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Titanic : On this Day... 4 August

Titanic events from today in history

The following 5 people were born

VAN DE VELDE, Mr Johannes Josef — 4th August 1876
MCKINSTRY, Mr Charles Frederick — 4th August 1871
MIDTSJØ, Mr Karl Albert — 4th August 1890
BURRAGE, Mr Arthur Victor Edwards — 4th August 1891
GLYNN, Miss Mary Agatha — 4th August 1893

The following 4 people died

DAVIES, Mrs Agnes — 4th August 1933
PERKIS, Mr Walter John — 4th August 1954
BRYHL, Miss Dagmar Jenny Ingeborg — 4th August 1969
COHEN, Mr Gurshon — 4th August 1978

The following 9 items were published

New York Times (1907) SOCIETY---HOME AND ABROAD — 4th August 1907
Seattle Star (1934) SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC FINDS SEA STILL CAN BUFFET HIM — 4th August 1934
Pittsburgh Press (1935) JOHN IRWIN FLYNN'S ACCOUNT — 4th August 1935
New York Times (1954) $5,000,000 IS WILLED FOR BLOOD RESEARCH — 4th August 1954
Detroit Press (1966) DAVID VARTANIAN, TITANIC SURVIVOR — 4th August 1966
Tampa Tribune (1976) FRANK AKS IN 1976 — 4th August 1976
New York Times (1987) S. MARSHALL KEMPNER DEAD; LONGTIME INVESTMENT BANKER — 4th August 1987
Titanica! (2012) THE UNFORTUNATE TALE OF LITTLE WALTEE — 4th August 2012
(2021) RAISE THE TITANIC 50FT FILMING MODEL TO BE SAVED — 4th August 2021