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Titanic : On this Day... 23 May

Titanic events from today in history

The following 4 people were born

BOURKE, Mr John — 23rd May 1869
OTTER, Mr Richard — 23rd May 1873
ROBERTS, Mr Frederick Alfred — 23rd May 1880
SCHABERT, Mrs Emma — 23rd May 1876

The following person died

BOWKER, Miss Ruth Harwood — 23rd May 1956

The following 17 items were published

New York Times (1907) SEAMEN'S STRIKE ABROAD — 23rd May 1907
New York Times (1912) FIGHT TITANIC VICTIM'S WILL — 23rd May 1912
Salford Reporter (1912) THE FUNERAL OF MR ARTHUR GEE — 23rd May 1912
Southend Standard (1912) TITANIC VICTIM'S FUNERAL — 23rd May 1912
Southern Daily Echo (1912) TITANIC SURVIVOR CHARGED — 23rd May 1912
New York Times (1919) 25 DEAD, 100 HURT IN BIG EXPLOSION AT CEDAR RAPIDS — 23rd May 1919
Daily Current-Argus (1948) LAURA CRIBB IN 1948 — 23rd May 1948
New York Times (1949) ELMER ZELBY [SIC] TAYLOR — 23rd May 1949
Lima News (1953) OHIO WOMAN LOST BRIDEGROOM — 23rd May 1953
New York Times (1962) HOKAN B. STEFFANSON DIES AT 78; FINANCIER WAS ON THE TITANIC — 23rd May 1962
Voyage (2005) CASSANDRA — 23rd May 2005
Voyage (2005) THE BOXHALL LETTERS — 23rd May 2005
Titanic Review (2012) CARPATHIA AND THE TITANIC: RESCUE AT SEA — 23rd May 2012
Titanica! (2012) THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF JAMES DOBBIN: SHIPWRIGHT — 23rd May 2012
(2013) ON TITANIC'S BRIDGE — 23rd May 2013
(2014) 102 YEARS AFTER TITANIC: WHY WE KEEP DRIFTING BACK — 23rd May 2014
(2016) TITANIC SCALE MODEL — 23rd May 2016