Almanac of Aburdities for Sept 12

On this date in 1857, the sidewheel Steamship SS Central America went down in the Atlantic off the coast of the Carolinas with about 425 still on board, as well as a cargo of Thirty Thousand pounds of Gold from California. Thirty Nine insurance companies sued the divers who found the wreck in 1987, but salvage got to keep 92% of the profits in the end. It's Barry White's Birthday, baby, baby, oh baby...