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    The following people were born
    DODD, Mr George Charles — 21st August 1867
    SAWYER, Mr Robert James — 21st August 1880
    MOODY, Mr James Paul — 21st August 1887
    YūSUF, Miss Mary — 21st August 1909

    The following people died
    HAYS, Miss Margaret Bechstein — 21st August 1956
    SUNDERLAND, Mr Victor Francis — 21st August 1973
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    New York Times (1912) WAR UPSETS WEDDING PLAN
    New York Times (1913) MRS. J. CLINCH SMITH DIES
    Hampshire Telegraph (1914) A TITANIC SURVIVOR
    New York Times (1933) ART SHOW OPENS AT COOPERSTOWN
    Titanica! (2014) Piecing together a Titanic puzzle
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