As soon as he realized that the Titanic had struck an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912, John Jacob Astor IV sprung into ...

Why are we so obsessed with the Titanic? “People are fascinated by the Titanic today for the same reasons they’ve always been ...

Viscount Astor and Baron Astor of Hever are hereditary peerages held by descendants of the Astors. In Titanic's first class, John Jacob Astor was the wealthiest passenger. In his later years, Astor ...

On April 10, 1912, the RMS Titanic, the largest and most luxurious ship of its time, embarked on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to ...

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When the Titanic set sail in 1912, the “onboard storage pantry” had 40,000 eggs. Today, in 2025, we’ve had much murmuring ...

The Titanic, a luxury British ship ... and many were among those who perished: millionaire John Jacob Astor, the richest passenger on board, died, as did Benjamin Guggenheim, of the famous ...

Before the Titanic sank, the windows were opened, probably to load lifeboats. Millionaire John Jacob Astor IV put his 18-year-old wife into lifeboat 4 through a promenade window on the other side ...

Titanic carried over 2,200 people on its ... They included businessmen like John Jacob Astor IV and Benjamin Guggenheim, as well as members of the upper classes and even sportsmen.

The trophy was commissioned more than a century ago by Vincent Astor, son of industrialist John Jacob Astor, to be awarded to the winner of the Astor Cup Challenge – a 350-mile race on a 2-mile board ...

Titanic carried over 2,200 people on its ... They included businessmen like John Jacob Astor IV and Benjamin Guggenheim, as well as members of the upper classes and even sportsmen.