Encyclopedia Titanica

Titanic : On this Day... 5 April

Titanic events from today in history

The following 6 people were born

DOOLEY, Mr Patrick — 5th April 1875
GUSTAFSSON, Mr Anders Vilhelm — 5th April 1875
FAIRHURST, Mr Wilfrid George — 5th April 1885
MCCARTHY, Rev Daniel William — 5th April 1868
HISS, Mrs Eleanor — 5th April 1872
SLAYTER, Miss Hilda Mary — 5th April 1882

The following 3 people died

CALDERHEAD, Mr Edward Pennington — 5th April 1961
BEAUCHAMP, Mr George William — 5th April 1965
JOHANSSON, Mr Oscar Wilhelm — 5th April 1967

The following 9 items were published

Bucks Herald (1879) AN UXBRIDGE BIGAMY CASE — 5th April 1879
(1912) ANDERS ANDERSSON, ANNA NYSTEN AND ERNST DANBOM WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, 5 APRIL 1912 — 5th April 1912
(1912) GOOD FRIDAY: TITANIC IS 'DRESSED' OVERALL — 5th April 1912
(1912) LETTER WRITTEN BY MISS BRIDGET DELIA HENERY TO MRS. M. S. CURLEY, HER AUNT IN USA — 5th April 1912
New York Times (1912) BELIEVE MRS. GAGE HAS SOCIAL DELUSION — 5th April 1912
Vincennes Sun-Commercial (1964) SOCIETY NEWS: MRS JOHN WATT — 5th April 1964
(1967) ADA PERRINE (BALLS) IN LATER YEARS — 5th April 1967
Cincinnati Enquirer (1975) TITANIC SURVIVOR, NATIVE, DEAD AT 98 — 5th April 1975
Titanica! (2004) THE LEFEBVRE FAMILY — 5th April 2004