On this day, at this very moment, 97 years ago, the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank two and a half hours later. 706 people survived, and 1,517 people perished. Encyclopedia Titanica BBC Archive: Titanic Titanic Historical Society
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
March 25, 2009 is the 98th anniversary of the fire that tore through the workrooms of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and left 148 women dead. It had been a normal day in the factory where hundreds of young immigrant women worked in fourteen hour shifts for six or seven dollars a week to make shirtwaists …