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Titanic : On this Day... 1955

Titanic events from today in history

The following 17 people died

KIRK, Mr Joseph — 0th 1955
O'CONNOR, Mr Thomas David — 6th January 1955
DECKER, Mr Charles — 7th January 1955
BLAIR, Mr David — 10th January 1955
HAYS, Mrs Clara Jennings — 1st February 1955
BECKWITH, Mrs Sarah Maybell — 11th February 1955
GLYNN, Miss Mary Agatha — 26th February 1955
DIAPER, Mr John Joseph — 27th February 1955
FRÖLICHER-STEHLI, Mrs Margaretha Emerentia — 21st March 1955
STANLEY, Miss Amy Zillah Elsie — 23rd April 1955
WILKES, Mrs Ellen — 27th April 1955
SLOPER, Mr William Thompson — 1st May 1955
DE MESSEMAEKER, Mr Guillaume Joseph — 5th June 1955
MANN, Mr Joseph — 6th August 1955
GOLDSMITH, Mrs Emily Alice — 22nd September 1955
BRIGHT, Mr Arthur John — 15th October 1955
WARD, Miss Annie Moore — 25th December 1955

The following 14 items were published

The Montreal Gazette (1955) CLARA HAYS DEATH NOTICE — 3rd February 1955
Evening Recorder (1955) MARIE GRICE YOUNG IN 1955 — 12th February 1955
New York Times (1955) MRS. RICHARD L. BECKWITH — 13th February 1955
Stars and Stripes (1955) THE SHIP THAT COULDN'T SINK: SURVIVOR RECALLS TITANIC DISASTER — 16th April 1955
Akron Beacon Journal (1955) MRS. WILKES, RECLUSE, DIES AT 90 — 27th April 1955
(1955) TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES SUDDENLY AT 71 — 2nd May 1955
Glasgow Courier (1955) SERVICES FOR TAMPICO MAN SET FOR TODAY — 9th June 1955
New York Times (1955) EDWARD MAYER IS DEAD — 11th June 1955
(1955) CEMETERY RECEIPT — 15th August 1955
Mon Film (1955) BARBARA STANWYCK IN FOX MOVIE "TITANIC" — 14th September 1955
New York Times (1955) FRAUENTHAL ASHES TOSSED TO WINDS — 5th October 1955
New York Times (1955) THE NIGHTMARE OF APRIL 14, 1912 — 20th November 1955
Tacoma Sunday News Tribune and Ledger (1955) SHE WATCHED TITANIC GO DOWN — 20th November 1955
The Pantagraph (1955) SYLVIA CALDWELL IN 1955 — 20th November 1955