The wreck of the Titanic was discovered by a joint American-French expedition led by oceanographer Robert Ballard.
17th December 497 BCE: The first Saturnalia festival celebrated in ancient Rome
17th December 2020
The wreck of the Titanic was discovered by a joint American-French expedition led by oceanographer Robert Ballard.
The raid by the Royal Navy and British Commandos was overseen by Combined Operations Headquarters.
Mary Celeste had departed New York on 7 November.
Known as Transatlantic No. 1 or TAT-1, the £120 million system actually consisted of two identical cables to allow transmission in each direction.
Queen Victoria sent the first telegram using the newly-installed transatlantic telegraph cable to US President James Buchanan.