Guess what happened on April 14 of years past? Well, on April 14 of 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg, hooray! And on April 14 of 1846, the Donner Party began their journey to California, hip hip hooray! And exactly a year ago today, your Wonkette shook itself free from the uterus of Gawker Media and just cold went indie — and the past 12 months turned out to be the biggest year ever, in terms of readers and page views and traffic and visitors and even advertising! MORE »