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2009 At least 99 people are killed after flash flooding and the failure of the Situ Gintung dam in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
1995 Louis Sen A Kaw, Suriname's great dam builder, dies at 75 1993 Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed 1991 Ho Dam, foreign minister North-Korea (1970-83), dies 1986 Queen Beatrice installs dam at Oosterschelde 1985 Dam in Fiemme Valley Italy bursts; 200-300 die 1977 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga 1976 Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage, 14 die 1974 Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam 1972 14" of rain in 6 hours burst Rapid City, South Dakota dam, drowns 237 1972 Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, kills 125 1971 Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt 1970 Huge Aswan Dam opens in Egypt 1967 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200 1967 Henry J Kaiser, industrialist (Boulder Dam, Liberty ship), dies at 85 1965 Section of Allalin glacier wipes out construction site at Mattmark Dam near Saas-Fee, Switzerland 1965 U.S.S.R. and Persia sign dam building and economic aid pact 1964 Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E Chaney, bodies discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam 1963 Dam bursts in Italy, 3,000+ die 1963 Dam in Piave valley Italy, breaks' about 2,000 die 1963 Landslide into Vaiont Dam emptys lake, kills 3-4,000 (Italy) 1961 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record) 1960 1st great Delta dam closes, North-South Beveland 1960 Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins 1959 Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus 1959 U.S.S.R. and Egypt sign contracts for building Aswan Dam 1959 Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die 1958 U.S.S.R. lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam 1958 U.S.S.R. lends money to UAR to build Aswan High Dam 1956 Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam 1956 U.S. refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam 1952 French president inaugurates Donzere-Mondragonstuw Dam 1947 Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover 1943 -60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record) 1941 Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation 1940 Jose Van Dam, Brussels Belgium, bass-baritone, Francois d'Assisif 1938 Marcel P A van Dam, Dutch politician/CEO, VARA Radio/TV 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon) 1937 Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power 1937 Ross Alexander, actor (Captain Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29 1936 Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam 1936 Boulder Dam, now Hoover Dam, begins operation 1935 Boulder Dam completed 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) 1932 Dnjepr Dam in U.S.S.R. put into operation (world's biggest) 1932 Dam closed, at current monument (South Seas) 1930 Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans 1930 Construction begins on Boulder Dam 1930 Coolidge Dam in Arizona dedicated 1929 President Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam, Hoover Dam 1929 Ho Dam, North Korean Secretary of State, 1970 - 1983 1928 450 die in St. Francisquito Valley Dam burst (Calif) 1924 Robert Kastenmeier, born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Representative-D-Wisconsin 1959 - 1991 1919 Louis Sen A Kaw, Surinam dam builder 1913 Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic and Pacific waters mix 1912 Aswan Dam in Nile begins operation 1907 Ross Alexander, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Boulder Dam, Captain Blood 1903 -59 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Pokegama Dam, Minnesota (state record) 1885 John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor, National monument on the Dam 1882 Henry J Kaiser, builder, Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam 1874 1st recorded dam disaster in U.S. (Williamsburg Mass) 1862 Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulses Confederacy in Virginia 1860 Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch milt/liberal politician, dies at 63 1796 Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician 1795 Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution 1652 Fire on Dutch Dam, Amsterdam's city hall burns |
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