THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN HOUSE RESTORED!

The Molly Brown House, located at 1340 Pennsylvania Street, is one of Denver’s popular tourist attractions.

“Molly” Brown – who really only went by Margaret or Maggie, is most famous for surviving the 1912 sinking of the Titanic after the ocean-liner hit an iceberg.

Tragically, the ship was advertised as “unsinkable,” on its maiden voyage, and, due to hubris, it did not have enough life jackets and boats for all the people onboard. Not even close.

It is estimated that more than 1,500 people (of the 2,224 passengers and crew) perished when the largest then-existing ship sank in the frigid waters. MollyBrown.Org Photo Gallery

Riding Coat in Parlor

Survivors were rescued by the Carpathia the next day. Most second- and third-class passengers (people of less wealth) died that fateful night between April 14th and 15th. Margaret Brown saved many passengers’ lives by helping them evacuate the Titanic.

Margaret (Molly) Brown's Bedroom

Christmas time at Molly Brown House

Stairway Stained Glass

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THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC WAS FOUND SEPT 1 1985

Seventy-three years after it sunk to the North Atlantic ocean floor, a joint U.S.-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic. The sunken liner was about 400 miles east of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic.

American Robert D. Ballard headed the expedition, which used an experimental, unmanned submersible developed by the U.S. Navy to search for the ocean liner.

The Argo traveled just above the ocean floor, sending photographs up to the research vessel Knorr. In the early morning of September 1, Argo was investigating debris on the ocean floor when it suddenly passed over one of the Titanic‘s massive boilers, lying at a depth of about 13,000 feet. The wreck was subsequently explored by manned and unmanned submersibles, which shed new light on the details of its 1912 sinking.

 

THE RACE CAR DRIVER THAT WENT DOWN WITH THE TITANIC

1912, Washington Augustus Roebling II, a 31-year-old race car engineer and driver, dies in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Roebling was named for his uncle, a civil engineer who helped build the Brooklyn Bridge.

Roebling was born March 25, 1881, in Trenton, New Jersey. After studying engineering in school, he went to work in the burgeoning American auto industry. He eventually developed a race car, known as the Roebling-Planche, which took second place in the Vanderbilt Cup Race in 1910 in Savannah, Georgia.

In 1912, Roebling, along with his chauffeur, his Fiat car and a friend, sailed to Europe, where they traveled to several countries. For the return trip home to America, Roebling booked a first-class cabin on the Titanic, then the world’s largest and most luxurious ocean liner, measuring 882 feet in length and tipping the scales at over 46,000 tons.

Roebling boarded the ship at Southampton, England, on April 12, 1912, for its maiden voyage. Two days later, at approximately 11:40 p.m., the Titanic struck an iceberg in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic, about 400 miles from Newfoundland. Two hours and 40 minutes after hitting the iceberg, the mangled luxury liner, which had been dubbed “unsinkable” by the press, lay broken in pieces at the bottom of the sea, resulting in the deaths of more than 1,500 passengers and crew members. (The Titanic carried 20 boats capable of holding 1,178 people, which exceeded regulations at the time but was hardly sufficient for the 2,228 individuals onboard.)

Washington Roebling II was survived by his uncle and namesake, an engineer and a colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War who in the late 1860s had become an assistant engineer on the Brooklyn Bridge project. In 1869, he replaced his father John Roebling, who designed the bridge, as head engineer following the older man’s death. READ MORE

TITANIC: THE NEW EVIDENCE! PREMIERES ON SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL

The sinking of the RMS Titanic has been the subject of countless investigations, and the true cause of the tragedy is hotly debated. Now, explosive new photographs have surfaced containing shocking revelations about a series of shortcomings, which contributed to the legendary ship's tragic sinking. The images, and more, are unveiled in Titanic: The New Evidence, which tells the story of the unluckiest ship in maritime history.

Tune in to the premiere  The Smithsonian Channel Saturday, January 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

BERNARD FOX: AMAZING ACTOR AND COMEDIAN

HOGAN'S HEROES:COLONEL CRITTENDEN

BEWITCHED: DR BOMBAY

ANDY GRIFFITH: MALCOLM MERRIWEATHER

DICK VAN DYKE: OGDEN DARWELL

F TROOP: MAJOR BENTLEY ROSS

TITANIC: ARCHIBALD GRACIE

One of my favorite character actors of all time is Bernard Fox. He played in all the big shows on television in the early days and continued acting until 1999. He steals every scene he is in....

We loved him as Dr. Bombay in Bewitched, Colonel Crittenden in Hogan's Heroes, and Malcom Merriweather on Andy Griffith.

Bernard has a very long resume of parts he has played....here are some of the TV shows and films he was in.

READ HIS FULL BIOGRAPHY HERE

BERNARD FOX OUR FAVORITE EPISODES

• The Andy Griffith Show
• I Dream of Jeannie, season 1, "episode 18"
• The Monkees, episode 55 "Monkees Mind Their Manor"
• Bewitched
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E
• The Dick Van Dyke Show
• M*A*S*H
• F-Troop (Major Bentley Ross)
• Hogan's Heroes Colonel Crittenden
• Columbo: Dagger of the Mind
• Columbo: Troubled Waters
• Sherlock & Me