1858 - 2nd class passenger Fr Ernest Courtenay Carter was born to George Carter in Compton, Berkshire, England, UK.

1878 - 2nd class passenger Mrs Anna Amelia Lahtinen was born to Mr. Sylfvén and his wife in the United States.

1879 - 2nd class survivor Mrs Ada Mary West was born to Thomas Worth (printer and partner in the firm of Netherton & Worth) and Ruth Worth in Truro, Cornwall, England, UK.

1998 - An anonymous telephone bidder bought a collection of 34 original telegrams concerning the sinking of the Titanic, including one reading, "We have struck an iceberg," for $123,500, 15 times the pre-sale estimate. New York Christie's, which conducted the auction of telegrams sent by Marconi operators aboard ships in the North Atlantic in 1912, attributed the high bidding to interest in the Titanic generated by James Cameron's 1997 movie.

1914 - President Wilson authorize U.S. Coast Guard International Ice Patrol.

1890 - Storekeeper and survivor Mr Frank Winnold Prentice was born in Norfolk, England, UK.