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How many people died when the Titanic sunk?

The biggest, most luxurious ship ever built, the Titanic, left port from Southampton, England bound for New York City on April 10, 1912. The ship was carrying 2,200 passengers and crew. The Titanic started to take on water when it hit an iceberg on the night of April 14th, and it sank within three hours of departure. Only 705 people, less than a third of those on board, made it into the lifeboats.

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What is Sam Houston famous for?

Houston was born in Lexington, Virginia, in 1793 and was the son of a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He died when Houston was just 14, after which time Houston and his mother moved to Tennessee where he developed a relationship with the Cherokee Indians, eventually becoming immersed in their lifestyle and learning their language.Houston joined the military and served under Andrew Jackson during the War of 1812. It was Jackson who suggested that Houston pursue politics. After serving two terms as a congressman, he won the governorship of Tennessee in 1827. After a failed marriage, Houston ma..

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What was the Northern Securities case?

In the syllabus of the Northern Securities Company v. United States Supreme Court case, as published on the Cornell University Law School website, two companies are identified as having colluded to form the Northern Securities Company. These two entities were the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railway. The syllabus explains that the purpose of their collusion was to form a holding company that would control the shares of both constituent companies. In so doing, Northern Securities was able to control key logistical rail lines with the intent of eliminating competition. The case was decide..

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What were some historical events in 2002?

On May 10, 2002, FBI agent Robert Hanssen was sentenced to life in prison after he sold secrets to the Soviet Union. Dutch prime minister candidate Pim Fortuyn was assassinated in the Netherlands, and U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin sign the agreements necessary to end nuclear weapon production.In July, the International Criminal Court was established, and John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to aiding the Taliban and possessing weapons he intended to use for terrorism.August saw many Central European countries ravaged by floods and, in September, Switzerland and ..

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Where did the French Revolution take place?

The French Revolution ended with several changes including the abolition of the French monarchy. A democratic and secular republic was established, and social change based on liberalism began to take place.\nThe French Revolution also saw the beginning of Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power. However, armed conflicts with other nations in Europe also began as a result of the French Revolution.

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Who invented Wite-Out?

Bette Nesmith Graham dropped out of school and became a secretary after World War II. As an executive secretary using an electric typewriter, Graham was tired of having to retype whole pages of information simply for making a mistake. After watching painters paint the bank windows, covering any mistakes with a layer of paint rather than washing the window and starting again, Graham began using white paint to cover her mistakes. She experimented with many mixtures before finally settling on a solution.

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What impact did the radio have in the 1920s?

Wireless technology already existed before this historic broadcast, but most believed that programming for the masses was frivolous. On Nov. 2, 1920, KBKA announced the winner of the presidential election. The radio broadcast was a success, and according to the U.S. History website, there were over 500 commercial radio stations in operation by 1922. Consumers loved the idea of the radio since it was free to listen to the broadcasts. Once they purchased receivers, all they had to do was tune in. Advertisers loved the idea because they had instant access to millions of Americans at one time. Wit..

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What did the 1890s United States populist movement achieve?

The Populists' often impassioned rhetoric served to develop support for an activist government that would involve itself to a greater degree in reigning in what was viewed as the abusive practices of the large commercial and industrial trusts. The local and state-level successes of the Populist Party, and the related focus on the plight of workers and farmers, is believed to have laid the groundwork for many of the interventionist policies later enacted as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program.By running a third party Populist Party candidate in the 1892 presiden..

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When was the first airplane made?

Cayley’s plane was actually a miniature glider that had a single wing and a movable tail connected by a universal joint and is the first record of a fixed-wing craft capable of flight. In 1809, Cayley built a full-sized version of his glider that flew short distances. He also published theories on lift and propulsion and continued to build experimental craft until his death in 1857. Other scientists attempted to mount engines and controls to flying machines over the next 50 years until the Wright brothers successfully built the first motorized machine capable of controlled, sustained flight.

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What countries fought in World War II?

World War II began when Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939. Scholars estimate that there were 50 to 60 million casualties, mostly civilians, during the war. It was the largest-scale conflict in history and spanned nearly every continent.\nAmerican involvement began in November 1939, when Congress, at the behest of president Franklin Roosevelt, repealed an arms embargo preventing it from selling arms to foreign countries. By June of 1940, The United States began a major effort to build military power, and it began the Lend-Lease practice to aid Great Britain, which stood alone at that time..

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