30 July 1865 Posted on July 29, 2012 by Staff The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of California, killing 225 passengers. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky." Rainer Maria Rilke — Click here for more from Rainer Maria Rilke Related posts: 4 July 1865 4 July 1569 30 July 1971 16 July 1999