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Dike


1972 Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer and conductor (Dike), dies at 65

1969 Lauwerszee Dike in Holland closes

1957 Dike Marken-Dutch mainland closed

1957 Pim Kops, rock musician, Dike, Bloedend Heart

1956 Dike around Dutch polder Eastern Flevoland closes

1954 Nationalist China and U.S. sign dike agreement

1953 Huub van der Lubbe, Dutch rock singer, Stampei-The Dike

1953 Nico Arzbach, rock guitarist/singer, Stampei, Dike

1952 Hans Van de Lubbe, Dutch bassist/singer, Dike

1948 Anna "Ans" van Dike, Dutch Jewish Nazi-collaborator, executed at 42

1944 John Eigenhuis, writer (The Dike), dies at 78

1939 Lemmer-Urk Dike closes

1929 Dike of Wieringermeerpolder finished

1918 Paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp)

1916 Dutch South Sea dike cracks

1906 Heavy storm bursts dike flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands

1905 Anna "Ans" van Dike, "the Young", Jewish nazi collaborator

1864 Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240

1861 Dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands

1829 Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200

1709 Dike at Hardinxveld breaks (Alblasserwaard flooded)

1651 South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm

1587 Dutch County Groningen flood by dike break

1574 Storm breaks Leiden dike; drowns 20,000 Spanish soldiers

1420 Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike

1334 St. Clemens Flood: Dike breaks at Flemish/Zeeuwse/Dutch coast


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