1947 - 2nd class survivor Miss Alice Herman died in Bernardsville, New Jersey, USA at the age of 59. She was twin to 2nd class survivor Kate Herman who died at 95.

1908 - 3rd class survivor Miss Marguerite Rut Sandström was born to Hjalmar Sandström and Agnes Charlotta Bengtsson Sandström.

1978 - 3rd class survivor Mr Carl Olof Jansson died in Wahoo, Nebraska, USA at the age of 87.

1884 - 4th. Officer and survivor Mr Joseph Groves Boxhall was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK.

1998 - James Cameron's "Titanic" was awarded 11 Oscars, including Best Picture, at 70th Academy Awards ceremony, tying the record set by Ben-Hur (1960). It had yielded nearly twice the combined earnings of the other Best Picture nominees. It became the first film since The Sound of Music (1965) to win the Oscar for Best Picture but not be nominated for its screenplay.