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Titanic History Monday, February 16, 2026 |
| 1893 - 1st class survivor Miss Margaret Edith Graham was born to William Thompson Graham (founder of the Dixie Cup Company) and Edith Ware Junkins Graham in Wheeling, West Virginia, USA.
1961 - 1st class survivor Mr Dickinson H. Bishop died of a cerebral vascular accident (stroke) in Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA at the age of 73. 1971 - 3rd class survivor Mrs Fatima Mousselmani died at the age of 81. 1971 - 3rd class survivor Mrs Mantoura Boulos Moussa died at the age of 81. 1956 - Fireman / Stoker and survivor Mr James Crimmins died in the Southampton Salvation Army hostel in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK. |
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Lyrics: Nearer My God, to Thee
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Words: Verses 1-5, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, in Hymns and Anthems, by William Johnson Fox, 1841; verse 6, Edward Henry Bickersteth, Jr.
Music: "Bethany (Mason)," Lowell Mason, 1856
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Some Titanic survivors said it was played by the ship's orchestra as the ocean liner went down (though other survivors said it was a different song).
In 1901, Dr. Mann, the attending physician, reported that among American president William McKinley's last words were "Nearer, my God, to Thee, e'en though it be a cross, has been my constant prayer." On the afternoon of September 3, 1901, after five minutes of silence across the nation, bands in Union and Madison Squares in New York City played the hymn in memory of the fallen president. It was also played at a memorial service for him in Westminster Abbey, London.
"Nearer, My God, to Thee" is sung at the end of the 1936 movie San Francisco, which was nominated for several Academy Awards.
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Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me, Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee. Refrain
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, Refrain
There let the way appear, steps unto heav'n; Refrain
Then, with my waking thoughts bright with Thy praise, Refrain
Or, if on joyful wing cleaving the sky, Refrain
There in my Father's home, safe and at rest, Refrain |
| Source: The Cyber Hymnal |
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