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Titanic

When these happened

30 dated records from 1909 to 2012. Each is drawn as wide as its date is certain — a band is a band because nobody knows the year, not because the drawing is imprecise.

1925195019752000Keel of yard number 401 laid at Harland and Wolff — 1909-03-31Titanic launched at Belfast — 1911-05-31Sea trials in Belfast Lough and delivery to White Star — 1912-04-02Maiden voyage departs Southampton — 1912-04-10 12:00Titanic anchors in Cherbourg roadstead — 1912-04-10 18:30Titanic sails from Cherbourg for Queenstown — 1912-04-10 20:10Titanic anchors off Roche's Point, Queenstown — 1912-04-11 11:30Titanic sails for New York — last sight of land — 1912-04-11 13:30Baltic's ice warning handed to Ismay and pocketed — 1912-04-14 13:42Mesaba reports heavy pack ice and bergs directly ahead — 1912-04-14 21:40Californian's ice message cut off — 'keep out, I am busy' — 1912-04-14 22:55Iceberg sighted and struck — 1912-04-14 23:40Andrews establishes the ship cannot float — 1912-04-15 00:05First distress call transmitted — CQD, later SOS — 1912-04-15 00:15First lifeboat lowered; first distress rocket fired — 1912-04-15 00:45Titanic founders — 1912-04-15 02:20Lights fail and the hull breaks in two — 1912-04-15 02:18Last boat launched from the davits — 1912-04-15 02:05Carpathia reaches the boats and begins the rescue — 1912-04-15 04:00Cable ship Mackay-Bennett sails from Halifax to recover the dead — 1912-04-17Carpathia lands the survivors at New York — 1912-04-18 21:30US Senate inquiry opens at the Waldorf-Astoria — 1912-04-19British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry opens in London — 1912-05-02US Senate report submitted — 1912-05-28Mersey report published — 1912-07-30International Ice Patrol established — 1914International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London — 1914-01-20Wreck located by the Argo camera sled — 1985-09-01First human visits to the wreck — 1986-07Wreck becomes eligible for UNESCO protection — 2012-04-15
30 shown · 30 dated · 0 cannot be placed on an axis · Approximate or contested. Draw a band and do not sharpen its edges.
In order30
  1. 1909-03-31Keel of yard number 401 laid at Harland and Wolff

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  2. 1911-05-31Titanic launched at Belfast

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  3. 1912-04-02Sea trials in Belfast Lough and delivery to White Star

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  4. 1912-04-10 12:00Maiden voyage departs Southampton

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  5. 1912-04-10 18:30Titanic anchors in Cherbourg roadstead

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  6. 1912-04-10 20:10Titanic sails from Cherbourg for Queenstown

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  7. 1912-04-11 11:30Titanic anchors off Roche's Point, Queenstown

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  8. 1912-04-11 13:30Titanic sails for New York — last sight of land

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  9. 1912-04-14 13:42Baltic's ice warning handed to Ismay and pocketed

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  10. 1912-04-14 21:40Mesaba reports heavy pack ice and bergs directly ahead

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  11. 1912-04-14 22:55Californian's ice message cut off — 'keep out, I am busy'

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  12. 1912-04-14 23:40Iceberg sighted and struck

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  13. 1912-04-15 00:05Andrews establishes the ship cannot float

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  14. 1912-04-15 00:15First distress call transmitted — CQD, later SOS

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  15. 1912-04-15 00:45First lifeboat lowered; first distress rocket fired

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  16. 1912-04-15 02:20Titanic founders

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  17. 1912-04-15 02:18Lights fail and the hull breaks in two

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  18. 1912-04-15 02:05Last boat launched from the davits

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  19. 1912-04-15 04:00Carpathia reaches the boats and begins the rescue

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  20. 1912-04-17Cable ship Mackay-Bennett sails from Halifax to recover the dead

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  21. 1912-04-18 21:30Carpathia lands the survivors at New York

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  22. 1912-04-19US Senate inquiry opens at the Waldorf-Astoria

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  23. 1912-05-02British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry opens in London

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  24. 1912-05-28US Senate report submitted

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  25. 1912-07-30Mersey report published

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  26. 1914International Ice Patrol established

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  27. 1914-01-20International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  28. 1985-09-01Wreck located by the Argo camera sled

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  29. 1986-07First human visits to the wreck

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  30. 2012-04-15Wreck becomes eligible for UNESCO protection

    It happened, and the record is settled.