6 Individuals & Societies: Titanic Sinks

The Titanic's maiden voyage, 1912.

(via Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski)

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First Hand Account:

• Elizabeth Shutes, via Eyewitness to History

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News Reports

• The Titanic is sunk, with great loss of life, The Guardian archive, April 16, 1912
• "Passengers from The Titanic Rescued", The Evening Standard, April 15, 1912
• "All Titanic passengers saved", Evening Bulletin, April 15, 1912
• "1,340 perish as Titanic sinks", New York Tribune, April 16, 1912
• "Titanic officer swears wreck due to company's neglect", The Tacoma Times, April 23, 1912
• "Main points of Senate Titanic report", The Washington Times, May 28, 1912

Websites:

• This Day in History: April 15, Titanic Sinks, via History.com

Videos:

• Real-time animation of the sinking of The RMS Titanic, via Titanic Animations
• Rarely seen items recovered from the Titanic, via BBC 
• "No Lives Lost" How the Titanic sinking became fake news, via Smithsonian