| 1904/00/00 |
The Pavilion is completed for John Jacob Astor |
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Astor Courts |
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| 1906/10/23 |
Hotel opens |
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Knickerbocker Hotel |
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| 1912/04/10 |
First-class passengers, John Jacob Astor with his young pregnant wife, Madeleine, his valet and her maid and nurse, boarded the TITANIC at Cherbourg. |
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| 1912/04/15 |
On the Boat Deck, John J Astor helps his wife Madeline into lifeboat No 4 and ask Charles Lightoller whether he might go. Astor lights a cigarette and leans over the rail: "Good bye, dearie. I'll join you later." |
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Sinking of the RMS Titanic |
| 1912/04/22 |
John Jacob Astor's body is recovered from the sea by the crew of the cable-ship MACKAY-BENNETT chartered by the White Star Line. |
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Sinking of the RMS Titanic |
| 1912/05/01 |
John Jacob Astor's body is returned to New York. |
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| 1912/05/04 |
The funeral for John Jacob Astor is held at the Church of the Messiah in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. |
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Rhinebeck, NY |
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| 1912/05/04 |
A special train carries the body of John Jacob Astor and mourners to Trinity Church Cemetery in Manhattan where his body is interred. |
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Chapel of the Intercession Complex and Trinity Cemetery |
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