The Titanic turns 100.

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At about 2 a.m. on April 15, 1912, hours after hitting an iceberg, the grandest passenger liner in the world capsized, broke apart, and plummeted to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Of the more than 2,000 people aboard the "unsinkable" Titanic on its maiden voyage from England to New York, only 705 survived. Now, as the 100th anniversary of its sinking approaches, those still captivated by the story--immortalized in a 1997 blockbuster starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet--have plenty of ways to mark it: Cruise ships will sail to the exact spot near Newfoundland, Canada, where the ship sank; Titanic-themed dinners will...