April 15, 2012 — Exactly 100 years ago, at 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, 1912, the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic. At 1:20 a.m. on Monday, April 15, the ship sank to a depth of more than 12,400 feet. More than two-thirds of the 2,224 passengers and crew died.       More