For instance, the S.S. Sultana was the worst naval disaster in American history, right? Despite it being a horrendous calamity, it was largely overshadowed by the murder of John Wilkes Booth (and Lincoln's funeral procession) the day prior. To this day, I wonder if people know little to nothing about the S.S. Sultana because it coincided with something even more momentous...
Is there a name for this phenomenon?
hi! you might try x-posting this question to /r/WhatsTheWord
This is not a thread to simply post examples of this happening, it is to find if there is a name for the term. If that sounds interesting though, I would very much encourage someone to make a thread for it on another subreddit - /r/AskReddit, /r/history, or /r/AskHistory.
Heck, if someone does that, let me know and I'll edit the link into this post for you.