2001 American Airlines flight 587 crashes in Belle Harbor, New York, killing 265, vertical stabilizer failure
1996 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup at Woodbine
1994 Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya, kills over 300
1993 Jeff Morrow, actor (Robe, Harbor Lights, Blood Legacy), dies at 80
1988 Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor
1980 Cuban government closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla"
1978 Amber Corwin, Harbor City California, figure skater, 1997 National Sr - 5th
1977 Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends
1973 Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium
1972 British harbor strike ends
1972 British premier Heath proclaims emergency crisis due to harbor strike
1970 Rotterdam harbor strikes end
1969 5 Israeli gunboats escape from Cherbourg harbor
1968 Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington, New Zealand (200 killed)
1968 Scott Mercier, Harbor City California, cyclist 1996 Olympics
1963 Julie Krone, born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, jockey, 1st female to win Belmont-93
1961 Charles O Hobaugh, Bar Harbor ME, Capt USMC/astronaut
1961 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record)
1960 Eastern AL Electra turbo-prop crashed in Boston Harbor (61 die)
1958 Christopher Cass, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, actor, Jack Forbes-Loving
1958 Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91
1956 Sinbad, [David Adkins], Benton Harbor, Michigan, actor, 1st Kid, Vibe
1955 English harbor strike ends
1954 Patricia McPherson, Oak Harbor Wash, actress, Bonnie-Knight Rider
1954 Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closed
1950 Rotterdam harbor strike end
1950 Rotterdam harbor strike begins
1947 French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522
1946 Harbor workers end strike at Rotterdam and Amsterdam
1945 Ernie Hudson, Benton Harbor, Michigan, actor, Ghostbusters, Weeds
1945 Kim Il Sung arrives in harbor of Wonsan, Korea
1944 Japanese army evacuates harbor city Akyab
1944 Sub Swordfish departs Pearl Harbor for Japan
1944 1st allied marines move onto Antwerp harbor
1942 Last camouflaged German raider Komet leaves Flushing harbor (Neth)
1942 Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under adm George Murray on Hornet
1942 U.S. aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor
1942 Dorie Miller, awarded Navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor
1942 Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang Timor
1941 1st ships of Admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor fleet return to Japan
1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, a date that will live in infamy
1941 US aircraft carrier Lexington/5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor
1941 Yamamoto sends his fleet to Pearl Harbor
1941 Japanese carrier force left its base and moves east toward Pearl Harbor
1941 Japanese fleet readies assault on Pearl Harbor
1941 Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima leave Pearl Harbor
1941 Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails
1941 Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima arrive in Pearl Harbor
1941 Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Jap assault on Pearl Harbor
1941 U.S. Vice Admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor
1938 Foundation for Tel Aviv harbor laid
1935 Anthony Eden offers Mussolini, Somalian harbor
1934 Colombia and Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia
1933 Haifa Harbor in Palestine opens
1928 Tony Williams, born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, singer, Platters-Only You, Harbor Lights
1927 Roland Verhavert, Flemish screen writer, Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor
1925 British warship fires on Hong Kong harbor strikers
1925 Rik Kuijpers, Belgian director, Sea gulls die in the harbor
1924 Frank Corsaro, New York harbor, opera director
1923 London harbor strike ends
1923 Harbor strike in Hull/Grimsby/Cardiff/Bristol over to London
1923 General harbor strike begins in New York City
1922 Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto
1918 HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor
1917 1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands)
1917 Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die
1914 Battleship HMS Bulwark explodes at Sheerness Harbor England, 788 die
1914 John Hubbard, born in Indiana Harbor, Indiana, actor, Don't Call Me Charlie
1911 French battleship Liberte explodes at Toulon Harbor, 285 killed
1910 French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir
1909 Construction of Navy base at Pearl Harbor begins
1905 Harbor strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam
1902 Esther Ralston, Bar Harbor ME, American Venus/actress, Old Ironsides
1900 Ivan K Aivazovski, Russian painter (harbor scenes), dies at 82
1898 U.S. Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba
1898 USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown, 258 sailors die
1897 Harbor Hospital formally opens
1896 Harbor of Ymuiden opens
1896 George Samuelson leaves New York harbor to row across Atlantic
1894 Percy Helton, New York, actor, Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men
1889 6 U.S. and German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die
1887 US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii
1887 U.S. Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor
1881 French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax
1878 1st telephone book issued, 50 subscribers (New Harbor, Connecticut)
1867 Michael G de Boer, historian, Harbor of Amsterdam
1864 Naval Engagement at Bahia Harbor Brazil-CSS Florida vs USS Wachusett
1864 Confederate warship CSS Alabama runs into harbor of Cherbourg
1864 Gen Lee wins his last victory of Civil War at Battle of Cold Harbor
1864 Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia (Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Farm)
1862 Battle of Gaines' Mill, Virginia (Cold Harbor, Chickahominy Bluffs) Day 3
1861 South Carolina seizes inactive Ft. Johnson in Charleston Harbor
1858 Great fire in London harbor
1854 SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbor and is never seen again
1819 Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore
1817 Ivan K Aivazovski, Russan painter, Harbor Scenes
1816 English steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor
1804 Lt. Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor and burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it
1794 Honolulu Harbor discovered
1792 Capt Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)
1716 1st lighthouse in U.S. lit (Boston Harbor)
1658 Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India
1643 Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form United Colonies of New England
1620 Pilgrim Fathers reach America: Provincetown Harbor, Mass
1485 Henry (VII) Tudors army lands in Milford Harbor, South-Wales
1110 Syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
1109 Crusaders capture Syria's harbor city of Tripoli
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