1985 Event DC-8 crashes near Gander, Newfoundland; 258 die 1985 Event U.S. - French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland 1982 Event Ocean Ranger oil-drilling platform lost off Newfoundland, 84 die 1979 Event 44-kg Newfoundland dog pulls 2293-kg load, Bothell, Wash 1949 Event Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill's 2nd meeting at Placentia Newfoundland 1941 Event Winston Churchill reaches Newfoundland for 1st talk with FDR 1941 Event Canada and U.S. acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease) 1940 Event U.S. gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease 1935 Event Newfoundland changes time to 3 hours W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec 1933 Event Newfoundland reverts to being a crown colony 1932 Event Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic 1928 Event Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz) 1912 Event Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as band plays on 1912 Event The RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg at 11:40pm about 375 miles south of Newfoundland; it was the fourth day of her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City 1805 Event Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340 1583 Event Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) 1534 Event French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland
