Born on this day – Walter Lord:

Walter Lord

Writer

Historian

Lawyer

October 8, 1917 – May 19, 2002

Books:

A Night to Remember (1955); A Time to Stand: The Epic of the Alamo (1961); Day of Infamy: The Bombing of Pearl Harbor (1957); Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway (1967); Lonely Vigil: Coast-watchers of the Solomons (1977); Peary to the Pole (1963); The Dawn's Early Light: The War of 1812 and the Battle That Inspired Francis Scott Key to Write "The Star-Spangled Banner" (1972); The Fremantle Diary (1954); The Good Years: From 1900 to the First World War (1960); The Miracle of Dunkirk: The True Story of Operation Dynamo (1982); The Night Lives On: Thoughts, Theories and Revelations about the Sinking of the "Unsinkable" Ship – Titanic (1986); The Past That Would Not Die (1965).

Movies and television:

A Night to Remember (1958); Barron Arts Center Lecture: The Titanic (2023); Beyond the Groove (1990); Beyond Titanic (1998); Ghosts of the Abyss (2003); Good Morning America (1985); Kraft Theatre (1956); Special Collector's Edition (2012); The Good Years (1962); The Making of 'A Night to Remember' (1993); The Real West (1992); The Tonight Show (1955); Titanic (1993 / 1997); Titanic: An Interactive Exploration (1994); Titanic: Death of a Dream (1994); Titanic: Echoes of Titanic (1998); Titanic: End of an Era (1998); Today (1977).