History of Atlantic Ocean / Pacific Ocean

• 1805 - November 15 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific
  Nov. 7, 1805 - Camped opposite Pillar Rock, between Brookfield and Dahlia, Washington, west of Jim Crow Point. "Great joy in camp we are in view of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1869 - It is said that 121 vessels were sunk or beached on the coat of new Brunswick and Nova Scotia by the recent tidal wave.
  
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• 1873 - The SS Atlantic, sunk near Peggy's Point, Nova Scotia, 547 killed
  Nova Scotia cyclone sank over 1,000 ships, destroyed bridges, wharves, homes, churches; killed 500
  
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  Wreck at Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, 1907
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  Old Colony ship, 1910
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  S.P. Ferry Steamer "Alameda" San Francisco - Oakland, Calif.
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• 1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic
  At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the British ocean liner Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada....Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Waves of a Summer Sea - The Pacific Ocean
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• 1914 - May 29 – The ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; 1,012 lives are lost.
  
  
  
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  Pacific Ocean map
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  Steamer Westport, 1916
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  After a storm at Old Orchard Beach, Maine
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  Pacific Ocean, Oregon
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  Pacific Ocean, California
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  Breakers on the Ocean, Wildwood-by-the-sea, New Jersey
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  The S.S. Del-Mar-Va., Norfolk, Virginia
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• 1932 - May 20–May 21 – Amelia Earhart flies from the USA to Derry, Northern Ireland in 14 hours 54 minutes.
  Amelia Earhart is First Woman to Fly Atlantic Ocean Alone
  
  New York, May 21. (AP) - Word was received here this afternoon that Mrs. Putnam had...Read MORE...