The Titanic
1908 FirstMention.com explores the origins and history of
common words and phrases Big ship. Unsinkable. Rich folks above, poor folk down below. Iceberg. Glug-glug-glug, yada-yada-yada. We all know the story of The Titanic, which sunk in the icy Atlantic waters on April 14, 1912. But when was the FirstMention of the doomed ship? The earliest I found is this New York Times story from April 23, 1908.
And the rest, as they say, is history. If you've never seen the front page from the sinking of The Titanic, it's definitely worth a look.
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Good thing Jack Johnson never got on board! * * * * * * * * * * * * Our FirstMention research on the origin of popular words, names and phrases is carried out in many sources, including historical newspaper archives, online family history records, state archives, and old books.
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