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 (Capt 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, 1970-83
1928 450 die in St. Francisquito Valley Dam burst (Calif)
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, Capt 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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