Milton Hershey's Interesting Connection To The Titanic

Hershey wasn't the only one who avoided an icy fate. Smithsonian Magazine writes that several prominent folks decided against sailing on the Titanic. Some of these names include Guglielmo Marconi (seen above), J.P. Morgan, and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. According to Mental Floss, Marconi is credited for inventing the Radio. He was offered passage on the Titanic but declined and boarded the Lusitania, a ship that left three days earlier than the Titanic. It's believed he made this decision because he preferred the stenographer who was on board the Lusitania.

Despite this, Marconi was later praised for saving lives on the Titanic because of his innovations in telegraphy (via History Collection). As for J.P. Morgan, Ancestry reports that he had to stay in Europe for longer due to business reasons. He then canceled his booking with the Titanic. When asked about the sinking, he later told a reporter that "Monetary losses amount to nothing in life." Although Vanderbilt avoided death on the Titanic, he died in May 1915 on the Lusitania, when it was sunk by a German U-boat. Interestingly, Marconi had been on the ship only days before but once again, he avoided a watery death.

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