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1904 - 2nd class survivor Miss Winifred Vera Quick was born to Frederick Charles Quick (plasterer) and Jane Richards Quick in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK.

1883 - 3rd class survivor Mr Eugene Patrick Daly was born.

1972 - 3rd class survivor Mr Fridtjof Arne Madsen died of natural causes in Brooklyn, New York, USA at the age of 83.

1963 - 3rd class survivor Mrs Waika "Mary" Nakid died of pneumonia in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA at the age of 70.

1998 - James Cameron's movie "Titanic" was released into theaters in Peru, the UK, and Denmark.

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Behind the Scenes: Scene Facts: First Glance

The dogs that were walked past Tommy Ryan and Jack were chosen to represent dogs that were on the Titanic. John Jacob Astor owned an Airedale called "Kitty" and the French Bulldog was a champion show dog called "Gamin de Pycombe".
The large amount of dogs on the ship was due to a dog show that was to take place on Monday, April 15th on the ship.
Jack's drawing of Cora Cartmell and her father Bert was drawn by James Cameron.
Rose is positioned higher than and opposite of Jack, symbolizing the class difference. The characters are diametrically opposed - a first class woman had the greatest chance of surviving the sinking, a third class male the least.
Tommy Ryan was written as "a voice for the Irish emigrants."
Rose going out during the day without a hat would have been a faux pas during this time period for all ladies wore their hats during the daytime. Rose's original costume design for this scene included a dark-colored, wide-brimmed hat with a flurry of small red flowers around it. She does not have a hat in this scene for a reason, however. The original script was written to have Rose throw her hat overboard, her first in the symbolic shedding of her clothing throughout the movie. But to Cameron's horror, the hat that was designed for Rose looked like, according to Winslet, "a f***ing pizza." After a few attempts to redesign the hat, Cameron decided to let Rose go without.

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opening sequence
ghost ship
pay day
the woman in the picture
distant memories
boarding
lucky hand
paintings
king of the world
lunch
first glance
suicide
heart of the ocean
sketches on deck
dining in the snakepit
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chased by lovejoy
the car
the iceberg
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'not without you'
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