As soon as he realized that the Titanic had struck an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912, John Jacob Astor IV sprung into action. He roused his pregnant wife, told her to put on her warmest ...

Archibald Gracie wrote of the ill-fated steamship: "It is a fine ship but I shall await my journeys end before I pass ...

The ship was the largest afloat and the most glorious. Her name: Titanic. While the fate of the luxury liner in April 1912 is ...

Among the victims was one of the world's richest men, John Jacob Astor. As a new luxury ocean liner, the Titanic attracted some of the wealthiest and most prominent members of American society.

The richest man aboard was John Jacob Astor IV, widely believed to have been the richest man in the world at the time of his death. Astor was not just the richest man on the Titanic but widely ...

On April 15, 1912, the RMS Titanic sank after colliding with an ... Wealthy businessmen such as John Jacob Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim chose to remain behind knowing that they would meet their ...

A few days ago, a “for sale” sign appeared at a Charles Village crossroads. The 19th-century childhood home of Lucile Polk Carter, Baltimore’s most celebrated Titanic passenger, is up for sale.

In that case, the 14-carat object belonged to the wealthiest passenger on the Titanic, John Jacob Astor, whose net worth was around $87 million when the disaster happened in 1912, according to the ...

In that case, the 14-carat object belonged to the wealthiest passenger on the Titanic, John Jacob Astor, whose net worth was around $87 million when the disaster happened in 1912, according to the ...

When John Jacob Astor IV died on the Titanic, he was one of the world's richest people. He built landmark New York hotels like the Astoria Hotel and the St. Regis. Astor's wife, who was 30 years ...

In that case, the 14-carat object belonged to the wealthiest passenger on the Titanic, John Jacob Astor, whose net worth was around $87 million when the disaster happened in 1912.