- As the Titanic was the peak of luxurious in 1912, some celebrities had tickets for its maiden voyage.
- However not all of them ended up boarding the ship.
- J. Pierpont Morgan and Milton Hershey had been amongst those that missed the catastrophe.
The sinking of the Titanic in April 1912 nonetheless captivates us immediately, with quite a few books, a multibillion-dollar film, museums, and, controversially, costly excursions of the wreckage out there.
Curiosity within the ship led to a different maritime tragedy final 12 months when an OceanGate submersible went lacking on the way in which to the wreckage and was finally confirmed to have imploded, killing all 5 folks on board.
Within the aftermath, tales emerged about folks invited to take part in certainly one of OceanGate’s journeys however determined in opposition to it — very like, greater than 100 years in the past, how folks had been fascinated with those that had virtually been on the Titanic.
Listed below are seven notable figures, a few of whom had been among the many richest folks on the planet, who had been imagined to sail on the Titanic’s maiden voyage however did not — and 4 well-known individuals who had been booked to go on a future journey with the ship.
