The SS Norge runs aground and sinks.
SS Norge (pronounced [ˈnɔ̂rɡə] (listen)) was a transatlantic ocean liner that was launched in 1881 in Scotland for Belgian owners, sold in 1889 to Danish buyers and lost in 1904 off Rockall with great loss of life. Her final voyage was from Copenhagen, Kristiania and Kristiansand, bound for New York, carrying passengers many of whom were emigrants. It was the biggest civilian maritime disaster in the Atlantic Ocean until the sinking of Titanic eight years later, and is still the largest loss of life from a Danish merchant ship.