March 24, 1989: One of the worst oil spills in U.S. history began
when the supertanker Exxon Valdez, owned and operated by the
Exxon Corporation, runs aground on a reef in Prince William
Sound in southern Alaska.

Hundreds of thousands of birds and animals were adversely
affected by the environmental disaster.

It was later revealed that Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the
Valdez, was drinking at the time of the accident and allowed an uncertified officer to steer the massive vessel.

Director James Cameron’s epic drama Titanic, the story of the
real-life luxury ocean liner that struck an iceberg and sank on
its maiden voyage in 1912, resulting in the deaths of more than
1,500 passengers and crew, opened in theaters.

The film also immortalized the line “I’m the king of the world!,”
which Cameron famously repeated during the Oscar ceremony,
as he picked up his gold statuette for Best Director.

James Francis Cameron

Rare and incredible color photographs of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The USS Oglala capsized at her dock. Maryland and the
capsized Oklahoma can be seen in background.

USS Arizona.

The USS Edsall was a Clemson-class destroyer, measuring
314 feet in length and capable of 35 knots. (US Navy)

U.S. and Australian officials announced Monday, the 
wreckage of the USS Edsall, an American warship that
was sunk during a battle with Japanese forces in World
War II, has been discovered more than 80 years after it
was lost at the bottom of the sea.  

According to the U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy,
the final resting place of the USS Edsall, a Clemson-
class destroyer, was located late last year at the bottom
of the Indian Ocean.

Chief of Royal Australian Navy, Vice Admiral Mark
Hammond, said, “Working in collaboration with the
U.S. Navy, the Royal Australian Navy used advanced
robotic and autonomous systems, normally used for
hydrographic survey capabilities, to locate USS Edsall
on the sea-bed."
(FOX NEWS)

(AP) – A bronze statue from the Titanic — not seen in decades
and feared to be lost for good — is among the discoveries
made by the company with salvage rights to the wreck site
on its first expedition there in many years.

RMS Titanic Inc., a Georgia-based company that holds the
legal rights to the 112-year-old wreck, has completed its
first trip since 2010 and released images from the expedition
on Monday. The pictures show a site that continues to change
more than a century later.