1997 Virgilio Boat, president of Colombia (1986-90), dies
1997 "Show Boat," closes at Gershwin Theater New York City
1996 Laura La Plante, screen actress (Show Boat, Scandal), dies at 91
1995 John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer, dies at 83
1995 Emillio and Gloria Estefan's boat hits and kills a jet skiier
1995 Ferry boat sinks off Sumbe Angola, 42+ killed
1994 "Show Boat," opens at Gershwin Theater New York City
1994 Ferry boat Estonia capsize and sinks in East Sea, 909 killed
1994 Ferry boat sinks at Chandpur Bangladesh, 300-350 killed
1994 Spanish fishing boats sink a French fishing boat over fishing rights
1994 U.S. changes refugee policy, by sending Haitian boat people back
1994 President Clinton announces U.S. will no longer repatriate boat people
1994 Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya, kills over 300
1994 Fishing boat with school children capsize at Lanaka Syria, 46 killed
1993 Ferry boat leaves for west coast of South Korea, 120 killed
1993 Boat sinks at Bocaue Philippines, 325 die
1993 Haitian ferry boat capsize in storm, 800-2,000 die
1993 Polish ferry boat John Heweliusz sinks, 52 killed
1993 Polish ferry boat capsizes in storm, 50 die
1992 Allen James, vocalist/actor (Show Boat), dies of lung cancer at 84
1991 Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90
1991 Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed
1991 Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138
1989 Aak crashes into pleasure boat The Margin on the Thames, 51 killed
1987 Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 192 die
1986 Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed
1986 Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz)
1985 Leon Klinghoffer, hijackers of Achille Lauro, threw him off boat
1985 French agents blow up Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior near NZ
1983 "Show Boat" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 73 performances
1983 "Show Boat" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 73 performances
1982 Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph
1982 British torpedo boat Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket
1981 Fiona Brothers sets women's propeller boat speed record (116.279 MPH)
1980 Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120'
1977 1st broadcast of "Love Boat" on ABC-TV
1973 Reshef, Israel's missile boat, unveiled
1968 Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington, New Zealand (200 killed)
1967 Egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat
1967 Donald Campbell, boat racer, dies trying to break 300 mph on water
1966 Jill Whelan, Oakland Cal, actress, Vicki-Love Boat, Young and Restless
1958 Ted McGinley, born in Newport Beach, California, actor, Love Boat, MWC, Dynasty
1955 Harry Belafonte records "Day-O" (Banana Boat Song)
1955 Pat Klous, Hutchinson, Kansas, actress, Marcy-Flying High, Judy-Love Boat
1954 Japanese ferry boat Toya Maru sinks in Strait of Tsugaru, 1172 die
1953 Lauren Tewes, Trafford, Pennsylvania, actress, Julie McCoy-Love Boat
1951 Charo, Murcia Spain, actress and singer, Chico and the Man, Love Boat
1948 Fred Grandy, born in Sioux City, Iowa, Rep-R-Iowa, 1986-, /actor, Love Boat
1947 Ann Hui, director, Boat People
1947 Hubert Ann Kelly, U.S. singer, Hues Corporation/Rock the boat
1947 Ted Lange, born in Oakland California, actor, Isaac-Love Boat, Mr. T and Tina
1947 "Show Boat" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 417 performances
1946 "Show Boat" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 417 performances
1945 Hendrik N Werkman, resistance/painter (Blue Boat), executed at 63
1944 [Bernard] St. Clair Lee [Calhoun], U.S. singer, Rock the Boat
1943 German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta
1942 Poon Lim set adrift for 133 days after his boat is torpedoed
1940 Blizzard strikes midwest, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes)
1940 Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks
1939 German U boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound and Charles Forbes aboard
1939 British fleet takes German U-27 boat
1939 British fleet attacks German U-39 boat
1938 Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat 1st flown, Eddie Allen
1938 Jack Jones, born in Los Angeles, California, singer, Love Boat Theme
1935 China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight
1935 Nolan Miller, Burkburnett, Texas, fashion designer, Dynasty, Love Boat
1933 Bernie Kopell, born in New York City, actor, Love Boat, Get Smart, That Girl
1931 Gavin MacLeod, Mt Kisco, New York, actor, Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat
1927 Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat," premieres in New York City
1927 Harry Belafonte, calypso singer
1921 Donald Malcome Campbell, born in Surrey, England, boat racer, 1955 speed records
1920 William Warfield, singer, Show Boat
1919 1st transatlantic flight ends; U.S. Navy flying boat takes 11 days
1918 U.S. naval boat "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle
1915 British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat kills 1000
1915 German U boat torpedoes Netherlands merchant ship Medea
1914 Edward Andrews, Griffin Georgia, actor, Tea and Sympathy, Glass Bottom Boat
1912 John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer
1912 World's 1st flying boat's maiden flight, (Glenn Curtiss in New York)
1911 German boat Panther nears for Agadir Morocco
1906 Lanny Ross, Seattle, radio singer, Show Boat, The Swift Show
1904 Dawson City hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905
1903 American Power Boat Association forms
1898 Irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress, Show Boat, I Remember Mama
1895 Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat
1877 University boat race between Oxford and Cambridge ends in a dead heat
1869 1st international boat race (Thames River, Oxford beats Harvard)
1852 Steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard
1849 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in San Francisco from east coast
1841 Erie boat in Buffalo New York catches fire; 242 die
1839 Detroit Boat Club forms (& still exists)
1837 Collision of river boat Monmouth and Trement on Miss; 300 die
1834 Lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies
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