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The maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic begins.
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11:30 p.m. ~ The iceberg is spotted.
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11:40 p.m. ~ The RMS Titanic stikes the iceberg.
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12.:20 a.m. ~ Water is overwhelming the Titanic's hold.
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12:25 a.m. ~ The position of the Titanic and a plea of help is sent via telegraph to nearby ships.
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12:30 a.m. ~ Passengers are alerted that women are children are to board the life boats.
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12:45 a.m. ~ The first life boat is lowered into the icy Atlantic.
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1:00 a.m. ~ The fore ports are beginning to go beneath the water.
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1:20 a.m. ~ Water begins gushing into the boiler rooms.
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1:30 a.m. ~ The port boats are let down into the ocean.
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1:40 a.m. ~ The engine room is flooded.
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1:45 a.m. ~ The stern is lifting out of the water
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2:00 a.m. ~ The bow recedes deeper into the dark ink of the ocean. The stern is lifted toward the bright, twinkling stars.
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2:10 a.m. ~ People begin panicking and leaping into the icy waters below.
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2:17 a.m. ~ The nearby ship, the Virginian, hears the Titanic's plea, then nothing. The power on the Titanic ceases.
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2:18 a.m. ~ The stern of the Titanic still rises, then snaps. The bow sinks. The stern continues to upright itself vertically.
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2:20 a.m. ~ Titanic, the ship dubbed 'Unsinkable', has sunk.