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Titanic : On this Day... 1956

Titanic events from today in history

The following 23 people died

GARDNER, Mr George — 0th 1956
ROBERT, Mrs Elisabeth Walton — 15th January 1956
STENGEL, Mrs Annie May — 22nd January 1956
BRADLEY, Miss Bridget — 24th January 1956
CRAIN, Mr Charles Frederick — 12th February 1956
EDDON, Mr Thomas Alfrd — 14th February 1956
CRIMMINS, Mr James — 16th February 1956
HYMAN, Mr Joseph Abraham — 6th March 1956
PEARS, Mrs Edith — 24th March 1956
MCKAY, Mr Charles Donald — 11th April 1956
HIRVONEN, Miss Hildur Elisabeth — 12th April 1956
BRIDE, Mr Harold Sydney — 29th April 1956
JONSSON, Mr Karl — 14th May 1956
BOWKER, Miss Ruth Harwood — 23rd May 1956
LENOX-CONYNGHAM, Miss Harriet Alice Katherine — 14th June 1956
SCHEERLINCK, Mr Jean — 25th June 1956
HUTCHISON, Mr Emma Lillian — 9th July 1956
HENDRICKSON, Mr Charles Osker — 21st July 1956
HAYS, Miss Margaret Bechstein — 21st August 1956
ROTHES, Lucy Noël Martha, Countess of — 12th September 1956
MCGOUGH, Mr Francis — 9th November 1956
JOUGHIN, Mr Charles John — 9th December 1956
MCMILLEN, Mr William John — 31st December 1956

The following 27 items were published

Newark Evening News (1956) MRS. C.E.H. STENGEL WIDOW OF PATENT LEATHER MANUFACTURER DIES — 24th January 1956
New York Times (1956) TITANIC SURVIVOR ANNIE MAY STENGEL DIES — 25th January 1956
The Times (1956) TITANIC SURVIVOR DEAD — 17th February 1956
New York Times Book Review (1956) THE LEGENDS STAY AFLOAT — 19th February 1956
Surrey Advertiser (1956) WIFE'S SUICIDE WITH AMMONIA SOLUTION — 28th March 1956
New York Times (1956) TV: LAST HOURS OF TITANIC — 29th March 1956
Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph (1956) WILLIAM LOCH COUTTS READING FROM HIS HOSPITAL BED — 14th April 1956
Santa Barbara News-Press (1956) MRS. BERTHE BOURLARD, WORLD TRAVELER, PLANS ANOTHER EUROPEAN TRIP — 27th May 1956
New York Times (1956) ALEXANDER RICE, EXPLORER, WAS 80 — 24th July 1956
(1956) BERTHA LEHMANN IN 1956 — 29th July 1956
Middleton Times-Herald (1956) SLATE HILL VISITOR, RECALLS HER PERILOUS ESCAPE FROM TITANIC IN COLLISION OF 1912. — 30th July 1956
Chicago Sun-Times (1956) KUP'S COLUMN — 31st July 1956
Variety (1956) 44 YEARS LATER — 1st August 1956
Newport Daily News (1956) MRS. CHARLES EASTON, WIDOW OF PHYSICIAN — 28th August 1956
L'Illustré, revue Hebdomadaire Suisse (1956) EMMA SäGESSER — 6th September 1956
Rogalands Avis (1956) BERNT JOHANNESSEN IN 1956 — 12th September 1956
L'Illustré (1956) MAX STäHELIN-MAEGLIN IN 1956 — 13th September 1956
L'Illustré, revue Hebdomadaire Suisse (1956) 'JACK THAYER' AND BARBARA STANWYCK — 13th September 1956
(1956) TITANIC LIFEBOAT HOISTED ON BOARD THE CARPATHIA — 20th September 1956
L'Illustré, revue Hebdomadaire Suisse (1956) WALTER BELFORD — 20th September 1956
L'Illustré, revue Hebdomadaire Suisse (1956) DAVID SARNOFF AT WORK — 27th September 1956
L'Illustré, revue Hebdomadaire Suisse (1956) UNIDENTIFIED TITANIC SURVIVORS ON BOARD THE CARPATHIA — 27th September 1956
BBC Television (1956) INTERVIEWS WITH SURVIVORS — 27th November 1956
Paterson Evening News (1956) CHARLES JOUGHIN RITES TOMORROW; TITANIC SURVIVOR — 10th December 1956
Paterson Evening News (1956) CHARLES JOUGHIN RITES TOMORROW; TITANIC SURVIVOR (1) — 10th December 1956
Paterson Morning Call (1956) CHARLES JOUGHIN, TITANIC SURVIVOR, DIES IN HOSPITAL — 10th December 1956
Belfast Telegraph (1956) TITANIC FILM — 12th December 1956