In the early hours of April 15, 1912 some 110 years ago the RMS Titanic passenger ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on her maiden voyage, capturing the world’s attention and taking with her more than 1,500 souls.
In 1587, Englishman John White led a group to establish the Roanoke colony in present-day North Carolina. After leaving for England due to supply shortages, he returned to find the colony abandoned. Various theories exist about their fate, including assimilation into local tribes and a letter inscribed on a stone. Archaeological findings continue to fuel speculation.
Word got around and before they knew it, people from all over New Jersey and New York were coming to talk to the famous spirit (with help from Maggie and Kate, of course). Thus, modern spiritualism was born and the Fox sisters became the first “mediums.” In fact, the movement grew so large that by the year 1867, more than 11,000,000 Americans (or two-fifths of the entire population at the time) were “spiritualists.”
The infamous Cold War of the mid-twentieth century sprung from the discord between the Soviet Union and the United States following World War II in 1945. This conflict led to several significances such as a second “Red Scare,” containment, a nuclear arms race, and the “Space Race.”
