Encyclopedia Titanica

Titanic : On this Day... 2 May

Titanic events from today in history

The following 7 people were born

WAUGH, Mr James — 2nd May 1885
WENDEL, Mr Olof Edvin — 2nd May 1891
MATHERS, Mr John — 2nd May 1887
KNOWLES, Mr Thomas — 2nd May 1867
STENGEL, Mrs Annie May — 2nd May 1868
MILFORD, Mr Daniel — 2nd May 1889
HOWARD, Miss May Elizabeth — 2nd May 1885

The following 3 people died

HOLVERSON, Mrs Mary Alice — 2nd May 1918
SILVEY, Mrs Alice Gray — 2nd May 1958
BARBER, Miss Ellen Mary — 2nd May 1963

The following 28 items were published

New York Times (1897) FORCED MR. ASTOR TO DISMOUNT — 2nd May 1897
Hampshire Advertiser (1900) A SEAMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER AT SOUTHAMPTON — 2nd May 1900
Illustrated London News (1908) A WARSHIP RAMMED BY A LINER, THE DISASTROUS COLLISION BETWEEN H.M.S. GLADIATOR AND THE ST PAUL — 2nd May 1908
Antioch News (1912) DEATH OF ELSBURY POSITIVE — 2nd May 1912
Boston Globe (1912) BODIES REACH BOSTON — 2nd May 1912
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1912) BROOKLYN MAN TITANIC VICTIM — 2nd May 1912
Bureau County Republican (1912) EDWARD DORKING, SHIP WRECK SURVIVOR, APPEARS AT STAR THEATRE — 2nd May 1912
Excelsior (1912) LE CHICAGO A RAMENé HIER AU HAVRE DES SURVIVANTS DU TITANIC — 2nd May 1912
Guernsey Evening Press (1912) MR. JOSEPH DUQUEMIN — 2nd May 1912
Kenosha Telegraph-Courier (1912) MRS. HANSON IS HOME — 2nd May 1912
New York Times (1912) ARTHUR NICHOLSON (DEATH NOTICE) — 2nd May 1912
New York Times (1912) DEATH NOTICE (VAN DERHOEF) — 2nd May 1912
New York Times (1912) FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MILLET — 2nd May 1912
Newark Star (1912) MASONIC SERVICES FOR TITANIC VICTIM — 2nd May 1912
Oxford Magazine (1912) THE REV. ERNEST COURTENAY CARTER — 2nd May 1912
The Columbus Republican (1912) HOMESICKNESS CAUSED DEATH — 2nd May 1912
The Evening Post (1912) BRITISH INQUIRY INTO TITANIC TRAGEDY BEGINS — 2nd May 1912
The Evening Post (1912) COL. ASTORS BODY IS TAKEN THROUGH CITY — 2nd May 1912
The Evening Post (1912) TITANIC MOVING PICTURES BARRED IN BRIDGEPORT — 2nd May 1912
The Washington Post (1912) ASTOR'S WATCH RAN LONG  — 2nd May 1912
Ward County Independent (1912) A SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DISASTER VISITS MINOT — 2nd May 1912
Weekly Advocate (1912) NEWARK WOMAN PASSED OVER TITANIC COURSE THROUGH WRECKAGE — 2nd May 1912
Whitehaven News (1912) LOCAL CONNECTION WITH TITANIC DISASTER — 2nd May 1912
Whitehaven News (1912) MILLOM'S CONNECTION WITH THE TITANIC DISASTER — 2nd May 1912
(1914) MRS. JOHN ASTOR SAILS FOR HER ENGLISH HOME — 2nd May 1914
New York Times (1915) MRS. M. S. MOORE MARRIES — 2nd May 1915
(1955) TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES SUDDENLY AT 71 — 2nd May 1955
Titanic Review (2012) OHIO TALES OF THE TITANIC — 2nd May 2012