Rusticles are formed by microbes that feed off iron.

Many successful Hollywood films have been based on British people, stories or events, including Titanic, The Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean and the ' English Cycle ' of Disney animated films.

* 1873 – Thomas Andrews, British shipbuilder on the RMS Titanic ( d. 1912 )

* 1873 – William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish 1st Officer on the RMS Titanic ( d. 1912 )

He was one of those who perished on the ' Titanic '

Within hours, the name Itanic had been coined on a Usenet newsgroup, a reference to Titanic, the " unsinkable " ocean liner that sank in 1912.

* 1890 – Harold Bride, English wireless officer on RMS Titanic ( d. 1956 )

* Dance Band on the Titanic, Del Rey Books, July, 1988 ( short stories )

Besides the short stories included in Dance Band on the Titanic, Chalker wrote at least one other short story:

* 1877 – Herbert Pitman, English 3rd Officer on the RMS Titanic ( d. 1961 )

The Titanic was supposed to have docked here briefly on its return voyage to Britain, and the ship had a painting of the Plymouth sound on board.

It details the Assassin sect as well, and includes a fictional telling of how the ( non-existent ) original manuscript came to be on the RMS Titanic.

* 1872 – Henry Tingle Wilde, English chief officer on the RMS Titanic ( d. 1912 )

* Cinematographer Russell Carpenter would go on to work on such films as The Lawnmower Man, The Indian in the Cupboard, Titanic, Charlie's Angels ( and the sequel Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle ), Shallow Hal and Monster-in-Law.

* A joint American-French expedition discovers the wreck of the RMS Titanic on 1 September 1985 at a depth of at.

* The RMS Titanic, a British ocean liner which was the largest and most elegant ship at that time, strikes an iceberg and sinks in the North Atlantic during its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912.

** Harold Bride, English-born junior radio officer on RMS Titanic ( b. 1890 )

An example is the Titanic sinking ; even if there were time travellers on the Titanic, they obviously failed to stop the ship from sinking.

Attractions include the Blarney Stone and Cobh, the port where many Irish emigrants boarded for their voyage to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa or the United States and also the last stop of the Titanic, before departing on its fated journey.

* Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic ( 1997 ), ISBN 0-330-35446-9 – a novel based on the computer game of the same name by Douglas Adams.

Cast as twenty-year-old Jack Dawson, a penniless Wisconsin man who wins two tickets for the third-class on the ill-fated RMS Titanic, DiCaprio initially refused to portray the character but was eventually encouraged to pursue the role by Cameron who strongly believed in his acting ability.

As both actors had been reluctant to make romantic films similar to Titanic, it was Winslet who suggested that both should work with her on a film adaptation of the 1961 novel of the same name by Richard Yates after reading the script by Justin Haythe, knowing that plot had little in common with the 1997 blockbuster.

* 1998 August: Dives on RMS Titanic occur using Remotely Operated Vehicle controlled from the surface ( Magellan 725 ).

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They crawled through the north fence and came on toward him, and now he saw that both were young, not more than nineteen or twenty.

I just can't take any chances on getting her pregnant, and if we were sleeping together ''

They were tethered, army style, on stable lines.

The morning's tabloids were on the counter, and a stack of dog-eared men's magazines.

This light did not penetrate very far back into the hall, and my eyes were hindered rather than aided by the dim daylight entering through the fan vents when I tried to pick out whatever might be lying, or squatting, on the floor below.

Two men were on duty inside, playing pinochle, relaxed.

They were sitting on their heels, rider-fashion, over by the still empty calf wagon.

They were headed straight for each other on a collision course.

Japanese aircraft were strong on maneuverability, American on speed and firepower.

The clearly identifiable enemy continued on as if no one else were around.

I let up on the accelerator, only to gradually reach again the 60 m.p.h. which would, I hoped, overhaul Herry and the blonde, and as there were cars whose drivers apparently had something more important to catch than had I, Mrs. Major Roebuck settled down to practicing on Corporal Johnson the kittenish wiles she would need when making her duty call on Colonel and Mrs. Somebody in Sante Fe.

We were back on the road.

`` They were supposed to meet Thor at nine PM for a conference concerning the ad campaign for their soap, a new angle based on this SX-21 stuff ''.

If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied on what to do, and now I understand why they are classics ; ;

Out of compulsion to say something cheery, Ben Prime blurted, `` Well, we were lucky to be on soft ground when the first floodheads hit.

He examined the water marks on the iron tires when the animals were finished.

There were gigantic blisters and rope burns on our hands ; ;

It was a war of nerves, of stamina, of dogged endurance in which the stupid insistence of the British on their right to their own country became ultimately an unsurmountable obstacle to the Nazis, who were better organized and technically superior.

Fresh on his mind were events of the past day when his whole regiment was destroyed in the hills.

The Reverend James Doran had scarcely completed Pat Conyers' last rites on Boot Hill in the township of Petrie, when shots were heard in the distance.

And projecting wickedly through these curtains were the gleaming muzzles of six rifles, all trained on Billy Tilghman.