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Titanic Tourist Submersible Goes Missing With Search Under Way: OceanGate Was Warned of Safety Concerns

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The berserk hunt to find the missing Titanic traveler submarine extended "dramatically" Wednesday as teams campaigned a surface region two times the size of Connecticut and 2.5 miles down. The pursuit is centered around an area where Canadian airplane distinguished "submerged commotions" Tuesday and, once more, Wednesday. The sounds incited diverted look through by remotely worked vehicles, the U.S. Coast Gatekeeper said early Wednesday, noticing that the work had up to this point "yielded adverse outcomes." The five individuals on board the vessel, which evaporated during a mission to investigate the destruction of the Titanic, had under 40 hours of oxygen supply left Tuesday evening, a Coast Watchman official said, making the bid to track down the vessel a test of skill and endurance. Those on the missing vessel, named Titan, have been distinguished as Stockton Rush, the President of OceanGate Endeavors, the organization behind the mission; English tycoo

FAQ: Juneteenth: The History of a Holiday: 19 June 2023

What's the story behind the Juneteenth holiday? The starting points of Juneteenth date back to June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, a U.S. Armed force official and Association General during the Nationwide conflict, gave a request in Galveston, Texas, declaring that all slaves were free under the Liberation Decree.   When did Juneteenth become a federal holiday ?   The U.S. government was delayed to embrace the event — it was exclusively in 2021 that President Joe Biden marked a bill passed by Congress to save Juneteenth, or June nineteenth, as a bureaucratic occasion.   Is it OK to say happy Juneteenth?   It's run of the mill to wish individuals a "Cheerful Juneteenth" or "Blissful Teenth," said Freeman, the jokester. "I accept that a non-Individual of color who observes Juneteenth ... it's their one chance to have a voice, to take part."   Which president made Juneteenth a holiday?   The action was passed in the House and Senate with