The sinking of the Titanic
The sinking of the Titanic
The facts
| Dates | AD 1912 |
|---|---|
| Source | Printed on the chart |
Where this sits on the chart
The sinking of the Titanic falls 5916 years out from Creation at the centre. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
The introduction of the Kodak cameraAD 1888The opening of the Eiffel TowerAD 1889The discovery of radioactivity by Marie CurieAD 1898The invention of the airplane by the Wright BrothersAD 1903The start of commercial radio broA.D.castingAD 1920The first Winter OlympicsAD 1924The invention of the televisionAD 1927The discovery of penicillin by Alexander FlemingAD 1928
Now see where it sits
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