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On this day in history, April 10, 1912, the unsinkable RMS Titanic headed out for her maiden voyage, which was also her last.

The New York-bound Titanic sailed out with 2,240 passengers early in the afternoon from Southampton Harbour.

On April 14, 1912, the Titanic collidded with an ceberg which opened her starboard side to the sea. In the early hours of April 15, only two hours and 40 minutes after the impact, the Titanic sank to the bottom of the north Atlantic taking her place forever in the history books. That night, 1,517 people lost their lives in the greatest peacetime maritime accident in history.

The accident powerfully resounded throughout the world, while many films were shot based on these events.

The location of the wreck remained a mystery until September 1st 1985 when a team of explorers led by Dr Robert Ballard stumbled on the wreck after many years of searching.

Since that day countless artifacts and personnel items have been removed from the wreck site and shown around the world. Now the Titanic world is gearing up to celebrate the Titanic's 100th anniversary in 2012 with events already in the pipeline to celebrate this historic day.