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2011 Event - In Hawaii, the U.S. commemorates the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor

2011 Event - Redondo Beach, California authorities investigate the source of a large fish kill at the King Harbor Marino

2001 Event - American Airlines flight 587 crashes in Belle Harbor, New York, killing 265, vertical stabilizer failure

1996 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup at Woodbine

1994 Event - Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya, kills over 300

1993 Death - Jeff Morrow, actor (Robe, Harbor Lights, Blood Legacy), dies at 80

1988 Event - Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor

1980 Event - Cuban government closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla"

1978 Birthday - Amber Corwin, Harbor City California, figure skater, 1997 National Sr - 5th

1978 Birthday - Josh Hartnett, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, film producer, actor, movies include 'Black Hawk Down', 'Pearl Harbor', People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People 2002

1977 Event - Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends

1973 Birthday - Kate Beckinsale, born in London, England, actress, films include, 'Pearl Harbor', 'Nothing But the Truth', 'Underworld', 'Serendipity'

1973 Event - Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium

1972 Event - British harbor strike ends

1972 Event - British premier Heath proclaims emergency crisis due to harbor strike

1970 Event - Rotterdam harbor strikes end

1969 Event - 5 Israeli gunboats escape from Cherbourg harbor

1968 Event - Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington, New Zealand, 51 died

1968 Birthday - Scott Mercier, Harbor City California, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1963 Birthday - Julie Krone, born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, jockey, 1st female to win Belmont-93

1961 Birthday - Charles O Hobaugh, Bar Harbor ME, Captain USMC/astronaut

1961 Event - 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record)

1960 Event - Eastern AL Electra turbo-prop crashed in Boston Harbor (61 die)

1958 Birthday - Christopher Cass, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, actor, Jack Forbes-Loving

1958 Death - Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91

1956 Birthday - Sinbad, David Adkins, Benton Harbor, Michigan, actor, 1st Kid, Vibe

1955 Event - English harbor strike ends

1954 Birthday - Patricia McPherson, Oak Harbor Wash, actress, Bonnie-Knight Rider

1954 Event - Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closed

1950 Event - Rotterdam harbor strike end

1950 Event - Rotterdam harbor strike begins

1947 Event - French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522

1946 Event - Harbor workers end strike at Rotterdam and Amsterdam

1945 Birthday - Ernie Hudson, Benton Harbor, Michigan, actor, Ghostbusters, Weeds

1945 Event - Kim Il Sung arrives in harbor of Wonsan, Korea

1944 Event - Japanese army evacuates harbor city Akyab

1944 Event - Sub Swordfish departs Pearl Harbor for Japan

1944 Event - 1st allied marines move onto Antwerp harbor

1942 Event - Last camouflaged German raider Komet leaves Flushing harbor (Netherlands)

1942 Event - Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under Admiral George Murray on Hornet

1942 Event - U.S. aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor

1942 Event - Dorie Miller, awarded Navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor

1942 Event - Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang Timor

1941 Event - 1st ships of Admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor fleet return to Japan

1941 Event - Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, a date that will live in infamy

1941 Event - U.S. aircraft carrier Lexington and 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor

1941 Event - Yamamoto sends his fleet to Pearl Harbor

1941 Event - Japanese carrier force left its base and moves east toward Pearl Harbor

1941 Event - Japanese fleet readies assault on Pearl Harbor

1941 Event - Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima leave Pearl Harbor

1941 Event - Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails

1941 Event - Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima arrive in Pearl Harbor

1941 Event - Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor

1941 Event - U.S. Vice Admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor

1938 Event - Foundation for Tel Aviv harbor laid

1935 Event - Anthony Eden offers Mussolini, Somalian harbor

1934 Event - Colombia and Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia

1933 Event - Haifa Harbor in Palestine opens

1928 Birthday - Tony Williams, born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, singer, Platters-Only You, Harbor Lights

1927 Birthday - Roland Verhavert, Flemish screen writer, Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor

1925 Event - British warship fires on Hong Kong harbor strikers

1925 Birthday - Rik Kuijpers, Belgian director, Sea gulls die in the harbor

1924 Birthday - Frank Corsaro, New York harbor, opera director

1923 Event - London harbor strike ends

1923 Event - Harbor strike in Hull/Grimsby/Cardiff/Bristol over to London

1923 Event - General harbor strike begins in New York City

1922 Event - Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto

1918 Event - HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor

1917 Event - 1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands)

1917 Event - Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die

1914 Event - Battleship HMS Bulwark explodes at Sheerness Harbor England, 788 die

1914 Birthday - John Hubbard, born in Indiana Harbor, Indiana, actor, Don't Call Me Charlie

1911 Event - French battleship Liberte explodes at Toulon Harbor, 285 killed

1910 Event - French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir

1909 Event - Construction of Navy base at Pearl Harbor begins

1905 Event - Harbor strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam

1902 Birthday - Esther Ralston, Bar Harbor ME, American Venus/actress, Old Ironsides

1900 Death - Ivan K Aivazovski, Russian painter (harbor scenes), dies at 82

1898 Event - U.S. Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba

1898 Event - USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown, 258 sailors die

1897 Event - Harbor Hospital formally opens

1896 Event - Harbor of Ymuiden opens

1896 Event - George Samuelson leaves New York harbor to row across Atlantic

1894 Birthday - Percy Helton, New York, actor, Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men

1889 Event - 6 U.S. and German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die

1887 Event - U.S. receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii

1887 Event - U.S. Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor

1881 Event - French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax

1878 Event - 1st telephone book issued, 50 subscribers (New Harbor, Connecticut)

1867 Birthday - Michael G de Boer, historian, Harbor of Amsterdam

1864 Event - Naval Engagement at Bahia Harbor Brazil-CSS Florida vs USS Wachusett

1864 Event - Confederate warship CSS Alabama runs into harbor of Cherbourg

1864 Event - General Lee wins his last victory of Civil War at Battle of Cold Harbor

1864 Event - Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia (Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Farm)

1862 Event - Battle of Gaines' Mill, Virginia (Cold Harbor, Chickahominy Bluffs) Day 3

1861 Event - South Carolina seizes inactive Ft. Johnson in Charleston Harbor

1858 Event - Great fire in London harbor

1854 Event - SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbor and is never seen again

1819 Event - Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore

1817 Birthday - Ivan K Aivazovski, Russan painter, Harbor Scenes

1816 Event - English steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor

1804 Event - Lt. Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor and burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it

1794 Event - Honolulu Harbor discovered

1792 Event - Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)

1716 Event - 1st lighthouse in U.S. lit (Boston Harbor)

1658 Event - Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India

1643 Event - Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form United Colonies of New England

1620 Event - Pilgrim Fathers reach America: Provincetown Harbor, Mass

1485 Event - Henry (VII) Tudors army lands in Milford Harbor, South-Wales

1110 Event - Syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders

1109 Event - Crusaders capture Syria's harbor city of Tripoli

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