Date With History: 1985

Forty years ago today, the joint

American/French expedition led by

Dr. Robert Ballard (and costing $15

million), discovered  the wreck of the

legendary liner, RMS Titanic, at 1.05

am on September 1st.

Seventy-three years after sinking in the

North Atlantic, Titanic was now lying

under 12,460 feet of water, torn in two

sections amid a 2,000 feet long debris

field.

Until the discovery it was generally

accepted that the ship foundered

intact.