Legends and myths regarding RMS Titanic and the real-life sinking of the RMS "Titanic". In 1912, the German "Berliner Tageblatt" newspaper published a book in serial form that ran from January 9 until April 24. This work of fiction was written by Gerhard Hauptmann, who would receive the Nobel Prize in Literature later that year. One month before the fateful April maiden voyage of the RMS "Titanic", the story was published by S. Fischer Verlag as the novel "Atlantis". "Atlantis" is a romantic tale set aboard the fictitious ocean liner "Roland", which is coincidentally doomed to a fate very similar to that of the RMS "Titanic".
RMS Titanic Maritime Memorial Act RMS Titanic Maritime Memorial Act The R.M.S. "Titanic" Maritime Memorial Act of 1986 (, ) is a United States Act of Congress that was passed to designate the wreck of the RMS "Titanic" as an international maritime memorial and to regulate the research, exploration and salvage of the wreckage. The Act became law on October 21, 1986, when it was passed by the 99th United States Congress. According to a 1985 report, the United States Congress was concerned about potential damage caused to the "Titanic"'s wreck caused by salvagers. The report found that: Walter B. Jones, Sr. (the Democratic Congressman