in April. All Titanic Societies are welcome.If you are organizing an Titanic event for 2007 the we would like to hear about it. Whatever part of the world you are located. Please send details and we will include them in our calendar of events for 2007. enquiries@titanicheritagetrust.org.uk... |
21st November 2006 | |||
| Southern Daily Echo | SOUTHAMPTON TO STAGE EVENTS MARKING 97TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITANIC TRAGEDY A MONTH-LONG series of commemorative events will be staged in Southampton to mark the 97th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic. Fascination with the ship, her passengers and crew still continues unabated.... |
18th March 2009 | |||
| Telegraph.co.uk | TITANIC CRUISE TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF SHIP'S FATEFUL VOYAGE The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is to be marked with a cruise that will follow the ship's original route.Bookings for the historic cruise opened today - exactly 97 years after the Titanic was lost - with the departure date set for early April, 2012.... |
16th April 2009 | |||
| The National | TITANIC ANNIVERSARY A television mini-series from the Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes, focusing on the most notorious accident in maritime history.... |
2nd April 2011 | |||
| travelio.net | BELFAST MARKS 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAUNCH OF THE TITANIC Belfast is set to mark the 100th anniversary of the launch of one of the city's most famous creations - RMS Titanic. On May 31st 1911, Titanic was launched into Belfast Lough by Harland & Wolff ... |
25th May 2011 | |||
| USA Today | CRUISE TO MARK 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITANIC SINKING NEARLY SOLD OUT A controversial cruise to mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking is close to selling out -- 18 months in advance of sailing.... |
30th October 2010 | |||
| The Times | JOHN CHARLES BIGHAM MADE QUEEN'S BENCH JUDGE Mr. Bigham, Q.C., the newly-appointed Judge of the Queen's Bench Division in succession to the late Mr. Justice Cave, will take the oaths and be sworn in before the Lord Chancellor in his private room at the H... |
18th October 1897 | |||
| GENERAL INFORMATION LEITCH, MISS JESSIE WILLS. Saved in Lifeboat number 11. 3, Claud Villa, Denmark Hill, London, SE. UK. Niece of Reverend J. Harper. Returned to England per SS Celtic 25th April 1912. Aged 30 years. Later became Mrs. Anderson. Died 6th February... |
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| PR.Log.org | TITANIC 100TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS... NEWS... The World Awaits the final release of Titanic's 100th Anniversary Celebrations Program of Events. Maritime Festivals and Commemorations are in the final stages of planning. The leading Titanic Gift Company are poised to release some amazing news.... |
1st February 2011 | |||
| windycitymediagroup.com | HISTORIC IDEAS FOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TITANIC Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the sailing of Titanic's maiden voyage. Several destinations, tour operators and exhibition companies are getting ready. For the real deal, visit Halifax, Nova Scotia. Halifax has a rich maritime history due to its closeness to the sea and as a safe harbor to ships coming from Europe. It may come as a surprise to many that Halifax played a significant role in the recovery effort after the sinking of the Titanic. ... |
25th August 2011 | |||
| MINUTES OF TITANIC RELIEF FUND, LIVERPOOL AREA COMMITTEE No. 125. Miss Marion Hodgkinson. Minutes state: Widow deceased 25th January 1914. Full allowance paid to 31st March 1914. Liverpool C & G P Committee 9 7 1914. 10/- per week for 12 months as from 1st October 1914 then reconsider.... |
1st December 1915 | ||||
| Yacht Charters Magazine | TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION TO OPEN IN PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA ATLANTA, March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RMS Titanic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. has entered into an agreement to present Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at the Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida. The Exhibition will open on May 25th and run through September 3rd.... |
30th March 2007 | |||
| AMERICAN RED CROSS EMERGENCY AND RELIEF No. 76. (English). A dairy man, 29 years old, was drowned. He was accompanied by his wife, who was saved, and intended to settle in California. There are no children. The widow estimated the property loss at $1,200; from other relief funds in this co... |
1913 | ||||
| coventrytelegraph.net | COVENTRY MARKS LINKS TO TITANIC ON 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF TRAGEDY A RANGE of events have been scheduled for Coventry to mark 100 years since the Titantic sank. The city-based Titanic Heritage Trust has put together a fascinating programme of talks and theatrical events at Blue Coat School, Stoke, to mark the anniversary of RMS Titanic’s tragic sinking in 1912. The five-month programme begins this month. Events include the poignant reflections of David Haisman – a local relative of Edith Brown, the Titanic’s oldest survivor – who himself served in the Merchant Navy and worked as look-out on ice fields across the North Atlantic.... |
1st November 2011 | |||
| NewDesignWorld | DAVID G. BROWN AUTHOR AND TV DOCUMENTARY PRODUCER TO JOIN HISTORIC TITANIC GREAT LAKES DINNER CRUISE It's 'full steam ahead' as local Marine City businesses, The Pearl's Water Street Boutique and Titanic Movie Museum, Ahead Turner Designs, and The Heather House Bed and Breakfast continue making history on this first ever Great Lakes Titanic Dinner Cruise to be held on the beautiful Detroit Princess in downtown Detroit April 25th, 2009.... |
2nd February 2009 | |||
| PRLog.org | TITANIC SURVIVOR WAS PLANNING 100TH ANNIVERSARY CRUISE Jun 12, 2009 - Millvina Dean, the last surviving passenger from the Titanic who died recently, was planning to go on a 100th anniversary memorial cruise back across the Atlantic in 2012.... |
15th June 2009 | |||
| HARLAND AND WOLFF PHOTOGRAPHER CELEBRATED IN NEW TITANIC EXHIBITION Celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the launch of RMS Titanic will begin on Thursday with the opening of a major photographic exhibition.... |
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| Commemoration | SOTHAMPTON COMMEMORATION Southamptons 96th Anniversary Commemoration is reported by BBHMG Reading on the above site.... |
20th April 2008 | |||
| BBC News | TITANIC CEREMONY STILL ON CARDS The official commemoration of the 96th anniversary of the Titanic tragedy will go ahead as planned, Belfast City Council has said. ... |
4th January 2008 | |||
| liverpoolecho.co.uk | TITANIC PLANS NEED CAUTION It is being planned alongside a production at the Empire and new exhibitions at our museums as part of Liverpool's commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. ... |
1st June 2011 | |||
| PRNewswire | SAVE THE TITANIC FOUNDATION ASSEMBLES 100TH YEAR TITANIC ANNIVERSARY GALA AND CONCERT The Save the Titanic Foundation (http://www.savethetitanic.org) today announced details of the 2012 Global telecast concert event celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Titanic. The 100th anniversary event will be staged simultaneously at Madison Square Garden -- The World's Most Famous Arena in the heart of New York City, the celebrated Wembley Stadium in London, and the Odyssey Arena -- The largest indoor concert arena in Ireland.... |
10th September 2009 | |||
| BBC News | QE2 BACK ON CLYDE AFTER 40 YEARS The QE2 has marked the 40th anniversary of its launch by returning to the stretch of river where it was built.The liner, which has been on a celebratory tour, will be given a gala reception at Greenock, on the Clyde. ... |
20th September 2007 | |||
| SheKnows.com | WILL 3D REMAKE SINK TITANIC TALE? James Cameron's Titanic is finally going 3D and the revamp will hit screens April 2012 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ship's actual sinking. ... |
9th July 2010 | |||
| mirror.co.uk | A TITANIC NIGHT TO REMEMBER In just a few days' time ceremonies will be held to mark the anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic's 99 years ago; an exhibition of artefacts recovered from the wreck is in its final month...... |
6th April 2011 | |||
| Southern Daily Echo | TITANIC DESCENDANTS REMEMBERED DESCENDANTS of Southampton sailors lost on Titanic were among those who gathered in the city yesterday to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the tragedy.... |
30th April 2007 | |||
| BBC News | TITANIC CALL FOR BIG WHEEL TO GO Titanic enthusiasts have called for the dismantling of Belfast's Big Wheel in the grounds of city hall in time for the 96th anniversary of the tragedy. ... |
3rd January 2008 | |||
| The Move Channel | THE TITANIC OF TENNESSEE The 100th anniversary of her sinking is approaching fast but the Titanic - the ill-fated cruise liner that collided with an iceberg and slipped to the bottom of the North Atlantic in 1912 - continues to exert a curious fascination...... |
3rd July 2010 | |||
| baysidebulletin.com.au | VILLAGERS REMEMBER TITANIC APRIL 15 was the 99th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic and residents at Victoria Point’s Adventist Retirement Village marked the event with a special day of commemoration for the ship and those who lost their lives in the tragedy.... |
27th May 2011 | |||
| Sentinel | RELATIVES OF TITANIC COMMANDER VISIT FILM Only living first cousin of Captain E.J. Smith, Sarah Harris (my great grandmother) in her 94th ... |
28th August 1953 | |||
| The Sun | IT'S RETURN OF TITANIC A REPLICA of sunk liner Titanic is to be built in its home port as a tourist attraction.Southampton council hopes to finish the Ł15million project in time for the 100th anniversary of the disaster in April 2012. ... |
9th October 2008 | |||
| Essex Echo | DRAMATIC STORY OF A TITANIC SURVIVOR WITH the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster next year a dramatic first-hand account has been unearthed among the papers of a surviving crew member who later worked on Southend Pier.... |
5th February 2011 | |||
| Indianapolis Star | CRUISE TO TITANIC SITE FOR 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF SHIPS SINKING “A Voyage of Remembrance and Exploration” is how an April 2012 Titanic memorial cruise is being described by enthusiast Bill Willard, founder of willTiger Corporation.... |
21st April 2010 | |||
| Mirror.co.uk | TITANIC MEMORIAL CRUISES GO DOWN WELL April 2012 will see the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and it's beginning to look like the spot where the doomed liner went down is going to be a little crowded with the announcement that a second cruise ship will make a memorial voyage to the site.... |
23rd September 2010 | |||
| anglotopia.net | 100 YEARS LATER: PLACES TO COMMEMORATE THE RMS TITANIC May 31 marks 100 years since the ship was first launched, but the story of the Titanic is still remembered throughout the U.K. ... |
28th April 2011 | |||
| The Evening Post, Wellington, New Zealand | ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S. COPTIC [AT WELLINGTON WITH E.J. SMITH IN COMMAND] The S.S. & A. Company's R.M.S. Coptic anchored in the harbour at 8.40 this morning. She left London on 12th December, Plymouth 14th, and reached Teneriffe on 19th; left again on the following morning, crossed the Equator o... |
31st January 1890 | |||
| BETTINA SILVA IN HER OLD AGE "Bettina Silva is glad her father’s story is being recorded as the 100th anniversary approaches, as if the preservation of memory were itself a passport to the past. "... |
2006 | ||||
| BBC News | 'NO ISSUE' WITH TITANIC PROJECT The chairman of Belfast Harbour Commissioners has dismissed concerns that the Titanic Signature Project will not be finished by 2012 The opening of the visitor attraction is planned to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the liner's sinking.... |
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| Baltimore Sun | TITANIC SANK 98 YEARS AGO TODAY On the anniversary of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, it's a good day to note Baltimore's literary connections to the disaster. The closest link is "A Night to Remember," Baltimorean Walter Lord's gripping account of the sinking.... |
16th April 2010 | |||
| Montreal Gazette | TITANIC TITLES ANTICIPATE CENTENARY Publishers have already started releasing titles in anticipation of the 100th anniversary next year - the Titanic sank in April 1912, with a loss of 1490 lives - and these include books aimed at young readers.... |
22nd October 2011 | |||
| I-Newswire.com (press release) | TITANIC 100 YEARS PRESERVE THE MEMORY BY OWNING A PIECE OF THE TITANIC The Titanic 100 years anniversary of the famously 'unsinkable' ocean liner that struck an iceberg at 11.40pm on 14 April 1912. can be remembered thru the eyes of the survivors.... |
30th October 2010 | |||
| Belfast Newsletter | TITANIC EXPERT DISMISSES THEORIES A Belfast Titanic expert has poured ice-cold Atlantic water on a proliferation of old theories about the disaster, following the recent 96th anniversary of its sinking.... |
24th April 2008 | |||
| eTravelBlackboard Mice News | BELFAST TO MARK TITANIC 100 Belfast City Council is to hold two months of events to mark the 100th anniversary of the launch of RMS Titanic.... |
22nd February 2011 | |||
| bbc.co.uk | COUNCIL MARKS TITANIC CENTENARY Celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the launch of RMS Titanic will begin on Thursday with the opening of a major photographic exhibition. The 'Titanic 100' exhibition will be held at Belfast City Hall until May. It will focus on the construction ...... |
31st March 2011 | |||
| Irish Independent | TITANIC'S LAST PORT OF CALL HONOURS VICTIMS THE 97TH anniversary of the sinking of the legendary liner Titanic will be commemorated at a special ceremony in the Irish town that was the doomed ship's last port of call.... |
11th April 2009 | |||
| Borders Today | TITANIC EXHIBITION SAILS INTO HAWICK AS ANNIVERSARY NEARS AN exhibition including props and costumes from the multi-Oscar winning film Titanic has docked in Hawick writes Kenny Paterson.... |
26th March 2011 | |||
| feedsportal.com | TITANIC ARTEFACTS TO GO UP FOR AUCTION - TELEGRAPH.CO.UK The owner of the largest trove of artefacts salvaged from the Titanic is putting the vast collection up for auction as a single lot in 2012, the 100th anniversary of the world's most famous shipwreck. ... |
29th December 2011 | |||
| Norwalk Plus Magazine | TITANIC EXHIBIT AT FAIRFIELD MUSEUM This past April 14 marked the 96th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking. On that fateful night in 1912, hundreds of men, women and children lost their lives in the waters of the North Atlantic, and those who survived went on with lives that were forever altered.... |
23rd April 2008 | |||
| NOW | APRIL 14, 1912 BRINGS A PHYSICAL KICK TO THE TITANIC TRAGEDY Theatre Rusticle's latest show, April 14, 1912, may commemorate the 95th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, but don't expect any of its characters to shout that they're the king of the world.... |
20th September 2007 | |||
| BBC | LUSITANIA REMEMBERED AT MERSEYSIDE MARITIME MUSEUM A memorial service to mark the 96th anniversary of the sinking of the Liverpool liner, Lusitania, has taken place at Merseyside Maritime Museum. A German submarine torpedo sank the Cunard vessel off Kinsale, Ireland, on 7 May 1915, killing 1,200 people.... |
7th May 2011 | |||
| Liverpool Daily Post | TITANIC CONVENTION HELD IN LIVERPOOL THE annual convention of the British Titanic Society begins today in Liverpool.More than 100 delegates from the UK, Europe and the United States will meet in the city for a weekend of events marking the 96th anniversary of the tragedy.... |
14th April 2008 | |||
| Irish Independent | 'DISASTER CRUISES' TO MARK TITANIC'S CENTENARY THE 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster is set to trigger a tourism bonanza with 'disaster cruises' to the spot where the great ship sank.... |
12th August 2010 | |||
| The Register-Mail Online | TITANIC MUSEUM ADDS NEW FEATURES Largest Titanic Museum Attraction has added several new features and expansions totaling more than $1 million, along with a worldwide amateur ham radio broadcast to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic.... |
13th April 2007 | |||
| bbc.co.uk | TITANIC EXHIBITION COMES TO CHATHAM HISTORIC DOCKYARD sThe Titanic Honour & Glory exhibition opens in Chatham for the 100th anniversary of the ship's launch. It includes Titanic and White Star Line artefacts. ... |
30th June 2011 | |||
| Canada.com | ON TITANIC ANNIVERSARY, VICTORIA EXHIBIT OPENS Elizabeth Darche's eyes were glassy with tears as she neared the end of the Titanic exhibit Saturday, the lives of people whose time was cut short brought alive by the hundreds of artifacts found in the hull of the sunken ship and now on display at the Royal B.C. Museum. ... |
30th April 2007 | |||
| AOL Travel News | IS TITANIC CRUISE MEMORIAL OR VOYEURISM? Are cruise passengers signed up to take a 100th anniversary "Titanic Memorial Cruise" in 2012 exhibiting bad taste? ... |
4th September 2010 | |||
| Daily Mail | THE TITANIC OF TENNESSEE AMERICAN TOWN BUILDS GIANT REPLICA OF ICONIC DOOMED LINER The 100th anniversary of her sinking is approaching fast but the Titanic - the ill-fated cruise liner that collided with an iceberg and slipped to the bottom of the North Atlantic in 1912 - continues to exert a curious fascination.... |
3rd July 2010 | |||
| Daily Mail | THE TITANIC OF TENNESSEE AMERICAN TOWN BUILDS GIANT REPLICA OF ICONIC DOOMED LINER The 100th anniversary of her sinking is approaching fast but the Titanic - the ill-fated cruise liner that collided with an iceberg and slipped to the bottom of the North Atlantic in 1912 - continues to exert a curious fascination.... |
3rd July 2010 | |||
| TheDay.com | FOXWOODS COMMEMORATES TITANIC SINKING Foxwoods Resort Casino, which is hosting "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" through June 13, will commemorate the 98th anniversary of the famous liner's sinking at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the Great Cedar Exhibition Hall.... |
15th April 2010 | |||
| artlyst.com | TITANIC THE ART COLLECTION LOST AT SEA Today is the 100 anniversary of the launch of the S.S. Titanic in Belfast. Little recorded artwork was claimed through insurers in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 and as we approach the centenary of the tragedy, it is curious to learn that the interiors, with all of it's opulence, had little original art commissioned of note. Most authors have overlooked the fact that there was still important art lost on the voyage.... |
31st May 2011 | |||
| Times & Star | TITANIC EXHIBITION IN ITS HOME TOWN ITEMS from the Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet film Titanic will feature in a display in Maryport this month.The memorabilia, including a life belt and 'gold' first-class dining crockery, will be part of an exhibition to mark the 100th anniversary of the laying of the keel of the ill-fated ship.... |
6th March 2009 | |||
| thespec.com | PLAN AFLOAT TO REMEMBER TITANIC STEWARD ON 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF SINKING William Edwy Ryerson has laid in an unmarked grave for more than 60 years, belying his involvement in the sinking of the Titanic, one of the world’s most infamous maritime disasters. Now, authorities of an Anglican Church outside London, England — where the former Hamiltonian was interred in 1949 in a pauper’s burial — are doing something about it.... |
5th December 2011 | |||
| timesandstar.co.uk | SEEKING TITANIC VOLUNTEERS - TIMES AND STAR THIRTY volunteers are needed to help staff a Titanic display in Maryport from March to May. Joe Kewin, of Maryport Maritime Museum, said the exhibition at The Wave Centre would be one of the key events around the country and the world marking the 100th anniversary of the loss of the ship, which sank on its maiden voyage.... |
29th December 2011 | |||
| BBC News | TITANIC MUSEUM DESIGNS UNVEILED Designs showing how Southampton's new museum, marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, will look have been unveiled.... |
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| bbc.co.uk | CENTENARY PROVES ENDURING APPEAL OF THE TITANIC STORY - BBC NEWS Tickets are already selling well as there appears to be no dip in the public's enthusiasm for the story of the ill-fated luxury liner. Louise Patten, granddaughter of the ship's second officer Charles Lightoller, told the BBC why she believes the story still exerts such a powerful pull 100 years on.... |
22nd December 2011 | |||
| New York Times | POSTPONE SILVER WEDDING CELEBRATION Mr. and Mrs. Leo D. Greenfield of 1,239 Madison Avenue have postponed the celebration of their silver wedding anniversary, which was to have taken place at Sherry's on Sunday, May 5, on account of mourning due to the Titanic disaster and the many fun... |
28th April 1912 | |||
| BBC Scotland | STUDENT TITANIC MODEL MAKES WAVES An Aberdeen student who spent three years building a replica of the Titanic is having his work honoured by the liner's own home city. Stuart Robb's 6ft long model is to be put on display in Belfast City Hall In April for an exhibition marking the 95th anniversary of the sinking. ... |
6th February 2007 | |||
| travelweekly.co.uk | ANOTHER TITANIC MEMORIAL CRUISE ANNOUNCED Miles Morgan Travel has chartered Royal Caribbean Cruise Line's Azamara Journey to launch a second Titanic memorial cruise. The 694-passenger ship will sail out of New York on April 10, 2012, on an eight-night cruise to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.... |
5th April 2011 | |||
| independent.ie | COMMEMORATIVE TITANIC CRUISE TO DOCK AT COBH, 100 YEARS ON Preparations are continuing in Cobh, Co Cork, to welcome a 100th anniversary commemorative cruise retracing the voyage of the ill-fated Titanic in 1912. The cruise, which has been completely sold out, will depart from Southampton on April 8 next year with 1,300 passengers from 22 different countries, including 35 from Ireland.... |
7th August 2011 | |||
| Southern Daily Echo | COURT MAY STAGE TITANIC EXHIBITION SOUTHAMPTON'S former magistrates' court could be used to stage a Titanic exhibition to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the liner's sinking next year, the Daily Echo can reveal.The idea emerged during a full council debate on the future of leisure and heritage services, held at the Civic Centre last night.... |
17th November 2006 | |||
| newsletter.co.uk | TITANIC RELICS SURFACE FOR FIRST TIME IN ULSTER A NUMBER of items recovered from the Titanic will surface for the first time when an exhibition opens in Co Down this month. The new display at Cultra's Folk and Transport Museum, which marks the 100th anniversary of Titanic's launch, will feature 35 ...... |
12th May 2011 | |||
| southgatearc.org | AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY JOINS TITANIC COMMEMORATION The Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society was approached by a group named '1912 the Event' who are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912. They wanted a morse code operator for their displays, the first on May ...... |
22nd May 2011 | |||
| Attractions Management | TITANIC EXHIBITION TO OPEN AT ULSTER MUSEUM TITANICa The Exhibition is to launch at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum County Down at the end of May to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the launch of the Titanic. ... |
9th March 2011 | |||
| thetelegram.com | A TITANIC BOOST The man who brought “Titanic” to the big screen will promote events at Cape Race marking the 100th anniversary of the ship’s sinking. James Cameron, who directed the 1997 Oscar-winning film on the ill-fated luxury liner, has signed on as an ambassador for next year’s Receiving Titanic commemorations. That’s according to Larry Daley, a St. John’s-based Titanic enthusiast and entrepreneur.... |
2nd December 2011 | |||
| San Diego Union Tribune | TRAVEL TITANIC A DISASTER TO REMEMBER Its never too late to board the Titanic. The irrepressible story of the worlds most famous ship is coming to the forefront once again in places ranging from Cobh Queenstown Ireland where Titanic made its last port call to cities in the United States. All this leads up to April 15 2012 the 100th anniversary of the sinking of what was then the worlds most elegant and largest ocean liner.... |
25th March 2011 | |||
| thestar.co.uk | MUSEUM HOSTS NEW TITANIC SHOW A GLIMPSE into life on board doomed cruise liner the Titanic is being offered by Barnsley’s Cannon Hall Museum next Friday to mark the 99th anniversary of the disaster. The museum is hosting an exhibition of costumes, historical documents and testimonies from survivors who travelled on the ship’s only voyage in April 1912...... |
6th April 2011 | |||
| eventmagazine.co.uk | LIVERPOOL TO COMMEMORATE TITANIC WITH GIANT STREET THEATRE PERFORMANCE - EVENT MAGAZINE Gigantic puppets will roam the centre of Liverpool next April as the city commemorates the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. The Titanic was registered in Liverpool making the city its home port, and at least 90 members of its crew were from Merseyside, or had close links to the area.... |
14th December 2011 | |||
| Denver Business Journal | TITANIC EXHIBIT COMING TO DENVER Dressed in its best artifacts, the exhibit "Titanic -- The Artifact Exhibition" will hit the Denver Museum of Nature and Science full throttle within the next month or so. On April 10 -- the 92nd anniversary of when the Titanic left port -- the museum will make an official announcement of when the exhibit will arrive here and how long it will stay.... |
30th March 2007 | |||
| TRANSCRIPT OF LETTER BY WILLIAM DICKSON MACKIE Gateside Margery Park Rd Forest Gate E 15/03/12 My Dear Sister Just a line to let you know that I am still in the land of the living. You will see by the above address that I am at home. ... |
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| guardian.co.uk | A TITANIC FEAST No doubt it says something rather sick about me that when a friend mentioned it was possible to buy a book of recipes from the kitchens of the Titanic, I felt, for the very first time, a stirring of interest in the doomed liner. In the past, I've never quite "got" the Titanic. Last summer, I travelled to Hungary to see the set for Julian Fellowes's forthcoming series about the ship (the drama will mark the 100th anniversary of its sinking, which falls next year). But even faced with a vast replica, I found myself wondering why it is this particular disaster that resonates.... |
11th December 2011 | |||
| thisissomerset.co.uk | TITANIC . . . THE SHIP WE CAN'T FORGET, 100 YEARS ON - THIS IS SOMERSET Almost 100 years on, the Titanic disaster still tugs at the heartstrings. The events of that dramatic night in April 1912 are well known but constant retelling of the tale only seems to add more lustre to the legend. The hosting of 100th anniversary events in 2012 will introduce a new generation to the Titanic story in a similar way that interest was renewed by James Cameron's Oscar-winning film in 1997.... |
29th December 2011 | |||
| Falmouth Penryn Packet | TITANIC DINING AT THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM CORNWALL To coincide with the hugely successful Titanic Honour and Glory exhibition being held at National Maritime Museum Cornwall, the Museum is commemorating the 97th anniversary of the tragedy with a dinner of Titanic proportions. ... |
20th March 2009 | |||
| WZZM | TITANIC THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION COMING TO GRAND RAPIDS The group that brought a controversial bodies exhibit to Grand Rapids is at it again. The Grand Rapids Public Museum will host Titanic The Artifact Exhibition next year which is the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking.... |
26th March 2011 | |||
| PR Web | TITANIC SURVIVOR'S ASIAN ADVENTURE AT ANGKOR WAT RESURFACES April 15th marks the 96th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, but surviving that disaster was a mere footnote in the unusual life of writer Helen Churchill Candee. Her book, "Angkor the Magnificent," recounts her Cambodian adventure of the 1920's, supplemented by more than 100 antique photos and an original biography by historian Randy Bryan Bigham.... |
10th April 2008 | |||
| Daily News | LOCALS WITH TITANIC TIES CALL MOODY GARDENS Moody Gardens is looking for Southeast Texas and Southern Louisiana locals with connections to passengers or crew members who sailed aboard Titanic almost 96 years ago. Approaching the 96th anniversary of the ship's maiden voyage on April 10, Moody Gardens is collecting local links to the historic liner.... |
2nd April 2008 | |||
| Titanic Stories | 99TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITANIC'S SINKING COMMEMORATED IN BELFAST 15th April 2011 was the 99th anniversary of Titanic’s foundering after hitting an iceberg in mid Atlantic. In towns and cities throughout the world, the event is remembered in simple ceremonies. ... |
16th May 2011 | |||
| techradar.com | JAMES CAMERON: TITANIC 3D CONVERSION IS MIND NUMBING James Cameron has told TechRadar that he is finding the process of converting Titanic into 3D "mind numbing" and has revealed the intricate detail that goes into retro-fitting a live action movie with 3D. Titanic 3D is to set sail 6 April 2012 to coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the infamous ship sinking.... |
12th September 2011 | |||
| bighospitality.co.uk | BELFAST DISTILLERY RELEASES WHISKEY TO COMMEMORATE TITANIC LAUNCH The Belfast Distillery Company has released a new whiskey brand to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the launch of the Titanic from one of the city's dockyards.... |
7th June 2011 | |||
| New York Times | SILENT TOAST TO MAJOR BUTT. NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 23.---A silent toast to Major Archibald Butt was drunk last night by the Second Company Governor's Foot Guard, one of the historic military organizations of the State, at its annual observance of the anniversary of the depa... |
24th April 1912 | |||
| Southern Evening Echo | ARTICLE SATURDAY was a special anniversary for three Southampton men - Mr. Walter Hurst of 5 Granville Street, Mr. Leo James Hyland of 11 Burlington Road, and Mr. George Kemish of 14 Begonia Road. Exactly 46 years ago these three were part of the crew aboard... |
14th April 1958 | |||
| unrealitytv.co.uk | LINE-UP FOR TITANIC MINI-SERIES INCLUDES LINUS ROACHE, CELIA IMRIE... April 2012 sees the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. To mark this significant centenary, BAFTA winning producer Nigel Stafford Clark (Bleak House, Warriors, The Way We Live Now) has created Titanic, an epic 4 x 1 hour mini series ...... |
6th April 2011 | |||
| Herald News | CALL OF TITANIC WILL GO OUT AGAIN Nearly 100 years ago, Jimmy Myrick, a 14-year-old Newfoundland boy, was one of the first people to hear RMS Titanic's late-night distress call. The transmissions from the stricken vessel and the resulting bustle of activity at the Cape Race Marconi Station that occurred after Myrick alerted the station’s wireless operators to the impending disaster will be re-enacted on April 14 as part of the 100th anniversary of the world’s most fascinating marine tragedies.... |
14th January 2012 | |||
| Belfast Titanic Society | TITANIC SOCIETY TO COMMEMORATE 99 YEARS SINCE THE LOSS OF THE SHIP On Friday 15th April at 12 noon, members of the Belfast Titanic Society will gather at Belfast City Hall to remember those from the city who were lost aboard RMS Titanic in 1912. Wreaths will be placed at the Titanic Memorial, on the Donegall Square East side of the City Hall grounds.... |
13th April 2011 | |||
| bbc.co.uk | GIANT GIRL PUPPET TO BE USED FOR LIVERPOOL TITANIC EVENT A giant puppet of a girl will lead three days of street theatre in Liverpool to commemorate the sinking of the Titanic. Sea Odyssey, from 20 to 22 April 2012, will mark the 100th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the liner, which was registered in Liverpool. The girl puppet was used in the 2006 Sultan's Elephant in London, which was seen by 1.5 million people.... |
22nd September 2011 | |||
| Irish Independent | COBH JOINS IN PLANS FOR TITANIC CENTENARY AN Irish town is to play a major role in the 100th anniversary commemorations of the sinking of the Titanic. Titanic left Belfast's renowned shipyard in 1912 hailed as the new wonder of the world. It was the largest and most luxurious ship at that time, and Cobh in Co Cork was the liner's last port of call before its fatal voyage. A total of 1,513 people died when the ship hit an iceberg off Newfoundland in April 1912.... |
15th August 2007 | |||
| MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE: GOODWIN 1894 Marriage Solemnnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of... |
25th December 1894 | ||||
| northamptonchron.co.uk | NORTHAMPTON FIRM SUPPLIES PLATES FOR TITANIC TV DRAMA A KITCHEN equipment supplier in Northampton has provided 400 dining plates which will feature in an ITV series about the Titanic, due to be screened next year. To coincide with the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, ITV will be showing a mini series in 2012 divided into four hours, based on a screenplay written by Julian Fellowes, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of ITV1’s hit costume drama, Downton Abbey.... |
10th June 2011 | |||
| The Counter Project | TITANIC EXHIBIT PARKS UP AT HENRY FORD MUSEUM On April 15, 1912, Titanic, the world’s largest ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming more than 1,500 lives. During the 100th anniversary of the sinking, The Henry Ford will host the largest touring exhibition of “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition,” in the Henry Ford Museum, March 31 through Sept. 20, 2012.... |
27th April 2011 | |||
| Portsmouth Today | TRIALS NOW PLANNED TO TEST IMPACT OF LASERS TRIALS are to be carried out to test the impact on wildlife of a plan to shoot lasers miles across the night sky. Bosses at Southampton City Council said plans for the controversial Laser Gateway project needed further investigation before they were given the go-ahead. Initially it was planned to turn on the lasers which would be visible up to 15 miles away to coincide with the 95th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking in April this year.... |
6th February 2007 | |||
| list.co.uk | TITANIC TO BE SHOT IN BUDAPEST - THE LIST New ITV1 mini-series 'Titanic' will be shot in Budapest, Hungary, over 10 weeks and it will feature an explosive finale. New TV mini-series 'Titanic' is to be shot in Budapest. The ITV1 drama - which has been commissioned to mark the 100th anniversary...... |
10th May 2011 | |||
| eastbourneherald.co.uk | PLEA TO RESTORE TITANIC PLAQUE A PLAQUE commemorating the life of an Eastbourne-based musician who died aboard the Titanic needs replacing before next year’s 100th anniversary of the ship’s ill-fated maiden voyage. John Wesley Woodward played cello in the ship’s orchestra and was part of the outfit which famously played while the ship sank into the icy waters – waters which claimed the lives of 1,517 people that April 15 night back in 1912.... |
10th August 2011 | |||
| artdaily.org | ONLY SURVIVING FIRST CLASS TICKET HIGHLIGHT OF TITANIC CENTENARY EXHIBITION The only known surviving First Class ticket and other rarely-seen items linked to the Titanic disaster will be displayed in Liverpool in 2012 to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking...... |
11th April 2011 | |||
| Birmingham Post | HERITAGE CENTRE BID COULD HIGHLIGHT LINKS WITH TITANIC A maritime enthusiast is aiming to set up a Titanic heritage centre in the Midlands, as the focal point of events marking the tragedy's 100th anniversary in 2012.Howard Nelson, from Coventry, has already established the world's only Titanic Heritage Trust and believes the Midlands would be an ideal home for a museum dedicated to the Titanic as it has many links with the world's most famous ship.... |
7th January 2006 | |||
| Gare Maritime | THE LOSS OF THE PRINCESS SOPHIA Jim Kalafus The worst wreck, in terms of verifiable fatalities, on the North American west coast... |
3rd December 2006 | |||
| belfasttelegraph.co.uk | STRICTLY JUDGE SWAPS SEQUINS FOR TITANIC DOCUMENTARY Strictly Come Dancing head judge Len Goodman has been on a visit to Belfast to celebrate a very personal interest in the Titanic ahead of the 100th anniversary of its sinking. Next spring the BBC will be airing a new three-part documentary about the Belfast-made ship, called The Titanic And Me, which looks at the human legacy of the disaster via the descendants of those who lost their lives, and the presenter is Len Goodman, Strictly’s popular voice of reason.... |
15th August 2011 | |||
| ERNEST WALDRON KING : GENERAL INFORMATION King, Ernest Waldron. Lived at Currin Rectory, Clones, Ireland. Occupation - Clerk, Pursers Assistant. 28 years old. (Born in Dublin, Ireland). Body number 321. Interred at Fairview Cemetery, Halifa... |
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| longfordleader.ie | TITANIC MEMORIAL PLANNED FOR KILLOE Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. On that fateful day – Monday, April 15, 1912 – James Farrell (26), Killoe, perished. Plans are now in place in the north Longford parish to erect a memorial to Farrell, whose heroism on the day the ship sank features regularly in films and TV shows based on the tragedy. Local man John Devaney has been researching the life and times of James Farrell for the past few years and he initiated the memorial plan. ... |
3rd August 2011 | |||
| Southern Daily Echo | TWINNING WILL CEMENT TITANIC LINK In a cemetery in the Canadian town of Halifax in Nova Scotia, around 150 victims of the Titanic disaster are buried. Their bodies were recovered from the freezing waters of the north Atlantic days after the sinking.Now, leisure chiefs in Southampton are planning to cement the relationship between the two cities by signing an official "twinning" accord with the Canadians.The Mayor of Southampton, Councillor John Slade, is set to visit Halifax in March next year as part of the 95th anniversary commemorations of the disaster.... |
13th November 2006 | |||
| TITANIC CUTLERY RECREATED Arthur Price & Co. were one of the suppliers of premium quality flatware to the luxury dining sections on board the Titanic and other ships in the White Star Line fleet. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Titanic's launch, Arthur Price have recreated the Panel Reed Sterling Silver cutlery used onboard. Each knife features the ship owner, White Star Line's famous logo on its blade, as originally supplied.... |
30th August 2011 | ||||
| CNN | TITANIC 100TH ANNIVERSARY CRUISES SPARK CONTROVERSY The frigid waters of the North Atlantic aren't among the most prominent cruise destinations but that may change as the world remembers one of the worst maritime disasters in history. At least two cruises are planned in the spring of 2012 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic with both touting special activities lectures and memorials to commemorate the tragic voyage.... |
22nd September 2010 | |||
| thisishampshire.net | SOUTHAMPTON LOSES OUT TO BELFAST OVER TITANIC CENTENARY Both cities, each with a long maritime history and close connections with the ill-fated liner, are aiming to attract international attention when the 100th anniversary of the ship’s sinking is commemorated in April 2012. Now it seems Belfast has clinched the prized top position with not only the construction of a major Ł97m visitor attraction dedicated to the White Star ship, but also by the announcement of a unique partnership between the Ulster city and the American deep-sea explorer who found the liner’s wreck in 1985... |
2nd November 2011 | |||
| laurinburgexchange.com | UNSINKABLE WOMEN: STORIES AND SONGS FROM THE TITANIC. With the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic close at hand, UNC Pembroke brings to the Moore Hall Auditorium stage the one-woman show “Unsinkable Women: Stories and Songs from the Titanic.” The show, written and acted by New York actress Deborah Jean Templin, will be performed on Wednesday, April 27, at 7 p.m.... |
8th April 2011 | |||
| Belfast Telegraph | TITANIC'S "LITTLE SISTER" MAY MISS ANNIVERSARY REFIT DATE The Ł7m restoration of a tender ship that ferried passengers on board the doomed Titanic may not be finished in time for the centenary of its launch, an official report warns today.... |
24th June 2009 | |||
| lisburntoday.co.uk | STRICTLY MORSE CODE FOR DANCING JUDGE LEN STRICTLY Come Dancing judge Len Goodman has paid a visit to Lisburn to learn all about Morse Code for a new documentary. Len, who is well known for his appearances on the hit BBC1 series, is currently filming a three part documentary to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. As part of the documentary, entitled ‘Titanic and Me’, Len wanted to learn all he could about Morse Code and how the radio operators on the Titanic made use of it.... |
28th August 2011 | |||
| lancashiretelegraph.co.uk | PRECINCT HONOUR FOR COLNE'S TITANIC HERO - LANCASHIRE TELEGRAPH COLNE Precinct could be renamed in honour of the town’s most famous son to mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. Talks are taking place to name the town centre shopping arcade after bandmaster Wallace Hartley, who famously lead the band as the liner sank after hitting an iceberg. His body was recovered two weeks after the ship sank, still fully dressed in his bandmaster uniform, and returned to Colne where a huge procession followed his body to its burial on May 18 1912. ... |
12th December 2011 | |||
| eastbourneherald.co.uk | TITANIC PLAQUE CAMPAIGNER IS CHASING FUNDS A CAMPAIGN to restore a plaque commemorating the life of an Eastbourne-based musician who died aboard the Titanic is fast gathering pace. John Wesley Woodward played cello in the ship’s orchestra and was part of the outfit which famously played while the ship sank into the icy waters, claiming the lives of 1,517 people on April 15, 1912. And, with the 100th anniversary of the disaster fast approaching, Eastbourne man Peter Goldsmith is busy trying to gather funds to restore the seafront memorial.... |
19th September 2011 | |||
| northernlife.ca | SCIENCE NORTH COMMEMORATES THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC It was majestic. It was technologically advanced. It was supreme luxury. It sank off the coast of Newfoundland nearly 100 years ago and 1,517 people perished. More importantly, 706 survived to tell their stories. Fascination with the Titanic continues to this day, and on April 14, 2012, Science North will commemorate the sinking of the Titanic with a gala evening befitting of the most famous ocean liner in history. This event will bring people back in history to that fateful evening in 1912, and will include a modernized version of the last dinner served to the first class guests on the Titanic. ... |
14th June 2011 | |||
| New York Times | TRIBUTE TO TITANIC DEAD East Side Children Honor Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus --- On the eve of the second anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, in which Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus perished, 1,000 children, mostly public school boys and girls, gat... |
15th April 1914 | |||
| BBC News | VOYAGE RETRACES TITANIC JOURNEY A holiday company is to retrace the voyage of the Titanic as part of the 100th anniversary of the disaster. The 12-night cruise, with tickets priced from ÂŁ2,595, will follow the route of the ill-fated ship which sank in April 1912 killing 1,517 people.... |
8th October 2009 | |||
| delconewsnetwork.com | STELLAR 'TITANIC' SAILS INTO UPPER DARBY SUMMER STAGE Compelling stories of the ship’s ill-fated passengers and crew mixes excitement and sorrow in the stellar production of “Titanic,” Upper Darby Summer Stage’s Mainstage show. As guests entered the theater, each was given a boarding pass which read, “Permission granted to come aboard White Star Line’s R.M.S. Titanic.” Characters from the show were featured on the back of each pass. The show, which opened on Broadway in 1997, won five Tony Awards including one for Best Musical that year. Next April 15 marks the 100th anniversary of the tragedy, where 1,517 people died.... |
4th August 2011 | |||
| PRIDEAUX FAMILY INFORMATION John Arthur Prideaux (k/a Jack) was born at Southampton, Hampshire on 24 April 1888 at a house in Victoria Road, Woolston. He was the son of John Davey Prideaux and Annie Elizabeth (formerly Slade). His father, originally from Teignmouth, Dev... |
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| nationalpost.com | STEALING THE TITANIC: ARTIFACTS AUCTION DRAWS ACCUSATIONS OF GRAVE ROBBERY On April 15, on the 100th anniversary of the RMS Titanic’s sinking, an auction house in New York will sell off $185-million-worth of items salvaged from the wreck: Eye-glasses, antique currency, jewellery, clothing and — the pičce de resistance — a 17-tonne section of the hull ripped clean in the ship’s final violent moments. In Halifax, the burial place of 150 Titanic victims, news of the auction prompted disgust. “We’re into preserving and documenting — not into pillaging,” Lynn-Marie Richard, registrar for the city’s Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, told The Chronicle Herald. The man who located the Titanic sitting upright at the bottom of the Atlantic would agree.... |
28th January 2012 | |||
| irishemigrant.com | BELFAST TRIP A TITANIC-SIZED EYE-OPENER - THE NEW YORK IRISH EMGIRANT I’m standing in the middle of an ever-growing crowd of people, a sense of great excitement heightening all around me. All of a sudden we are thrown back in time, to May 31, 1911. I can actually feel what it must have been like for the folks whose lives played out here at this famous shipyard - Harland and Wolff, birthplace of the Titanic and, at the time, the largest shipbuilding company in the world. ... A certain sense of expectation continues as Belfast readies itself for its bow on the world stage come April 15, 2012, when it will commemorate the hundredth anniversary of that unforgettable human tragedy: the sinking of the Titanic on her maiden voyage to New York. Never ready to forget the lives lost, the lives of those who built Titanic, and how it all played out in history, Belfast is hard at work readying itself for the event.... |
23rd August 2011 | |||
| Montreal Gazette | HAPPY 150TH BIRTHDAY Railwayman's family passes along prized artifacts to museum Article Tools Printer friendly E-mail Font: * * * * ALAN HUSTAK, The Gazette Published: Thursday, August 03, 2006 Valuable family memorabilia once owned by industrialist Charles Melville Hays was donated to the railway museum in St. Constant yesterday by his great-granddaughter to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-born railwayman's birth.Until Hays drowned in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, he was one of Canada's leading magnates. As president of the Grand Trunk Railway, Hays was the architect of a second transcontinental railway line to rival Canadian Pacific, and the person responsible for building the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa and the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg.... |
3rd August 2006 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | 49 YRS. AFTER TITANIC SINKS, SURVIVOR DIES Detroit, April 17 (AP)--In the hour after midnight on April 15, 1912, death overlooked Mrs. Bertha Cooper when the luxury liner Titanic sank after striking an iceberg. Saturday--49 years to the hour after the disaster t hat took the lives ... |
18th April 1961 | |||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | MRS. JOHN B. THAYER Mrs. John B. Thayer, widow of John B. Thayer, prominent Philadelphian and Pennsylvania Railroad official, died yesterday on the 32nd anniversary of her husband's death in the Titanic disaster. She was 72. When the Titanic sunk on April 14,... |
15th April 1944 | |||
| MUTINY ON TITANIC RESCUE VESSEL - 1937 TROUBLE ON SOUTH AFRICAN VESSEL 'Mutiny' on Titanic Rescue Ship The Admiralty was informed last night that a wireless message had been received by HMS Resolution from the Sherard Osborn, bound from Table Bay to Rotterdam, which ... |
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| Belfast Today | EVERY DAY IS A POTENTIAL ANNIVERSARY ON THE RIVER LAGAN Una Reilly, Chairman of the Belfast Titanic Society mobilised our memories and organised a simple ceremony on the river. "This anniversary marks a reclaiming by Belfast of her very important part in the worldwide Titanic story," Una explained as she planned the boat trip on the MV Joyce Too. "Contrary to popular belief, Titanic was not launched by a notable lady wearing a big hat and smashing a bottle on her bow," she reminded me. "She was simply pushed into the water by hydraulic rams when a signal was given and a whistle was blown at 12.13 pm on May 31, 1911, and 62 seconds later Titanic was afloat for the first time. ... |
5th June 2006 | |||
| Times-Tribune | 50 YEARS AFTER: A MEMORY OF THE TITANIC Rosemary Mossien BY ROSEMARY MOSSIEN Vivid memories of the horror of the sinking of the "unsinkable" ocean liner Titanic 50 years ago April 15 are recalled by Mrs. John Black, 11 Kay Terrace, only Rochesterian who is a survivor of the tragedy.... |
1962 | |||
| Halifax Evening Mail | THE SEARCH AT SEA FOR TITANIC'S DEAD THE STORY IN DETAIL OF THE MACKAY-BENNETT'S SEARCH FOR BODIES OF TITANIC VICTIMS ... |
30th April 1912 | |||
| GENERAL INFORMATION Harper, Miss Nina. Saved in Lifeboat number 11 with her cousin Jessie Leith. Returned to England via SS Celtic, 25th April 1912. Aged 6 years. Later (1934) became Mrs. Pont, died 1986. (Gleaned from the Internet 20th S... |
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| New York Times | EDITH RUSSELL OBITUARY Edith Russell, Writer, 98, Dead; Fled Titanic with Lucky Toy Pig... |
6th May 1975 | |||
| New York Times | PEACE MEN MOURN THEIR LOSS Andrew Carnegie Signs Resolutions of Regret for Five Members --- The National Committee for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of peace among English-speaking peoples in 1914-1915 sent out yesterday this resolution passed ... |
21st April 1912 | |||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | ELIZABETHANS ON BOARD BIG LINER TITANIC [Links to the earlier parts of this article can be found on the summary pages for the members of the Renouf/Jefferys family and the Carter family.] Among those who visited the White Star steamship offices in New York to-day in an endea... |
16th April 1912 | |||
| Realscreen | ZDF ENTERPRISES TAKES ON TITANIC DOCUMENTARY International distributor ZDF Enterprises is coproducing a €1.6 million doc on the men below the Titanic’s deck with Irish prodco Tile Films and Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion.... |
17th May 2011 | |||
| Southern Star | CORK TITANIC SOCIETY PLANNING TO ERECT "LOST AT SEA" MEMORIAL CORK Titanic Society is planning to erect a "Lost at Sea" memorial in the inner harbour and is holding its annual commemoration for same at 12.15am Mass in the Church of the Holy Cross, Mahon, in Cork Harbour on Sunday, May 31, to which everyone is welcome.... |
29th April 2009 | |||
| LA Times | LAST TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES AT 97 Millvina Dean was about 2 months old when she sailed on the doomed ocean liner in 1912. She, her mother and brother were saved. Her father was among those who went down with the ship.... |
31st May 2009 | |||
| CRI English | REMEMBERING THE TITANIC Elizabeth Gladys "Millvina" Dean was just 9 weeks old when her mother carried her into a lifeboat, shortly before her father drowned in the dosaster 97 years ago.Ahead of the April 14 anniversary of the disaster, Millvina attended the Titanic Convention in Southampton (April 4, 2009).... |
8th April 2009 | |||
| Belfast Titanic Society | CENTENARY OF RMS OLYMPIC'S LAUNCH BELFAST TITANIC SOCIETY COMMEMORATES CENTENARY OF RMS OLYMPIC’S LAUNCH The Belfast Titanic Society will mark 100 years since the launch of Titanic’s sister ship, RMS Olympic with a short ceremony on ... |
14th October 2010 | |||
| OREGON'S ONLY FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS: THE WARRENS John Lamoreau Frank and Anna Warren were the only first class passengers on the Titanic from the state of Oregon. They were returning from Europe after a three month celebration of their 40th wedding anniversary. Frank Warren may wel... |
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| BBC News | MONEY WORRIES FOR NOMADIC PROJECT The project to restore the Nomadic has received a Ł500,000 grant from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, bringing the total pledged to Ł4m. However, less than Ł8,000 has been raised from corporate donors and a 'Sponsor a rivet' delivered just Ł330. ... |
16th September 2009 | |||
| Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | TITANIC SURVIVOR ETHEL BEANE DIED IN NURSING HOME Page 1A-3A She, husband honeymooned aboard the ill-fated ship Ethel Bean, one of the remaining survivors of the sinking of the S.S. Titanic on April 15, 1912, died Saturday in Rochester. She had been living at a Roches... |
17th September 1983 | |||
| New York Herald | TITANIC SURVIVORS KEEP THEIR WEDDING QUIET Mrs. E. H. Smith and Mr. R. W. Daniel Married in New York Last August --- [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD.] PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Monday---Mrs. Eloise Hughes Smith, survivor of the Titanic disaster, was married August 18 ... |
27th October 1914 | |||
| EurekAlert | WOODS HOLE ENGINEERING TEAM FROM TITANIC DISCOVERY TO BE HONORED The underwater research vehicle Jason Jr., which gained international attention for its exploration inside the wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic in July 1986, and its engineering team from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will be honored July 14 with the 2006 GlobalSpec Great Moments in Engineering award.The honor comes on the 20th anniversary of the Institution's second expedition to the wreck of Titanic, nine months after the initial discovery by an unmanned towed camera system named Argo. At the time the Deep Submergence Laboratory (DSL) at WHOI, part of the Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department, was developing the dual vehicle Argo/Jason system for deep ocean exploration. Jason Jr. was a prototype meant to test design concepts for the planned and much larger remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason, which is controlled from the surface via a miles long cable.... |
12th July 2006 | |||
| Titanic Research | TRUE SURVIVORS Brian J. Ticehurst ... |
14th April 2007 | |||
| Press Association | MILLVINA DEAN : YOUNGEST PASSENGER, LAST SURVIVOR Millvina Dean was the youngest passenger on RMS Titanic, just nine weeks old when she was wrapped in a sack and lowered from the sinking ship into a lifeboat bobbing on the frigid North Atlantic.... |
1st June 2009 | |||
| MSNBC | LAST SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC DIES, AGED 97 Millvina Dean, the last Titanic survivor died on May 31, the same day, 98 years earlier, that the hull was launched. Millvina was only 2 months old at the time of the sinking, and the youngest passenger on the ship. She will be missed by many.... |
9th June 2009 | |||