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- Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy was born on 7 January 1966 in White Plains, New York, USA. She was married to John Kennedy Jr.. She died on 16 July 1999 in Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
- Inder Thakur was an actor, known for Hero (1983), Nadiya Ke Paar (1982) and Tulsi (1985). He died on 23 June 1985 in Atlantic Ocean.
- Aarthi Agarwal was an Indian-American actress who primarily worked in Telugu cinema. She made her Telugu film debut in Nuvvu Naaku Nachav with actor Venkatesh. She was one of the few non-Telugu speaking actresses to work with noted Indian film stars Chiranjeevi, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Prabhas, Mahesh Babu, Ravi Teja, and Jr NTR.
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Sam O'Steen was born on 6 November 1923 in St. Francis, Arkansas, USA. He was an editor and director, known for The Graduate (1967), Chinatown (1974) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). He was married to Bobbie O'Steen. He died on 11 October 2000 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.- Lauren Bessette was born on 5 November 1964 in White Plains, New York, USA. She died on 16 July 1999 in Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
- Christa McAuliffe was born on 2 September 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was married to Steven McAuliffe. She died on 28 January 1986 in over Atlantic Ocean.
- Paula Morris was born on 6 August 1921 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), Garden of Eden (1954) and The Dead One (1961). She died on 26 February 2020 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
- Julia Mills was born on 25 March 1889 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Stick Around (1920), The Bashful Lover (1922) and Little, But Oh My! (1921). She was married to Ernest Truex. She died on 14 November 1930 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
- John Jacob Astor was born on 13 July 1864 in Rhinebeck, New York, USA. He was married to Madeleine Talmadge Force and Ava Willing. He died on 15 April 1912 in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Leo Donnelly was born on 26 January 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Broadway Gossip No. 3 (1932), Barbers' College (1929) and Potash and Perlmutter (1923). He died on 20 August 1935 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.- Producer
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Robert Maxwell was born on 10 June 1923 in Slatinské Doly, Carpathian Ruthenia, Czechoslovakia. He was a producer and actor, known for Schwanensee (1966), Tetris (1984) and Gray's Inn: A Fountain of Justice (1982). He was married to Elisabeth Maxwell. He died on 5 November 1991 in Atlantic Ocean.- Scots stage actor who late in life appeared in a number of silent films. Educated in Belfast, Ireland, Mantell traveled to America at 24 and played in "Romeo and Juliet" and "East Lynne" with Helena Modjeska. He worked constantly in America and Great Britain and established himself as a great success in Shakespearean works. Mantell married five times and was widowed twice. His third wife, Charlotte Behrens, had been his leading lady. Married, she fell in love with Mantell and lived openly with him. Her husband threatened to kill Mantell, who was also married. Following a divorce for each of them, they married, but Charlotte died less than two years later under cloudy circumstances. His fourth wife, Marie Booth Russell, was also his leading lady, and she too died at an early age, of Bright's Disease, in 1911. Mantell's fifth wife, Genevieve Hamper, was another of his leading ladies. She survived him when he died at 74, in 1928, following a nervous collapse. Mantell's son, Robert B. Mantell Jr. appeared in a few films before his suicide.
- Caesar Cordova was born on 16 May 1936 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was an actor, known for Carlito's Way (1993), Scarface (1983) and Toma (1973). He died on 26 August 2020 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
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Siegmund Lubin was born on 20 April 1851 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was a producer and director, known for Uncle Tom's Cabin (1903), Passion Play (1900) and Thrilling Detective Story (1906). He was married to Annie Abrams. He died on 10 September 1923 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.- Isidor Straus was born on 6 February 1845 in Otterberg, Palatinate, Kingdom of Bavaria [now Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany]. He was married to Rosalie Ida Straus. He died on 15 April 1912 in North Atlantic Ocean.
- E.J. Smith was born on 27 January 1850 in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was married to Sarah Eleanor Smith. He died on 15 April 1912 in North Atlantic Ocean.
- Rosalie Ida Straus was born on 6 February 1849 in Worms, Grand Duchy of Hesse [now Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany]. She was married to Isidor Straus. She died on 15 April 1912 in North Atlantic Ocean.
- Allen Bernard Martin, Jr., age 84, of Ventnor, NJ, died on February 6, 2021 in Atlantic City, NJ.
Born in Malden, Massachusetts to Allen Martin, Sr. and Marion Brown, Allen loved acting and first appeared on stage at the age of seven in the 1943 Broadway production of The Patriots at City Center. On Broadway, he also appeared in the 1947 production of Galileo at Maxine Elliot's Theater, 1947 production of A Young Man's Fancy at the Cort Theatre, 1948 production of The Happy Journey at the Cort Theatre, the 1949 production of I Know My Love at the Shubert Theater, and the 1950 production of The Happy Time at the Plymouth Theater. From Broadway, Allen went to Hollywood and appeared in two films. He starred as Johnny Holiday, in the 1949 United Artist film of the same name, opposite William Bendix. His second, and last film, was the 1951 Columbia production of Her First Romance, where he starred alongside Margaret O'Brien. In that film, Allen gave Miss O'Brien her first screen kiss.
At Princeton University, Allen earned his BA in European Civilization, followed by his MA in French Studies from the University of Alabama. After teaching for many years overseas and at both the University of Alabama and Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, he moved to Colorado where he managed the writing of manuals for computer business programs, utilities and Dungeons & Dragons games.
Working as a social worker later in life at Atlantic County's Department of Family and Community Development, he advocated passionately for all of his clients and often acted as a translator for them, drawing on the many languages he knew. Allen was an avid reader, and he loved walking on the boardwalk in Ventnor, New Jersey. He was also an active member of the Church of the Epiphany, whether singing in the choir or giving the readings. A compassionate, witty soul, he had a warm smile and listened wholeheartedly to anyone who sat down with him, no matter the circumstances. He could always be counted on for a light joke or upbeat song to lift up the mood of a room.
Allen is survived by his two daughters Holly Doyle (Tim) and Brigit Capaldi (David); his son Oliver Martin (Shouraseni); his niece Elizabeth MacWilliam; and his five grandchildren Lily, Willow, Coco, Luna and Gavin. He is predeceased by his loving wife and best friend, Simone Martin, and by his older brother William Martin. - Judith A. Resnik was born on 5 April 1949 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She was married to Michael Oldak. She died on 28 January 1986 in over Atlantic Ocean.
- Sam Bernard was born on 5 June 1863 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Poor Schmaltz (1915), Because He Loved Her (1916) and The Great Pearl Tangle (1916). He was married to Florence Deutsch and Lizzie Reardon. He died on 16 May 1927 in on board ship in Atlantic Ocean.
- Ron McNair was born on 21 October 1950 in Lake City, South Carolina, USA. He was married to Cheryl Moore. He died on 28 January 1986 in over Atlantic Ocean.
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Paul-Henri Nargeolet was born on 2 March 1946 in Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France. He is known for Deep Inside the Titanic (1999), Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster (1997) and Titanic: Answers from the Abyss (1999). He was married to Michele Marsh. He died on 18 June 2023 in North Atlantic Ocean.- Producer
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George Hamish Livingston Harding was a British businessman, pilot, explorer, and space tourist based in the United Arab Emirates. He was the founder of Action Group and was chairman of Action Aviation, an international aircraft brokerage company with headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On 9-11 July 2019, Harding was mission director and crew pilot for the flight mission One More Orbit, which set a world speed record for the fastest circumnavigation of Earth by aircraft over both geographic poles. Harding was one of the five people inside a submersible that went missing in the North Atlantic while en route to view the wreckage of the Titanic on 18 June 2023, which had later been found to have imploded, killing all on board.- John S. McCain Jr. was born on 17 January 1911 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA. He was a writer, known for Seapower (1964), The Fighting Lady (1944) and Firing Line (1966). He was married to Roberta Wright. He died on 22 March 1981 in in air over the North Atlantic.
- Harold Goodwin died on 15 April 1912 in Atlantic Ocean.
- American short story writer and novelist, was born the son of Andrew Robertson, a ship captain on the Great Lakes, and Amelia (Glassford) Robertson. Morgan went to sea as a cabin boy and was in the merchant service from 1866 to 1877, rising to first mate. Tiring of life at sea, he studied jewelry making at Cooper Union in New York City and worked for 10 years as a diamond setter. When that work began to impair his vision, he turned to writing sea stories, placing his work in such popular magazines as McClure's and the Saturday Evening Post. Robertson never made much money from his writing, a circumstance that greatly embittered him. Nevertheless, from the early 1890s until his death in 1915 he supported himself as a writer and enjoyed the company of artists and writers in a small circle of New York's bohemia. Robertson was found dead of heart disease in an Atlantic City hotel room.
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Harry B. Smith was a composer, writer and lyricist. He holds the distinction of being the most prolific of all American playwrights (see "Other Works"), and is said to have written over 300 librettos and more than 6000 lyrics. Some of his best-known works were librettos for the composer Victor Herbert, to whom he is most closely professionally associated with today. He also wrote the book or lyrics for several versions of the Ziegfeld Follies.
Harry's kid brother, Robert Bache Smith [1875-1951] was also a successful lyricist. Harry worked on many of the famous musical theatre productions of his time.- Stockton Rush was born on 31 March 1962 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was married to Wendy Hollings Weil. He died on 18 June 2023 in North Atlantic Ocean.
- Don Ackerman was born on 10 August 1919 in Piscataway, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Turn Off the Moon (1937). He died on 7 June 1991 in Atlantic Beach, Florida, USA.
- McKnight was born in Berkeley, California and raised in Alaska by his grandparents until he enrolled in St. Martin's High School in Washington State. He graduated from the University of Oregon. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force through the Air Force ROTC program on July 15, 1955, and went on active duty beginning January 23, 1956.
Lieutenant McKnight completed pilot training and was awarded his pilot wings at Laredo AFB, Texas, in February 1957, and then completed F-100 Super Sabre Combat Crew Training in September 1957. His first assignment was as an F-100 pilot with the 35th Fighter-Bomber Squadron at Itazuke AB, Japan, from October 1957 to June 1961, followed by service as an F-100 pilot with the 428th and then the 430th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Cannon AFB, New Mexico, from July 1961 to January 1965. During this time, he deployed to Southeast Asia and flew combat missions from Takhli Royal Thai AFB, Thailand, from November to December 1964. Captain McKnight next completed A-1 Skyraider training at Eglin AFB, Florida, and then served as an A-1 pilot with the 602nd Fighter Squadron at Bien Hoa AB, South Vietnam, from July 1965 until he was forced to bail out over North Vietnam and was taken as a Prisoner of War on November 6, 1965.
During his seven and a half years of captivity McKnight was incarcerated first in the Hanoi Hilton and was noted for his continued resistance to his captors and their methods of torture. The then Captain McKnight escaped from his solitary confinement cell on October 12, 1967 by removing the door bolt brackets, knowing the escape attempt could result in severe reprisal or the loss of his life. He was joined by a fellow POW, Navy Lieutenant George Coker, as they made it through a section of housing, then on to the Red River where they swam toward the Gulf of Tonkin throughout the night. The next morning, they were recaptured, severely beaten, and put into solitary confinement for two- and one-half years where repeated beatings continued.
They were later transferred to a prison in Hanoi across the Red River called Alcatraz by the POW's where the 11 senior officers (among them Admiral Jim Stockdale, Admiral Jeremiah Denton and junior officers such as McKnight and Coker) were kept in solitary confinement. All were subjected to isolation and continued torture during the remaining years of captivity.
Both officers after release were awarded the Air Force Cross (McKnight) and the Navy Cross (Coker) for their heroic efforts. Part of McKnight's Air Force citation reads: "Through his extraordinary heroism and aggressiveness in the face of the enemy, Colonel McKnight reflected the highest credit upon himself and the United States Air Force." His awards include the Air Force Cross, the Silver Star with three devices, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star with Combat V, two Purple Hearts and additional unit, service and campaign medals.
After spending 2,656 days in captivity, he was released during Operation Homecoming on February 12, 1973.
He was briefly hospitalized to recover from his injuries at Travis AFB, California, and then attended the Air War College at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, from August 1973 to July 1974. His next assignment was to flight retraining and F-4 Phantom II Combat Crew Training before serving as Special Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Operations for the 463rd Tactical Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, England, from March 1975 to April 1976. Col McKnight then served as Deputy Commander for Operations of the 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron at Camp New Amsterdam in the Netherlands from May 1976 to March 1978, followed by studies at the Defense Language Institute and then service as Defense Air Attache to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from October 1978 to May 1982. His final assignment was as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Air Force/Canadian Forces Officer Exchange Program in Ottawa City, Canada, from November 1982 until his retirement from the Air Force on March 1, 1986.
George McKnight died on January 18, 2019 at the Fleet Landing Continuing Care Center in Atlantic Beach, Florida. He was 85. - Composer
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Bugs Bower was born on 16 July 1922 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Bugs was a composer and writer, known for Tales from the Crypt (1989), Rainy Day Finger Play and Fun Songs (1985) and Let's Sing with TOONBO Vol. 3: Sunshine Island (2014). Bugs died on 28 September 2020 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.- Actor
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Aly Wassil was born on 6 April 1930. He was an actor, known for Audrey Rose (1977), I Spy (1965) and Move (1970). He died on 10 September 2018 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
Daniel Marvin was the son of the founder of Biograph Company, Harry Marvin. He was a fledgling photographer and given an assignment by his father to film the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic. He married Miss Mary G. C. Farquharsen, then the newly married couple for their honeymoon embarked on the Titanic voyage, bringing his camera to film the voyage for his father and Biograph Company. Daniel and Mary boarded the Titanic at Southampton as first class passengers. They were returning to New York City from their honeymoon in Europe. They occupied cabin D-30. When the Titanic struck an iceberg at 11:40 PM (ship's time, Daniel assisted his wife to a lifeboat with the words "It's alright, little girl. You go. I will stay.". The RMS Titanic sank at 2:20 AM Monday morning on April 15, 1912. Among the crowds that gathered at the New York offices of White Star on April 15 1912 were relatives of both Daniel and Mary Marvin and learned that Mary had been saved but there was no word of Daniel Marvin. When returning from picking up the RMS Titanic survivors, the rescue ship Carpathia docked, and Mrs. Daniel Marvin fainted when she learned that there was no hope for her husband to be alive. Daniel died in the sinking, his body, if recovered, was never identified.- Lillian Goodwin died on 15 April 1912 in Atlantic Ocean.
- Marcia Blakesley was born on 11 May 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Breaking Point (1963), Gunsmoke (1955) and Here's Hollywood (1960). She was married to G. Dan Cervantes. She died on 31 July 1975 in Atlantic, Iowa, USA.
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Malcolm Brighton was born in March 1938 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK. Malcolm was married to Janet A.P. Morris. Malcolm died on 21 September 1970 in Atlantic Ocean.- Ramsay MacDonald was born on 12 October 1866 in Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland, UK. He was married to Margaret Ethel Gladstone. He died on 5 November 1937 in Atlantic Ocean.
- Ethel Mandell was born on 29 December 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Love Birds (1934), Romeo and Juliet (1916) and The Spider and the Fly (1916). She died on 2 September 1942 in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, USA.
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Fay Tunis was born on 18 October 1887 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Carmen (1915). She died on 4 December 1967 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.- Bartholomew Roberts was born on 17 May 1682 in Pembrokeshire, Wales. He died on 10 February 1722 in Atlantic Ocean.
- Charles Taylor was born on 25 October 1917 in Nueces County, Texas, USA. He died on 5 December 1945 in Bermuda Triangle, Atlantic Ocean.
- Augusta Tyler was married to Frederick Goodwin. She died on 15 April 1912 in North Atlantic Ocean.
- Clifford Dempsey was born on 11 July 1863 in Winchester, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Only Saps Work (1930), Happy Days (1929) and Salute (1929). He was married to Bertina Robison. He died on 4 September 1938 in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, USA.
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Daniel Solomon is an award-winning writer/director who has worked in film and theatre. After graduating from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Film Program in 1996 his feature script Broken Glass & Gravel was named a semi-finalist in the Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition. He followed this up with in 1997 and 1998 with quarter finalist scripts For The Music and The Real Thing. In 2003 he was named one of the top 250 directors in Miramax/HBO's Project Greenlight 2002-2003 for his short film Stoplights. In 2006 Stoplights garnered the grand prize at the inaugural Next Generation Short Film Competition in Orlando, FL. Throughout 2005, Solomon immersed himself in the hill country of North Carolina and the world of stock car racing. The first product from this experience was Solomon's script Race City USA, and was named one of 30 finalists out of more than 3600 scripts in the 9th Annual Scriptapalooza International Screenwriting Competition. In 2007 Solomon made it to the final 200 directors out 17,000 in Steven Spielberg's On The Lot filmmaking competition. Solomon and his crew Psycho Film Binge won the Best of City Award for Jacksonville in the 2007 48 Hour Film Project with their film Easter Bunny Superhero. This film also took 7 out 15 overall awards including Best Costuming, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay and Audience Choice. As a result it was invited to the international stage of the competition, which took place at Cinequest in the Spring of 2007. In 2008 Solomon wrote and directed the short films Natalija and The Wire Trip and had their world premiere at the 6th Annual Jacksonville International Film Festival. The Wire Trip went on to win Audience Choice, Best Cinematography, Best Actor and Best Editing at the awards ceremony for the 2008 48 Hour Film Project. Solomon followed this up with his award winning short with The Assassin's Wife a short historical fiction piece focused on the last hours between Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife. This film took home the Jury Prize for Best Florida Produced Short at the 2009 Jacksonville International Film Festival and has was selected for the Jury Competition at Rutger Hauer's "I've Seen Films" International Film Festival in Milan, Italy. Solomon's seventh feature script Southern Gothic was a quarter-finalist in the 2009 Writer's Network Screenplay and Fiction Competition. Also in 2009 he completed two new feature scripts 2 Hours to Midnight based on a true story and The Orchardville Diaries, which was one of 10 finalists in the 2011 Jacksonville Film Festival. It was at this festival that Solomon partnered with DC based producer Khris Baxter to develop and co-write Homestretch a feature script about prison inmates who are reformed by rehabilitating retired racehorses. Over the course of the next two years Solomon wrote, directed and co-produced a dramedy web-series Exposure that premiered in the Spring of 2013. Most recently Solomon completed work on his newest feature script Playing House.- Gregory Jarvis was born on 24 August 1944 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He died on 28 January 1986 in over Atlantic Ocean.
- Helen Lorraine Allison was born on 9 June 1909 in Canada. She died on 15 April 1912 in North Atlantic Ocean.
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Paul Glanzman was born on 5 March 1929 in New York, USA. He was a production manager, known for I, the Jury (1982), F/X2 (1991) and Cagney & Lacey (1981). He was married to Anne. He died on 16 January 2024 in Atlantic Beach, New York, USA.- Writer/journalist Jacques Futrelle was born in Pike County, GA, in 1875. After graduating from high school, he held a variety of jobs--including theater manager--but finally secured a position in the editorial department of the Boston "American" newspaper. While there he wrote a series of short stories, which were eventually published. He began a series of detective novels, "The Thinking Machine", featuring Prof. Augustus Van Deusen, a professor at an American university who used his intellect to solve crimes. Van Densen first appeared in the closing chapters of an adventure serial Futrelle wrote, "The Case of the Golden Plate", in 1906. The series was featured in several magazine articles, and the stories were later published in two volumes of collections.
Futurelle was one of the passengers on the SS Titanic, which sank on April 15, 1912. He did not survive. - Actor
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Son of Dr.Cornelius Herz (1845-1898), famous politician and electrician of Jewish German origin, and of Bianca Saroni (1855-1939) from Boston; he was born in Paris where the family emigrated in 1877. Ralph studied at Ecole Alsatienne and later at Eton and Trinity college. When his father lost his fortune through an investment with Ferdinand De Lesseps in the building of the Panama Canal, he was brought up by his aunt Mathilda Herz, wife of Italian baritone Napoleone Zardo. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he turned to the stage; his first stage appearance was at Haymarket, London, in "The School for scandal" in 1900; in 1902 he went to the USA with Mrs. Pat Campbell's company.- Tr3vaj was born on 19 August 2003. He was an actor, known for Skyrey x Tr3vaj: Can't Trust (2020), Tr3vaj: How You Feel (2021) and Tr3vaj: Aushamooo (2022). He died on 14 August 2022 in Atlantic Beach, Florida, USA.