Late Crew Testimony Session
Takes separate evening testimony from Albert Haines, Samuel Hemming and Frank Evans concerning Titanic's evacuation.
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April
Oceanic Steam Navigation Ownership Evidence
Explains to the Senate that the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company was the legal owner of Titanic.
Titanic Cost Evidence
States during Senate questioning that Titanic cost approximately one and a half million pounds.
Titanic Crew Examination Session
Takes testimony from six Titanic crew members during a separate part of the Senate investigation.
Titanic Crew Witness Session
Takes separate testimony from George Rowe, Alfred Olliver and Frank Osman during the Senate investigation.
Titanic Quartermaster Group Testimony
Takes group testimony from George Symons, George Hogg and Walter Perkis concerning Titanic's evacuation.
Titanic Seamen Witness Session
Examines Edward Wheelton, William Taylor, George Moore and Thomas Jones in a separate inquiry session.
Titanic Steward Witness Session
Questions John Hardy, William Ward, James Widgery and Edward Buley in a separate evening session.
Crawford Recall Questioning
Questions steward Alfred Crawford about what he observed when the iceberg passed alongside Titanic.
Ismay Recalled Examination
Questions Joseph Bruce Ismay after the White Star chairman is recalled during the Senate hearings.
Senate Dickinson Bishop Testimony
Gives survivor evidence about Titanic's final hours and the evacuation during the Senate hearings.
Senate Gracie Testimony
Provides detailed survivor evidence about the sinking, collapsible boats and conditions on Titanic's decks.
Senate Helen Bishop Testimony
Describes the evacuation and praises the conduct of Titanic's crew during her Senate inquiry testimony.
Titanic Senate Inquiry Evidence
Gives evidence to the Senate investigation about ownership, operations and communications involving Titanic and White Star Line.
May
Saved from the Titanic Released
Appears in the film Saved from the Titanic only weeks after surviving the disaster.
Olympic Inquiry Examination
Boards Olympic in New York Harbor and questions officers and crew about Titanic-related wireless and engineering evidence.
International Sea Traffic Safety Agreement Recommendation
Supports international agreement on safer ocean traffic, including ship safety requirements and routing in waters threatened by ice.
Lifeboat Reform Recommendation
Supports the report's recommendation that passenger ships carry lifeboat capacity sufficient for everyone aboard.
Passenger Drill Recommendation
Supports recommendations for improved lifeboat assignments, crew training and passenger emergency drills before departure.
Titanic Final Report Participation
Participates as a member of the subcommittee when the Senate investigation issues its final report.
Titanic Senate Debate
Speaks in the Senate when the Titanic investigation report and maritime safety issues are debated.
Titanic Senate Report
Presents the Senate inquiry's findings and safety recommendations after weeks of hearings.
Titanic Senate Report Presented
Presents the subcommittee's final report on the causes and safety lessons of the Titanic disaster.
United States Lifeboat Capacity Recommendation
Supports Senate recommendations requiring lifeboat capacity adequate for the people carried on ocean-going passenger ships.
United States Lifeboat Crew Training Recommendation
Supports proper assignment and training of crew members so lifeboats can be loaded, lowered and handled efficiently in emergencies.
United States Passenger Drill Recommendation
Supports passenger lifeboat assignments and emergency drills before departure so people know where to go during an abandonment.
United States Radiotelegraph Regulation Recommendation
Supports stronger regulation of shipboard radiotelegraphy after the inquiry exposes weaknesses in emergency wireless communications.
Wireless Regulation Recommendation
Supports stronger regulation of shipboard radiotelegraphy after the inquiry examines failures in emergency communications.
Rostron Loving Cup Presentation
Joins the survivors' committee in honoring Captain Rostron with a silver loving cup after the rescue.
July
President of United States of America
Nominated presidential candidate
October
ETH Zurich Professorship
Begins work as professor of theoretical physics at ETH Zurich.
November
Election
Roosevelt splits the Republicans by forming the Progressive Party. Elected President of the USA
Progressive Party
Roosevelt splits the Republicans by forming the Progressive Party
Other events (month unknown)
Alexanders Bridge
Cather published Alexander's Bridge, her first novel.
Father of Blues
Composer, band leader, "father of the blues," William Christopher Handy publishes Memphis Blues, helps inaugurate new style based on rural black folk music
father of the blues
Composer, band leader, "father of the blues," William Christopher Handy publishes Memphis Blues, helps inaugurate new style based on rural black folk music
Galaxy Redshift
Slipher measures a large redshift for the Andromeda nebula, beginning the observational path toward an expanding universe
Grossmann Tensor Collaboration
Collaborates closely with Marcel Grossmann, who guides him toward Ricci and Levi-Civita tensor calculus as the mathematical language for gravitation.
Regenerative Radio Receiver Principle Developed
Armstrong discovered the regenerative circuit while studying radio amplification at Columbia University. It helped establish the city as a centre of technical research.
Riders of the Purple Sage
Publication of "Riders of the Purple Sage"
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