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Titanic : On this Day... 20 January

Titanic events from today in history

The following 8 people were born

BROOM, Mr Herbert George — 20th January 1879
LINDBLOM, Miss Augusta Charlotta — 20th January 1867
MCGARVEY, Mr Edward Joseph — 20th January 1878
PEACOCK, Mrs Edith — 20th January 1886
WOOD, Mr James Thomas — 20th January 1863
CHAPIN, Mrs Hope Caroline — 20th January 1885
WOODS, Mr Hugh — 20th January 1881
KIRKPATRICK, Mr John James — 20th January 1892

The following 3 people died

MCENTEE, Mr Charles Edward — 20th January 1940
NAṢR ALLĀH, Mrs Adāl — 20th January 1970
BROWN, Miss Edith Eileen — 20th January 1997

The following 6 items were published

New York Times (1889) THE TEUTONIC LAUNCHED — 20th January 1889
(1912) W. HULL BOTSFORD (PASSPORT APPLICATION) — 20th January 1912
Derby Daily Telegraph (1925) DEATH OF HEROIC WIRELESS OPERATOR'S MOTHER — 20th January 1925
Torbay Express and South Devon Echo (1954) FUNERAL OF MR J. E. HART — 20th January 1954
(2004) KAREN ABELSETH — 20th January 2004
(2004) RHODA ABBOTT — 20th January 2004