Encyclopedia Titanica

Titanic : On this Day... 15 May

Titanic events from today in history

The following 6 people were born

NIKLASSON, Mr Samuel — 15th May 1883
PEDERSEN, Mr Olaf — 15th May 1883
RIDOUT, Mr Walter George — 15th May 1882
TANNŪS, Mr Bashīr — 15th May 1881
VANDEVENTER, Mrs Margaret — 15th May 1839
EVANS, Mr Frank Oliver — 15th May 1884

The following 3 people died

LEMORE, Mrs Amelia — 15th May 1950
MANNION, Miss Margaret — 15th May 1970
OSTBY, Miss Helen Ragnhild — 15th May 1978

The following 15 items were published

Camden Post-Telegram (1912) ISMAY PRAISED BY TITANIC SURVIVOR — 15th May 1912
Daily Post and Mercury (1912) TITANIC VICTIM'S FUNERAL — 15th May 1912
Gettysburg Complier (1912) RESCUE OF MRS BECKER — 15th May 1912
Karlshamns Allehanda (1912) MISS LYYLI SILVéNS ACCOUNT — 15th May 1912
New York Times (1912) ISMAY AIDS SAILORS' WIDOWS — 15th May 1912
New York Times (1912) PROVING FOREMAN ON TITANIC — 15th May 1912
New York Times (1912) WILLS FOR PROBATE (2) — 15th May 1912
The Sketch (1912) ISMAY RETURNS — 15th May 1912
Torquay Directory (1912) A FULFILLED DREAM. ECHO OF THE LOSS OF THE TITANIC — 15th May 1912
Torquay Directory (1912) LETTER FROM HIS MAJESTY THE KING — 15th May 1912
United States Senate Hearings (1912) IMANITA SHELLEY AFFADAVIT — 15th May 1912
Hawk-Eye Gazette (1953) GUNNAR TENGLIN IN 1953 — 15th May 1953
Record Eagle (1953) STAR DENIES SHE'S QUITTING — 15th May 1953
The Tribune (1953) WAVERLY WOMAN WHO SURVIVED TITANIC SINKING PRAISES MOVIE — 15th May 1953
Medford Mail Tribune (1962) KATE GILNAGH IN 1962 — 15th May 1962