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Titanic : On this Day... 5 May

Titanic events from today in history

The following 6 people were born

BROWN, Mr Edward Arthur — 5th May 1890
WATSON, Mr Ennis Hastings — 5th May 1893
HURD, Mrs Katherine — 5th May 1879
HOGEBOOM, Mrs Anna Louisa — 5th May 1860
GARDNER, Mr George — 5th May 1881
PERSIĆ, Mr Antonio — 5th May 1894

The following person died

JESSOP, Miss Violet Constance — 5th May 1971

The following 16 items were published

The Sydney Morning Herald (1885) INTERCOLONIAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT (#3) — 5th May 1885
Atlantic City Daily Press (1912) LOCAL SURVIVOR DEFENDS ISMAY — 5th May 1912
Le Soir (1912) ARCHIBALD BUTT — 5th May 1912
Le Soir (1912) TITANIC COMPARISON — 5th May 1912
Le Soir (1912) WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD IN 1909 — 5th May 1912
New York Times (1912) DEATH NOTICE (15) — 5th May 1912
Shore Press (1912) COMPTON CARRIED HEAVY INSURANCE — 5th May 1912
St Louis Post-Dispatch (1912) BERTA NILSSON — 5th May 1912
St Louis Post-Dispatch (1912) TITANIC SURVIVORS IN NEW YORK — 5th May 1912
The Salt Lake Tribune (1912) NOW DECLARE HYTER IS BURIED AT SEA — 5th May 1912
Geneva Daily Times (1931) BERTHA ILLET CHRISTENSEN IN 1931 — 5th May 1931
New York Times (1936) DEATH NOTICE: ALLEN CROLIUS — 5th May 1936
Charleston Gazette (1940) L. P. SMITH HUNTED — 5th May 1940
Titanica! (2008) THE MYSTERY OF TITANIC'S CENTRAL PROPELLER — 5th May 2008
Titanic Review (2009) E.J. THE STORY OF EDWARD J. SMITH. CAPTAIN OF THE TITANIC — 5th May 2009
(2019) TITANIC BREAKUP: V-BREAK THEORY — 5th May 2019