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Titanic : On this Day... 26 August

Titanic events from today in history

The following 7 people were born

BURNS, Mr John — 26th August 1880
MULLIN, Mr Thomas — 26th August 1891
HOYT, Mr Lucius Benjamin — 26th August 1848
GIEGER, Miss Amalie Henriette — 26th August 1876
LESUEUR, Mr Louis Gustave Joseph — 26th August 1876
GOLDSMITH, Mrs Emily Alice — 26th August 1880
BURGESS, Mr Charles — 26th August 1893

The following person died

KANTOR, Mrs Miriam — 26th August 1950

The following 3 items were published

New York Times (1953) MRS. LOUISE U.-S. JONES IS ENGAGED TO MARRY — 26th August 1953
(1998) SEVENTY-FIVE REGISTERED LETTERS WERE SENT (FROM NORWAY) WITH THE TITANIC IN 1912 — 26th August 1998
Titanic Stories (2011) TITANIC FASHION - AN EDWARDIAN MAKEOVER- STYLES ON THE TITANIC — 26th August 2011