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Titanic : On this Day... 24 December

Titanic events from today in history

The following 5 people were born

ÄIJÖ-NIRVA, Mr Isakki Antonpoika — 24th December 1870
SCANLAN, Mr James — 24th December 1891
HEMMING, Mr Samuel Ernest — 24th December 1868
MACINTOSH, Mr Joseph — 24th December 1851
THAYER, Mr John Borland — 24th December 1894

The following 4 people died

HARLAND, Sir Edward J. — 24th December 1895
DALY, Mr Peter Dennis — 24th December 1932
STEPHENSON, Mrs Martha — 24th December 1934
ABBOTT, Mr Edward — 24th December 1957

The following 5 items were published

Chicago Tribune (1912) OCEAN WRECK SURVIVOR DEAD — 24th December 1912
New York Times (1917) V. A. SALVATORE TO WED — 24th December 1917
St. Andrews Citizen (1927) LADY ROTHES TO MARRY — 24th December 1927
Boston Evening Transcript (1934) MARTHA E. STEPHENSON DIES AT MARBLEHEAD — 24th December 1934
New York Times (1979) PEGGY GUGGENHEIM IS DEAD AT 81; KNOWN FOR MODERN ART COLLECTION — 24th December 1979