Unlikely simultaneous historical events

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Early USA politicians Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, alternately close friends and bitter rivals across their intertwined political careers, died on the same day — July 4, 1826 — the 50th anniversary of American Declaration of Independence, of which these two men were chief architects.

At around 6 p.m. on that fateful day, Adams, unaware that Jefferson had died just after noon, uttered his final words: "Thomas Jefferson survives."

 

[Cthulhu.Science]

Violet Jessop was working aboard all three RMS Titanic sister ships when they had dreadful collisions. Two sank. Jessop survived all three.

Jessop was aboard the HMS Olympic when it collided with the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Hawke. HMS Olympic survived but had so much damage that the collision delayed the launch of the Titanic as it was updated.

Jessop was aboard the RMS Titanic when it famously hit an iceberg. When Jessop told the story in 1970 she said that after the rescue she really wanted a toothbrush but had to go without for days.

In 1916 the HMS Britannic had been converted to a hospital ship. It struck a mine at sea. Jessop said that when the alarms rang she ran to her cabin and collected some personal mementos and a toothbrush. Later, on the rescue ship she was questioned about the toothbrush and Jessop was convinced that the officers interviewing were never convinced that she hadn't had something to do with the event.

 

[KiraAnn]

Today I discovered that cowboy actor Tom Mix was friends with Wyatt Earp, and also knew John Wayne.

I knew that. Mix was one of Earp’s pall bearers. Earp died in 1929 and Hollywood was only a few thousand people at the time, so not surprising.