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11. I always thought it was kind of weird that the Titanic hit an iceberg on the night of April 14

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 04:04 AM

Apr 2012

and sank in the early morning of April 15, and Abraham Lincoln was shot on the night of April 14, and died in the early morning of April 15.

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The Titanic goes down in about 20 minutes, 100 years ago... [View all] Larkspur Apr 2012 OP

The story always fascinated me Larkspur Apr 2012 #1

Oooooh, that was wrong. Zalatix Apr 2012 #13

Juror # 2 has a point. hlthe2b Apr 2012 #15

Yeah, basically it meant "Women and Children 1st Class Passengers First" Art_from_Ark Apr 2012 #14

The lifeboat regs hadn't been changed since 1894. Liberal In Texas Apr 2012 #4

I think the class situation that existed back then Skittles Apr 2012 #5

seems to me it took more than two hours nt msongs Apr 2012 #6

I think it was about 3 hours or so Sherman A1 Apr 2012 #10

R-I-P nt Raine Apr 2012 #8

Might Lincoln have been....... dems_rightnow Apr 2012 #17

More Like 2 1/2 Hours... KharmaTrain Apr 2012 #12

The Titanic sank at 2:20AM ship time One of the 99 Apr 2012 #16

I'm sort of TuxedoKat Apr 2012 #18

I remember, when I was a kid, seeing a photo in a book Tom Rinaldo Apr 2012 #19