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1997 Curt Flood, centerfielder (Cards), dies of throat cancer at 59
1994 7.9 earthquake strikes Koerilen, flood kills 18+ 1992 900 die in flood in Pakistan 1992 Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood 1989 Berendrechtsluis opens in Antwerp, biggest flood lock in world 1987 10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood, Comfort, Texas 1977 Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 80 and causing $350 mil damage 1976 Flash flood in Big Thompson Canyon Colorado on Route 34, kills 139 1975 5 drown in flash flood of sewer and water tunnel (Niagara Falls New York) 1973 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river, India 1972 U.S. Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws 1971 Lisa Flood, Scarborough Ontario, 100m Breaststroker 1996 Olympics 1971 Curt Flood resigns Senators after 13 games and departs for Denmark 1971 Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by 1970 Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball 1970 Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause 1969 New York Times reports Curt Flood will sue baseball and challenge the reserve clause 1967 Curt Flood's record 568 straight chances without an error ends (227 straight games) 1965 Curt Flood's record of 568 straight chances without an error begins 1964 St. Louis Card Curt Flood gets 8 straight hits in a doubleheader 1954 Stevie Ray Vaughan, born in Dallas, Texas, guitarist, Sky is Crying, Texas Flood 1954 200 pilgrims drown in Farahzad Iran rain storm flood 1953 Wellington-Auckland (New Zealand) express train swept away in flood kills 166 1953 Hurricane-like winds flood Netherlands drowning 1,835 1952 Earthquake and flood strike Kamshatka-South America 1945 German occupiers flood Beemster and Fencer 1945 German occupiers flood Wieringermeer, Netherlands 1934 Ann Flood, Jamaica, New York, actress, Edge of Night 1928 William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68 1926 Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne 1919 2 million gallons of molasses flood Boston MA, drowning 21 1913 Dayton, Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, and Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously 1913 Great Dayton Flood 1913 Flood in Ohio, kills 400 1904 Train derailed on bridge in Eden Colorado during a flash flood, kills 96 1889 Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Pennsylvania 1889 Flood ravages Dutch coast 1877 Storm flood ravages Dutch coastal provinces 1875 Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun and Toulouse, kills about 1,000 1863 Storm flood ravages Netherlands coastal provinces 1859 William Henry Grattan Flood, composer 1829 Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200 1824 Storm causes St. Petersburg flood, killing 10,000 1824 St. Petersburg flood 1675 Storm hits about West-Europe: flood in Amsterdam 1634 Beach Island in North sea destroyed by a heavy storm flood 1587 Dutch County Groningen flood by dike break 1570 Netherlands hit by flood disaster, 1,000s killed 1541 Hernan de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi R) 1530 St. Felix Flood ravages Dutch coast 1519 Flood ravages Dutch/Friese coast 1424 Storm flood ravages Dutch coast 1334 St. Clemens Flood: Dike breaks at Flemish/Zeeuwse/Dutch coast 1196 Northern Dutch coast flooded, "Saint-Nicolaas Flood" 1134 Storm flood ravages Zeeland county |
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