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Events on Wednesday 25 July 1956 1
1956Andrea Doria sinks off NantucketItalian liner sinks after mid-Atlantic collisionThe Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish liner MS Stockholm off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and sank the following morning. Forty-six people died in the collision and sinking. Most of the roughly 1,660 passengers and crew were rescued in one of the largest maritime rescue operations of its time.