Event
Sinking of the Titanic
Loss of the White Star liner Titanic on 15 April 1912, investigated by a U.S. Senate subcommittee.
- Dates
- 15 Apr 1912
- Also known as
- Titanic disaster
- Wikidata
- Q2577588
Connections 4
involved
- White Star Line operator of the ship Primary record 1
- International Mercantile Marine Company owner of the ship Primary record 2
- J. Bruce Ismay company president, passenger and witness Primary record 2
subject of a tale
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The Titanic and Federal Reserve tale
Scholarship & press
345
Snopes rates it False.
Timeline 1 date
- 15 Apr 1912 Sinking of the Titanic
Proof 5 sources
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United States Senate Inquiry into the loss of the Titanic, Day 1, U.S. Senate, Committee on Commerce (text via the Titanic Inquiry Project), 19 Apr 1912.
Primary record
to investigate the causes leading to the wreck of the White Star liner Titanic
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“Titanic” Disaster: Report of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate (Senate Report 806, 62nd Congress), U.S. Senate (text via the Titanic Inquiry Project), 1912.
Primary record
We interrogated two general officers of the International Mercantile Marine Co., which owned the steamship Titanic
J. Bruce Ismay , of Liverpool, England, president, also a passenger on the ship on this voyage
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False Rumor Suggests Sinking of Titanic Was Inside Job, Snopes, 15 Sep 2022.
Scholarship & press
It's true that American businessman Benjamin Guggenheim, Macy's co-owner Isidor Straus, and fur magnate and real estate developer John Jacob Astor all perished in the sinking of the Titanic. However, the overall claim intimated by the meme was nothing more than a baseless conspiracy theory.
Instead, the evidence indicates that all three were seen during the sinking.
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Fact Check: J.P. Morgan did not sink the Titanic to push forward plans for the U.S. Federal Reserve, Reuters, 17 Mar 2021.
Scholarship & press
Archived copy
there is no evidence to suggest they were the target of deliberate sabotage.
a Washington Post investigation found that while Astor and Guggenheim did not take a public stance on the matter, Straus reportedly spoke in favour of the proposal
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Fact Check: NO Evidence Titanic Was Intentionally Sunk To Create Federal Reserve, Lead Stories.
Scholarship & press
It is not known how Astor and Guggenheim felt about the Federal Reserve but Straus had written a letter to the editor of The New York Times in favor of it.
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