April 14th

On this day - April 14th 1912 - RMS Titanic hit the iceberg and sank 

Titanic was on it maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean when it hit an iceberg at 23:40 on April 14th and sank at 2:20 on April 15th. The ship had reportedly been warn about icebergs in the area, but due to the ships size was it too slow to turn when an iceberg was spottet. Around 2200 passengers were on the boat and somewhere between 1490 and 1635 people died. The safety boats on board wasn't meant for keeping al the passengers for longer periods of times, and several of the boats was put on the water before they were full. Most of the people who jumped or fall in the water died of hypothermia just minutts after landing in the cold water. The accident led to much stronger regulations for safety on passenger ships. Titanic still stand as one of the deadliest passenger ship accidents in peace time.