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Titanic : On this Day... 12 April

Titanic events from today in history

The following 2 people were born

FUNK, Miss Annie Clemmer — 12th April 1874
KETCHLEY, Mr Henry — 12th April 1876

The following 6 people died

HEMMING, Mr Samuel Ernest — 12th April 1928
DORKINGS, Mr Edward Arthur — 12th April 1954
HIRVONEN, Miss Hildur Elisabeth — 12th April 1956
KARLSSON, Mr Einar Gervasius — 12th April 1958
SLAYTER, Miss Hilda Mary — 12th April 1965
ZUPIČIĆ, Mr Giuseppe — 12th April 1987

The following 25 items were published

Shields Daily Gazette (1900) FATAL QUARREL ON BOARD SHIP — 12th April 1900
(1912) 1ST CLASS MENU SAVED BY MISS ELISE LURETTE — 12th April 1912
(1912) APRIL 12TH ADRIATIC MENU CARD — 12th April 1912
New York Times (1912) SAY THEY HAVE "MONA LISA" — 12th April 1912
New York Times (1912) TO PROVE MRS. GAGE DESCENDANT OF KINGS — 12th April 1912
(1913) MR. MORGAN'S BODY TAKEN TO HIS HOME — 12th April 1913
(1913) YOU CAN BUILD A SHIP BIGGER THAN OLYMPIC, BUT YOU CAN'T BUILD A BIGGER BRAIN TO RUN IT — 12th April 1913
Wilmington News Journal (1919) ANNIVERSARY OF A GREAT SEA TRAGEDY — 12th April 1919
(1926) IN SEARCH OF WILLIAM GILLESPIE (LETTER 4) — 12th April 1926
New York Times (1933) RICHARD L. BECKWITH (1) — 12th April 1933
Unidentified Newspaper (1933) RICHARD L. BECKWITH — 12th April 1933
Winston-Salem Journal (1937) WIDOW OF TITANIC VICTIM NOW RESIDES IN TWIN CITY — 12th April 1937
New York Times (1948) ALBERT STEWART - IN MEMORIAM — 12th April 1948
Philadelphia Daily News (1962) RICHARD NORRIS WILLIAMS IN 1962 — 12th April 1962
Philadelphia Daily News, 12 April 1962 (1962) GRETCHEN LONGLEY IN 1962 — 12th April 1962
New York Times (1965) VICTOR SALVATORE, SCULPTOR, IS DEAD — 12th April 1965
The Reporter (1968) LED WIFE AND SISTER TO SAFETY — 12th April 1968
(1987) BERTRAM DEAN AT A CONVENTION IN 1987 — 12th April 1987
MKKZ (1987) TWO CATHOLIC PRIESTS ON BOARD THE TITANIC — 12th April 1987
Tallahassee Democrat (1992) ELEANOR JOHNSON SHUMAN AND LOUISE KINK POPE IN 1992 — 12th April 1992
News Tribune (2001) KING OF HOPS: THE LEGACY OF HERMAN KLABER — 12th April 2001
Voyage (2005) RIO PIRAHY — 12th April 2005
Belfast Telegraph (2006) TITANIC DECKCHAIR COULD SELL FOR $57,000 — 12th April 2006
(2021) ARTEFACTS RECOVERED FROM CARPATHIA WRECK — 12th April 2021
Titanica! (2021) DISSECTING TITANIC ACCOUNTS — 12th April 2021