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Titanic : On this Day... 7 December

Titanic events from today in history

The following 5 people were born

MEANWELL, Mrs Marian — 7th December 1849
BURNS, Miss Elizabeth Margaret — 7th December 1870
REYNOLDS, Mrs Lucy — 7th December 1856
RYERSON, Mr William Edwy — 7th December 1878
HELLSTRÖM, Miss Hilda Maria — 7th December 1889

The following 5 people died

PEUCHEN, Major Arthur Godfrey — 7th December 1929
SEWARD, Mr Frederic Kimber — 7th December 1943
BRADFORD, Mr Wallace — 7th December 1945
PITMAN, Mr Herbert John — 7th December 1961
ODELL, Mrs Lily — 7th December 1966

The following 9 items were published

The Washington Times (1912) COL. GRACIE IS BURIED IN GARB WORN ON TITANIC — 7th December 1912
The Wave (1912) TITANIC SURVIVOR HERE WITH AUNT — 7th December 1912
Chicago Examiner (1913) MORE SPIRIT NOTES BY STEAD REVEALED — 7th December 1913
New York Times (1923) R. W. DANIEL WED TO MRS. CAMPBELL — 7th December 1923
(1927) PHILLIP ZENNI (DEATH CERTIFICATE) — 7th December 1927
New York Times (1937) GUGGENHEIM WILL FILED — 7th December 1937
The Sydney Morning Herald (1957) MYSTERY OF MISS DOWDELL  — 7th December 1957
ET Comment (2006) LET THE RECORD SPEAK FOR ITSELF! — 7th December 2006
Titanic Review (2011) REPORT INTO THE LOSS OF THE SS TITANIC - A CENTENNIAL REAPPRAISAL — 7th December 2011