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Titanic : On this Day... 29 July

Titanic events from today in history

The following 12 people were born

BEST, Mr Edwin Alfred — 29th July 1872
CASEY, Mr Thomas — 29th July 1867
EKSTRÖM, Mr Johan — 29th July 1866
GOODWIN, Master Harold Victor — 29th July 1901
PARKER, Mr Clifford Richard — 29th July 1894
RICHARDS, Mr Joseph James — 29th July 1882
SADOWITZ, Mr Henry — 29th July 1895
BUCKNELL, Mrs Emma Eliza — 29th July 1853
BONNELL, Miss Elizabeth — 29th July 1850
PERSSON, Mr Ernst Ulrik — 29th July 1886
PERREAULT, Miss Mary Anne — 29th July 1878
DICK, Mr Albert Adrian — 29th July 1880

The following 2 people died

CROSBY, Mrs Catherine Elizabeth — 29th July 1920
DAVIS, Miss Mary Ann Charlotte — 29th July 1987

The following 8 items were published

New York Times (1869) PERSONAL - LADY DUFF GORDON — 29th July 1869
(1912) WILL APPEAL TO MRS. ASTOR — 29th July 1912
Chicago Tribune (1920) TITANIC VICTIM'S BUSINESS CLOSED OUT IN MONTREAL — 29th July 1920
New York Times (1928) SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON SAILS AS COMMODORE — 29th July 1928
The Devon and Exeter Gazette (1932) MARRIAGE REPORT — 29th July 1932
(1956) BERTHA LEHMANN IN 1956 — 29th July 1956
New York Times (1959) MISS MARIE YOUNG DIES — 29th July 1959
Titanica! (2009) ERNEST GILL IN AUSTRALIA — 29th July 2009