1...that Queen's Gambit Accepted is a chess opening in which Black takes a White pawn after two moves, but is not a real gambit because Black cannot count on keeping his advantage? 2...that actor Philip Ahn was the first child of Korean ancestry to be born in the United States? 3...that Boneless Fish is a Japanese frozen food made from fish, which is deboned by hand and then glued to its original shape using a food-grade enzyme? 4...the callsign of KFRC in San Francisco, California in the U.S. stood for "Known For Radio Clearness"? In fact, when the AM radio station signed on with 50 watts in 1924, it was heard as far away as New Zealand, far exceeding anyone's expectations. 

The Titanic sank on this date in 1912 after colliding with an iceberg. Some 1,500 lives were lost. The British luxury liner was on its maiden voyage, sailing from England to New York City, and was thought to be unsinkable. In 1985, the wreck was located near Newfoundland by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The blockbuster film Titanic won 11 Oscars and was the largest-grossing film of all time.

"Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake." -- Walter Lord, A Night to Remember

dead reckoning: guesswork; a navigational estimation that is made without benefit of instruments or tools

insulin: became available for general use in treatment of diabetes, one year after its discovery (1923) Ray Kroc: opened the first McDonald's, in Des Plaines, Illinois (1955) Botox: anti-wrinkle treatment approved by FDA (2002

Leonardo da Vinci: Italian artist, scientist (1452-1519) Jeffrey Archer: English author, politician (65) Emma Watson: Hermione in the Harry Potter films (15)