7 ways people will mark the 100th anniversary of Titanic's sinking

In April 1912, the mighty Titanic set out for the U.S., but ended up at the bottom of the Atlantic. So, of course, people are celebrating

What better way to mark the 100-year anniversary of the Titanic shipwreck than by watching Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet set sail in 3D.
(Image credit: Facebook/Titanic)

On April 15, 1912, the R.M.S. Titanic had its infamous mid-ocean encounter with a large iceberg — more than 1,500 people died as the "unsinkable" ship went down, and the modern fascination with epic disasters was born, says Seth Borenstein at the Associated Press. So naturally, the approaching 100th anniversary of the sinking has "magnified" the fascination. Here, seven ways the historically (or morbidly) inclined plan to celebrate the centennial of the Titanic's doomed maiden voyage:

1. Dining like doomed upper-crust passengers

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