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North Atlantic in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at North Atlantic in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

16 records16 event labels14 people1912–1912

Historical events in North Atlantic

1912

15 April 1912
Carpathia Survivor Assistance
Margaret Brown · Exploration and Discovery

Helps organise assistance for fellow survivors after being rescued by Carpathia.

15 April 1912
Collapsible B Survival
Archibald Gracie · Exploration and Discovery

Survives the sinking by reaching overturned collapsible B after being swept into the sea.

15 April 1912
Death of Archibald Butt
Archibald Willingham Butt · Exploration and Discovery

Dies in the Titanic disaster while returning to the United States from Europe.

15 April 1912
Death of Francis Millet
Francis Davis Millet · Exploration and Discovery

Dies in the Titanic disaster while travelling home from Europe.

15 April 1912
Death of Jacques Futrelle
Jacques Futrelle · Exploration and Discovery

Dies in the Titanic disaster after his wife May reaches a lifeboat.

15 April 1912
Death of John Jacob Astor
John Jacob Astor · Exploration and Discovery

Dies in the Titanic disaster after helping his pregnant wife reach a lifeboat.

15 April 1912
Lifeboat Eleven Escape
Edith Louise Rosenbaum · Exploration and Discovery

Escapes in lifeboat 11 while carrying her musical toy pig.

15 April 1912
Lifeboat Seven Escape
Dorothy Winifred Gibson · Exploration and Discovery

Survives Titanic in lifeboat 7, the first standard lifeboat lowered from the starboard side.

15 April 1912
Lifeboat Six Escape
Helen Churchill Candee · Exploration and Discovery

Survives Titanic in lifeboat 6 after leaving the ship during the port-side evacuation.

15 April 1912
Lifeboat Thirteen Escape
Washington Dodge · Exploration and Discovery

Survives in lifeboat 13 after boarding from A deck during the starboard evacuation.

15 April 1912
Titanic Final Hours
Benjamin Guggenheim · Exploration and Discovery

Remains aboard Titanic during the final evacuation and dies in the sinking.

15 April 1912
Titanic Lifeboat Four Rescue
Madeleine Astor · Exploration and Discovery

Escapes the sinking aboard lifeboat number 4 while her husband remains aboard Titanic.

15 April 1912
Titanic Lifeboat Refusal
Isidor Straus · Exploration and Discovery

Declines to take a lifeboat place while other passengers still await evacuation.

15 April 1912
Titanic Lifeboat Six Passenger
Margaret Brown · Exploration and Discovery

Escapes Titanic aboard lifeboat number 6 and helps other survivors during the disaster.

15 April 1912
Titanic Madeleine Astor Evacuation
John Jacob Astor · Exploration and Discovery

Helps his pregnant wife Madeleine reach a lifeboat before remaining aboard Titanic.

15 April 1912
Titanic Straus Couple
Ida Straus · Exploration and Discovery

Chooses to remain with her husband Isidor rather than leave him aboard Titanic.

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