... transferred to the Titanic because of a coal strike. Four days out of port and about 600 kilometers (380 miles) southeast of Newfoundland, the ship hit an iceberg. The impact buckled the Titanic's hull and sent sea water pouring into six of its supposedly ...

... arrived in New York Harbor aboard the French ship Isere. In 1928, Amelia Earhart embarked on a trans-Atlantic flight from Newfoundland to Wales with pilots Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon, becoming the first woman to make the trip as a passenger. In 1944 ...

... the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as she completed a journey with pilots Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours. In 1940, during World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged his countrymen ...

... 32,500 each were taken in a tiny submarine to view the wreckage of the Titanic 2 1/2 miles below the ocean surface off Newfoundland. In 1957, President Eisenhower signed into law the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction. In 1971 ...

... April 22, 1932, in Bay De Verde, Newfoundland, a daughter of the late John and ... Clarke and Leona North, all of Newfoundland; two brothers, Joe Emberley and George Emberley, both of Newfoundland; 24 grandchildren and 12 great ...

... pride when the beautiful and stately Newfoundland, with his massive 150-pound frame ... hers would have to agree to getting a Newfoundland. After a little coaxing, I became ... home. To our surprise, we found a Newfoundland breeder in central Arkansas. After ...

VATICAN CITY -- From New Zealand to Newfoundland, sex abuse settlements are posing an enormous financial burden on the Roman Catholic Church, even leading the Boston Archdiocese ...

... step instructions for transforming an old cardigan sweater into a custom coat for your whippet or Scottie maybe not your Newfoundland. Then there is the chunky tweed Mouse Mat, a quick knitting project that creates an attractive lounging accessory for your ...

... Highlight in History: In the early hours of April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg. About 1,500 people died. On this date: In 1850, the city of San ...

... the Vikings' story -- from their arrival in current-day Newfoundland nearly 500 years before Columbus "discovered" America to ... of women and the recent discovery of Norse settlements in Newfoundland. One question the exhibit, which took 2 1/2 years to ...