Encyclopedia Titanica

Titanic : On this Day... 2 January

Titanic events from today in history

The following 5 people were born

BROBÄCK, Mr Karl Rudolf — 2nd January 1890
CANNER, Mr John — 2nd January 1872
FROST, Mr Anthony Wood — 2nd January 1874
CARR, Mrs Louise Dallas — 2nd January 1852
HIRVONEN, Mrs Helga Elisabeth Lindqvist — 2nd January 1890

The following 5 people died

ROBERTS, Mrs Mary Kezia — 2nd January 1933
DILLON, Mr Thomas Patrick — 2nd January 1939
MCCARTHY, Rev Daniel William — 2nd January 1946
HAKKARAINEN, Mrs Elin Matilda — 2nd January 1957
ANDREWS, Mr Charles Edward — 2nd January 1961

The following 9 items were published

The Times (1896) PIRRIE INSTALLED AS LORD MAYOR — 2nd January 1896
St Louis Post Dispatch (1902) EX-MAYOR ALLEN'S SUIT — 2nd January 1902
Daily Express (1912) TITAN HAS SUNK - JANUARY 1912 — 2nd January 1912
New York Times (1919) TITANIC SURVIVOR EDITH GRACIE DIES — 2nd January 1919
The Times (1919) £25,000 FOR BRITISH MERCHANTMEN — 2nd January 1919
Philadelphia Inquirer (1954) LILY POTTER IN LATER YEARS — 2nd January 1954
Philadelphia Inquirer (1954) MRS. POTTER DIES AT AGE OF 98 — 2nd January 1954
Philadelphia Inquirer (1954) POTTER — 2nd January 1954
Voyage (2005) LUCIGEN — 2nd January 2005