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On This Day in History, June 8: Porsche is born, Ghostbusters release, Siam renamed Thailand, Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four published, NFL merger announced, Robert F. Kennedy laid to rest and other major eventsOn This Day in History, June 8, the world witnessed events that shaped politics, warfare, literature and culture. The Viking raid on Lindis...- Could this Titanic survivor’s life vest sell for nearly $500K at auction? Here's what you need to knowA life vest worn by Titanic survivor Laura Mabel Francatelli is up for auction. Francatelli, a first-class passenger, survived the 1912 dis...
- Treasure at Treasure Coast! Divers find $1 million in gold coins from centuries-old Spanish shipwreck in FloridaA shipwreck salvage company recently uncovered $1 million in Spanish gold and silver coins off Florida's Treasure Coast. These treasures or...
- Mystery of ship lost 300 years back with £16 billion worth treasure solvedResearchers have definitively identified the wreck of the San José, a Spanish galleon laden with treasure estimated at £16 billion, which s...
- Europe's new migrant hotspot races to cope with surging deathsThe small Canary Island of El Hierro is facing a surge in migrant arrivals, leading to a tragic increase in deaths. Overwhelmed pathologist...
- Millions of gold coins, jewelry buried in the Caribbean Sea. US, or Colombia, who will take it home?Millions of gold coins, chests full of jewels and gold, and more than 600 passengers were on the ship 'San Jose' when an English squadron i...
- Hallucinations, thirst and desperation: How migrants endured 36 days at seaFor 38 men and boys, it was salvation. For the other 63, it was too late. Too often, migrants disappear without a trace, without witnesses,...
- Colombia to recover San Jose’s ‘Holy Grail of Shipwrecks’ with treasure worth $20 billion; Who will claim it all?First uncovered in 2015 reportedly by Colombian navy divers, the San Jose rests nearly 3,100 feet underwater.
- Colombia's quest for a multi-billion-dollar sunken treasure amid legal disputeColombia faces a legal quagmire in its quest to recover the Spanish galleon San José, a sunken treasure valued at up to $20 billion. Presid...
- Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio join forces again for 'The Wager'"The Wager" is a period piece set in the early 1740s, recounting the incredible journey of a makeshift vessel that washes ashore in Brazil....
- France emerges victorious over epic legal battle with US on 450-year-old shipwreck 'La Trinite'More than 450 years ago, a three-masted ship sank in a hurricane off the coast of Florida, taking with it France's hopes of colonizing the ...
- This 18th century shipwreck led to one of the most bloodcurdling tales of survivalSurvivors of the shipwreck were marooned on an island in the 18th century, where they descended into a chaotic fight for survival.
- Rare 'Don Quixote' editions published in 1605 go up for auction, expected to fetch up to Rs 5.14 crThey were last bought in the 1930s by diplomat, Jorge Ortiz Linares.
- Leonardo DiCaprio teams up with director Martin Scorsese for next projectThe duo will work on an adaptation of the non-fiction book 'The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny & Murder'.
- Sea of Spices: How trade gets intertwined with mythsIndia’s coastal regions were associated with sea trade, as per a 2000-year-old Greek text, Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. It mentions trad...
- 16th-century shipwrecks found with treasures worth millionsThe finds include three ornate bronze cannons - two that are three meters long and one that is two metres long - and a marble monument.
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