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Titanic : On this Day... 1939

Titanic events from today in history

The following 22 people died

CULLEN, Mr Charles James — 0th 1939
WILDING, Mr Edward — 0th 1939
DILLON, Mr Thomas Patrick — 2nd January 1939
LESUEUR, Mr Louis Gustave Joseph — 13th January 1939
MIDTSJØ, Mr Karl Albert — 25th January 1939
STARKEY, Mr Henry — 29th January 1939
HOMER, Mr Harry Haven — 10th February 1939
HOSONO, Mr Masabumi — 14th March 1939
DAVISON, Mrs Mary Elizabeth — 26th March 1939
DALY, Miss Margaret — 7th April 1939
AL-BA'QLĪNĪ, Miss Hilānah — 28th April 1939
CHAPMAN, Mr Joseph Charles — 24th June 1939
CHRISTY, Mrs Alice Frances — 7th July 1939
MCALLISTER, Mr Hugh — 31st July 1939
CARDEZA, Mrs Charlotte Wardle — 1st August 1939
BURNESS, Mr Frank — 1st September 1939
PELHAM, Mr George — 9th October 1939
THRESHER, Mr George Terrill — 17th November 1939
YEARSLEY, Mr Harry — 18th November 1939
WILSON, Miss Helen Alice — 1st December 1939
O'KEEFFE, Mr Patrick — 16th December 1939
RYERSON, Mrs Emily Maria — 28th December 1939

The following 20 items were published

Chester Observer (1939) PUNCH WYNN POPS UP — 14th January 1939
(1939) MIDTSJO — 26th January 1939
New York Times (1939) CAPT. JOHN W. BINKS OF WHITE STAR DIES — 6th February 1939
(1939) BERTHE LEROY AT HOME WITH HER HUSBAND GASTON BOULARD — 4th April 1939
Toronto Daily Star (1939) RESCUED BY THE SAME LIFEBOAT TITANIC SURVIVORS UNITED AGAIN — 16th April 1939
Edmonton Journal (1939) 1939 MEETING OF TORONTO-BASED TITANIC SURVIVORS — 27th April 1939
Racine Journal Times (1939) JENNIE HANSEN IN 1939 — 30th April 1939
New York Times (1939) FIERMONTE CONVICTED IN FRENCH AUTO CRASH — 30th July 1939
New York Times (1939) MRS. J. W. CARDEZA, TITANIC SURVIVOR — 2nd August 1939
Philadelphia Inquirer (1939) DIED : CARDEZA — 2nd August 1939
Minneapolis Star (1939) NELLE SNYDER IN 1939 — 17th September 1939
New York Times (1939) MISS EMILY R. CLARKE A PROSPECTIVE BRIDE — 4th October 1939
(1939) GEORGE PELHAM DEATH CERTIFICATE — 18th October 1939
Camden Daily Newspaper (1939) MRS. HELEN ROSENQUIST, TITANIC SURVIVOR, DIES — 4th December 1939
Courier-Post (1939) HELEN WILSON ROSENQUIST IN LATER YEARS — 4th December 1939
New York Times (1939) MRS. MADELEINE DICK LOSES HOME BY FIRE — 5th December 1939
New York Times (1939) REID ASKS TO REPRESENT FISK STOCKHOLDERS AT MEETING ON SALE PROPOSAL ON FRIDAY — 26th December 1939
New York Times (1939) MRS. POTTER GETS GIMBEL AWARD — 29th December 1939
Philadelphia Inquirer (1939) OUTSTANDING WOMAN OF THE YEAR — 29th December 1939
New York Times (1939) MRS. E. B. SHERFESEE, ONCE HOOVER AIDE — 30th December 1939