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1996 Tom Mees, ESPN sports anchors (NHL), drowns at 46
1995 Orville Reddenbacher, popcorn magnate, drowns in bathtub at 88 1993 Steve Olin, pitcher, Cleveland Indians, drowns at 27 1993 Tim Crews, pitcher, Cleveland Indians, drowns at 31 1992 Juris Podnieks, cameraman/director (Commandant), drowns 1983 Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39 1981 Natalie Wood, actress (West Side Story), drowns at 43 (suicide) 1979 Josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns 1972 14" of rain in 6 hours burst Rapid City, South Dakota dam, drowns 237 1971 Whitney Young, Jr., National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria 1969 Mary Jo Kopechne, in Ted Kennedy's car, drowns at 28 1969 Brian Jones, guitarist (Rolling Stones), drowns to death at 25 1967 Harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59 1964 Johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30 1952 Arky Vaughn, infielder (Pirates and Dodgers), drowns 1943 Alexander Goode, rabbi who surrended his life jacket, drowns 1941 SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia 1940 Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet/writer/critic, drowns at 40 1931 French "St. Philbert" overturns off St. Nazaire France, drowns 450 1924 Pavel S "Paul" Urysohn, Russian mathematician, drowns at 26 1919 Enny Vrede, Maria M Muller, Dutch actress, drowns at 35 1916 Horatio H. Kitchener, British General of Sudan, drowns at 65 1916 Enrique y Campina Granados, Sp opera composer (Goyescas), drowns at 48 1886 Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, drowns, dies at 40 1883 Matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls 1882 Cyclone in Arabian Sea, Bombay, India, drowns 100,000 1871 Cowper Phipps Coles, English inventor (Steel warships), drowns 1862 Louis Powell Harvey, U.S. governor of Wisconsin, drowns 1860 Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan 1822 Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29 1782 Richard Kempenfeldt, English admiral, drowns 1711 Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange/(Nassau-Dietz), drowns at 23 1707 Cloudesley Shovell, Admiral, drowns at Scilly 1673 Francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72 1615 Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st Governor-General (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns 1576 Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44 1574 Storm breaks Leiden dike; drowns 20,000 Spanish soldiers 1549 Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns 1545 George Carew, English admiral, drowns 1545 Roger Grenville, English captain of Mary Rose, drowns 1500 Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns 1500 Michael T Marullus, Greeks poet, drowns 1237 Jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns 1185 Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns 1120 Countess of Perche, bastard daughter of English king Henry I, drowns 1120 William, English crown prince/son of Henry I, drowns at 17 939 Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49 |
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