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1863 - 1st class survivor Dr Henry William Frauenthal was born to Samuel Frauenthal and Henrietta Lowenstein Frauenthal (German immigrants) in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA.

1950 - 1st class survivor Miss Caroline Bonnell died of epithelioma in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA at the age of 67.

1864 - 1st class survivor Mr Elmer Zebley Taylor was born in Smyrna, Delaware, USA.

1860 - 1st class survivor Mrs Martha Stephenson was born to William Tracy Eustis and Martha Gilbert Dutton Eustis in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

1998 - James Cameron's movie "Titanic" surpassed Star Wars as the highest-grossing US film of all time.

1998 - James Cameron's movie "Titanic" was released into theaters in India.

1999 - James Cameron's movie "Titanic" was re-released into theaters in South Korea.

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Behind the Scenes: Scene Facts: Sinking

It was originally written to have Lovejoy falling into the crack, and this was even filmed, but was eventually cut.
Jack, Rose, Fabrizio, and Tommy needed a little time to run about 200 feet to where the band was playing so that Tommy could say "Music to drown by, now I know I'm in First Class." Cameron and Jonathon Evans Jones (Wallace Hartley, the bandleader) improvised the line "they don't listen to us at dinner either."
The glass dome explosion was filmed 12/21/96, and cost was $500,000. This was the last scene shot before the cast went on a 5 week break.
The first class dining saloon and the Grand Staircase were built on a hydraulic unit so that they could be submerged at different angles at different times.
The stern section of the ship weighed 1.3 million tons.
These scenes were filmed 3/6/97-3/12/97 and were the most expensive filming days in motion picture history.
Jonathon Phillips (Lightoller) was first adlibbed saying "I'll shoot you all like dogs" and Cameron asked him to do it again, and the actor was so into the scene he didn't even realize what he was saying.

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boarding
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