In 1912, the British ocean liner RMS Titanic, on its maiden voyage  across the Atlantic, struck an iceberg at night and sank, leading  to the deaths of 1517 of the 2223 pers â¦ ons aboard her.
Stephen William Hawking CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA (/ËstiËvÉn ËhÉËkÉªÅ/; born 8 January 1942) is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge.awking was the first to set forth a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. He is a vigorous supporter of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Stephen Hawking in 2007. On April 20, 2009, a moment arrived that doctors had foretold for decades. Stephen Hawking, a scientist who overcame debilitating disease to become the worldâs most renowned living physicist, was on the cusp of death. The University of Cambridge released grim prognoses.