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Titanic : On this Day... 1940

Titanic events from today in history

The following 28 people died

GODLEY, Mr George Auguste — 0th 1940
MCENTEE, Mr Charles Edward — 20th January 1940
LURETTE, Miss Eugénie Elise — 31st January 1940
FLAHERTY, Mr Edward — 2nd February 1940
WHILEMS, Mr Charles — 15th February 1940
WRIGHT, Mr William — 23rd February 1940
CARTER, Mr William Ernest — 20th March 1940
ASTOR, Mrs Madeleine Talmage — 27th March 1940
PHELPS, Mr Carlton Thomas — 7th April 1940
PALLÀS I CASTELLÓ, Mr Emilio — 14th April 1940
SMITH, Mrs Mary Eloise — 3rd May 1940
MCGOUGH, Mr George Francis 'Paddy' — 6th May 1940
FORWARD, Mr James — 0th June 1940
HOYT, Mr Frederick Maxfield — 5th July 1940
BURKE, Rev. Henry Patrick — 20th July 1940
LENGYEL, Dr Árpád — 8th September 1940
CHAPIN, Mr Howard Millar — 18th September 1940
HIPPACH, Mrs Ida Sophia — 22nd September 1940
HICHENS, Mr Robert — 23rd September 1940
ROSS, Mr Horace Leopold — 4th November 1940
ROSTRON, Captain Arthur Henry — 4th November 1940
DOEL, Mr Frederick — 15th November 1940
PERRY, Mr Edgar Lionel — 23rd November 1940
GILBERT, Mrs Grace — 8th December 1940
HEDLEY, Mr William — 9th December 1940
SMITH, Miss Marion — 13th December 1940
RISICATO, Dr Vittorio — 16th December 1940
DANIEL, Mr Robert Williams — 20th December 1940

The following 34 items were published

(1940) LILY POTTER IN 1939 — 1st January 1940
(1940) ROBERT WILLIAMS DANIEL AT A POLITICAL MEETING — 19th January 1940
Southern Daily Echo (1940) DEATH OF MR EDWARD FLAHERTY — 6th February 1940
The Times (1940) NEW M.P. FOR EAST BELFAST — 9th February 1940
New York Times (1940) WILLIAM E. CARTER, TITANIC SURVIVOR — 21st March 1940
West Palm Beach Inquirer (1940) WILLIAM E. CARTER SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS — 21st March 1940
Star Gazette (1940) MRS FIERMONTE (MADELEINE ASTOR) IN 1940 — 28th March 1940
New York Times (1940) MRS. FIERMONTE DEAD IN FLORIDA — 29th March 1940
New York Times (1940) 1,500 ARE AT FUNERAL FOR MRS. FIERMONTE — 2nd April 1940
North Adams Transcript (1940) CARLTON T. PHELPS DIES — 8th April 1940
New York Times (1940) MRS. DICK'S ESTATE LEFT TO 2 OF SONS — 10th April 1940
Greensboro Daily News (1940) NASSEF ALBIMONA IN 1940. — 14th April 1940
Huntington Advertiser (1940) MARY ELOISE SMITH — 3rd May 1940
Charleston Gazette (1940) ELOISE H. SMITH DIES IN CINCINNATI — 4th May 1940
Charleston Gazette (1940) L. P. SMITH HUNTED — 5th May 1940
(1940) SMITH FUNERAL PLANS DELAYED : PROMINENT HUNTINGTON WOMAN DEAD; SURVIVOR OF TITANIC — 9th May 1940
(1940) SMITH FUNERAL PLANS DELAYED : PROMINENT HUNTINGTON WOMAN DEAD; SURVIVOR OF TITANIC (1) — 9th May 1940
New York Times (1940) CHICAGO'S GLAZERS ACCUSED ON PRICES — 11th May 1940
Los Angeles Evening Citizen News (1940) MARQUISE SEEKS HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR  — 29th May 1940
New York Times (1940) MRS. FIERMONTE RITES — 29th May 1940
Los Angeles Times (1940) MRS. COLT AND CAMPBELL HEIR IN SOUP AS MARQUISE HALTS MARRIAGE PLANS — 6th June 1940
Unidentified Newspaper (1940) FUNERAL SERVICES FOR FREDERICK MAXFIELD HOYT — 11th July 1940
(1940) BISHOP READS FUNERAL RITES FATHER BURKE — 24th July 1940
Milwaukee Journal (1940) VICTIM OF TITANIC DISASTER, BELIEVED LOST, MAY BE ALIVE — 4th September 1940
Chicago Tribune (1940) CHILD FEARED LOST ON TITANIC REPORTED LIVING IN MICHIGAN — 5th September 1940
Milwaukee Journal (1940) CLUE TO TITANIC SURVIVOR ROUSES KIN, FRIENDS HERE — 6th September 1940
(1940) MRS. LOUIS ALBERT HIPPACH — 24th September 1940
Chicago Tribune (1940) MRS. IDA HIPPACH LEAVES $85,000 ESTATE TO DAUGHTER — 22nd October 1940
New York Times (1940) ASTOR ESTATE AT NEWPORT SOLD — 29th October 1940
New York Times (1940) CAPTAIN ROSTRON, TITANIC RESCUER — 6th November 1940
The Times (1940) SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON — 6th November 1940
New York Times (1940) ACCEPT OFFER BY DICK — 17th December 1940
(1940) STATE SENATOR ROBERT WILLIAMS DANIEL — 21st December 1940
New York Times (1940) ROBERT W. DANIEL, EX-BANKER HERE, 56 — 21st December 1940