Events in Film & TV
Titanic
1997-11-01 "Titanic" directed by James Cameron, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet premieres at the Tokyo International Film Festival (Academy Awards Best Picture 1998)
- 1997-11-18 "Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture" album is released by Sony Music Soundtrax
Golden Globes
1998-01-18 55th Golden Globes: "Titanic", Peter Fonda and Judi Dench win
Film & TV History
1998-03-08 The Screen Actors Guild award Gloria Stuart (Old Rose in "Titanic") with their Founders Award
Academy Awards
1998-03-23 70th Academy Awards: "Titanic", Jack Nicholson & Helen Hunt win
Grammy Awards
1999-02-24 41st Grammy Awards: "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic)" and Lauryn Hill win
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1865-10-26 Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman, who dies aboard the Titanic, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1912)
- 1893-03-03 Beatrice Wood, American artist, ceramist and editor (The Blind Man, inspiration for Titanic film character Rose), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1998)
- 1902-05-02 Brian Aherne, British actor (I Confess, Titanic, Juarez), born in King's Norton, Worcestershire, England (d. 1986)
- 1903-05-23 Walter Reisch, Austrian-American director and screenwriter (Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1983)
Gloria Stuart (1910-2010)
1910-07-04 American actress (Titanic) and founder of the Screen Actors Guild, born in Santa Monica, California
- 1947-05-21 Jonathan Hyde, Australian-born actor (Titanic), born in Brisbane, Australia
- 1952-05-11 Frances Fisher, English-American actress (Titanic, Watchmen), born in Milford on Sea, England
- 1953-08-14 James Horner, American Academy Award-winning film composer (Titanic; Apollo 13; Avatar), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)
James Cameron (69 years old)
1954-08-16 Canadian film director and writer (Titanic, Avatar), born in Kapuskasing, Ontario
- 1962-01-05 Suzy Amis, American actress (Blame it on Rio; Where the Heart Is; Titanic), vegan and environmental activist, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- 1966-02-24 Billy Zane, actor (Titanic, Dead Calm), born in Chicago, Illinois
Kate Winslet (47 years old)
1975-10-05 British actress (Titanic, Revolutionary Road), born in Reading, Berkshire, England
Weddings in Film & TV
Gloria Stuart
1930-06-21 "Titanic" actress Gloria Stuart (19) weds sculptor Blair Gordon Newell
- 1934-07-29 "Titanic" actress Gloria Stuart (24) weds screenwriter Arthur Sheekman (33)
Kate Winslet
1998-11-22 "Titanic" actress Kate Winslet (23) weds assistant film director Jim Threapleton (25) at All Saints Church in Reading, England
James Cameron
2000-06-04 Canadian "Titanic" producer-director James Cameron (45) weds American actress Suzy Amis (38) in Malibu, California (his fifth, her second)
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1983-03-28 Walter Reisch, Austrian-American director and screenwriter (Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic), dies at 79
- 1986-02-10 Brian Aherne, British actor (I Confess, Titanic, Juarez), dies at 83
- 1998-03-12 Beatrice Wood, American artist, ceramist and editor (The Blind Man, inspiration for Titanic film character Rose), dies at 105
Gloria Stuart (1910-2010)
2010-09-26 American actress (Titanic) and founder of the Screen Actors Guild, dies from respiratory failure at 100
- 2015-06-22 James Horner, American Academy Award-winning film composer (Titanic; Apollo 13; Avatar), dies in a plane crash at 61
- 2017-02-25 Bill Paxton, American actor (True Lies; Twister; Big Love), dies from surgical complications at 61