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These are some of the events which happened on this day in history, on the 28th of April.
Events on this day 1792 - France invades Austrian Netherlands. This was during the era of the French Revolutionary Wars. 1920 - Azerbaijan joins the Soviet Union. 1952 - The United States occupation of Japan ends. 1965 - The United States occupies the Dominican Republic 1967 - Muhammad Ali refuses to join in the Vietnam war. And is stripped of his titles. 1986 - The Chernobyl accident becomes clear to the world Births on this day 69AD - Otho, Roman Emperor 1897 - Ye Jianying, Chinese politician and general 1900 - Heinrich Muller, German SS officer 1926 - Harper Lee, Author 1937 - Saddam Hussein, Iraq general and dictator 1948 - Terry Pratchett, Author Deaths on this day 1489 - Henry Perry, politician 1945 - Benito Mussolini, politician, general. 1945 - Clara Petacci, Mussolini's mistress
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On this day in history, on 20th of April, 1653, Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament. The Rump Parliament was established in 1648, so it did not last that long. One of the most notable actions of the Rump Parliament was in trying and executing King Charles I for high treason. Ironically and hypocritically, Oliver Cromwell had close ties to the royal family. His father, Thomas Cromwell, was an advisor and close ally toHenry VIII.
There were many victims of the Titanic disaster, and, some well known victims of the Titanic disaster.
Many of these people, such as Captain Smith, William Murdoch, and Thomas Andrews, could have easily saved themselves, like Ismay did. However, these men stayed on the Titanic to her very end. There are only last minute accounts of where these men where sighted while the Titanic was in her final minutes. However, it is without a doubt that all three men went down with the Titanic. Here, we will look at some of the most well known passengers and crew who went down with the Titanic. None of them made it out alive: Captain Smith William Murdoch Thomas Andrews John Jacob Astor Wallace Hartley Thomas Byles Archibald Butt Jacques Futrelle Charles Hays F.D Millet Benjamin Guggenheim William Thomas Stead Isidor Straus Ida Stras
The Titanic is the worlds most famous, and infamous maritime disasters every to occur. She was 'The ship of dreams'. An 'unsinkable' safe have for the passengers and crew on-board. In hindsight, we now know how wrong that statement is, and was.
The statement can teach us that humans, and things that humans create, are vulnerable to the elements, mother nature. But, that is not all Titanic teaches us. There are some serious, and important lessons that Titanic can teach us. Historical lessons, sociological lessons, and the lessons of human psychology.
The three lessons that we can learn from the Titanic are all connected. The humanities subject usually overlap, and this is the case with the Titanic. The history, sociology, and psychology of the Titanic disaster all overlap.
Since we are more familiar with Titanic's history, let us look at the other two. Let us look at the sociology and psychology of the Titanic disaster. Sociology
The sociological aspects of the Titanic are extremely blatant. The sociology of the Titanic comes in the form of social stratification. Social stratification means arranging people into different classes based on their wealth, and social status.
The social class of those on board the Titanic, determined whether those on board would live, or die. The chat below is based on those passengers who lost their lives. As you can see, most who lost their lives where third class passengers.
Over half of those who died on Titanic, were from third class. This was partly because around half of Titanic's passengers were from third class. But, it also shows us something it. It shows us that survival was depended upon the class that a person belonged too.
Psychology
The psychology of the Titanic disaster is also interesting. It is interesting for two reason. The first reason is is that it teaches us lessons about how people behave when society breaks down. It also teaches us lessons upon the bystander effect.
Many political, and philosophical minds have argued that we need a structured society, in order for society to run smoothly, and for us not to turn against each other. The most notable people who argued that we need a social contract in order to survive, and keep the peace, are; Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Rousseau. It could be suggest that the Titanic supports their theory of the social contract. The ''women and children first'' approach by Captain Smith and his crew, was a notable act. And, the statistics show that it was mainly women and children which survived the Titanic disaster. However, there are reports that men who tried to get into lifeboats were threatened with violence, and that gun shots were heard. These gun shots were fired into the air. It was reported at the official inquest into the Titanic disaster. The bystander effect largely comes from the SS Californian ship. The Californian was only 19 miles away, and, if it respond, everyone who was not locked in one of the boilers which were locked down, could have been saved. Likely, for those who were in the locked compartments, were the ship was breached, were beyond help. But, had the Californian responded, most for the people on-board the Titanic would have been saved. The Californian seen Titanic's distress calls, but thought that they ''were further away'', even if the Titanic was further away, the distress rockets which the Titanic fired should have been enough for the crew of the Californian to act, but they didn't. That is another debate.
These are just some of the lessons that we can learn from the Titanic. But, they are not all of the lessons that we can, and should learn from Titanic, such as the incompetence of the crew ignoring iceberg warnings.
But, Titanic can teach us a lot about humans nature. |
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