On today's date in 1912, the body of James McGrady, a saloon steward aboard the RMS Titanic, was interred in Halifax, N.S., where he's buried at Fairview Lawn Cemetery. Recovered in the preceding weeks, McGrady's body was the last body recovered from the tragic sinking that took place about two months prior.

The last body recovered from the RMS Titanic disaster was that of James McGrady, a 27-year-old saloon steward who worked aboard the ill-fated liner. His body was found nearly two months after the sinking by the sealer ship Algerine on May 22, 1912. By the time he was discovered, the body had drifted significantly from the original wreck site and was in a state of advanced decomposition, yet his identity was confirmed by the steward's uniform he was wearing. McGrady was subsequently transported to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he was buried on June 12, 1912, at the Fairview Lawn Cemetery. He occupies Grave 330, which remains a site of interest for historians and Titanic enthusiasts as it marks the final physical recovery of a victim from the North Atlantic. In total, 337 bodies were recovered following the tragedy, though many were buried at sea due to their condition. McGrady's recovery marked the official end of the search operations, as the vast majority of the over 1,500 victims were either trapped within the ship or had been swept away by the powerful North Atlantic currents.