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 (NZ) 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 Neth
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 Nethe 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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