2015 Event Flooding from recent heavy rains in Texas has resulted in over 200 rescues and at least 27 deaths to date; several people have also been reported missing 2014 Event A second round of heavy snow hits the northeastern U.S., with the Buffalo, New York region accumulating over five feet of snow; seven related deaths have been reported and at least 20 travelers have been stranded 2014 Event Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 is hit by a missile while flying over eastern Ukraine, the location of heavy fighting by pro-Russian separatists; the origin of the missile is not yet known; all 298 people aboard the plane were killed in the attack 2014 Event The Italian government sets aside 2 million euros for repairs to the ancient city of Pompeii after damage caused by heavy rains highlights the general decay of this World Heritage site 2014 Event Dale Earnhardt, Jr. wins his second Daytona 500 race, 10 years after his first win, in a race postponed for hours by heavy rain 2013 Event The Chinese province of Fujian faces heavy rains and flooding from Typhoon Fitow 2013 Event Rajkot, Gujarat, India experiences extremely heavy rains that cause damage estimated at over 100 rupees 2013 Event In Colorado, thousands are evacuated due to heavy floods in Boulder County; four people are reported dead and 80 missing 2013 Event German authorities are forced to evacuate 10 villages as heavy rains swell the Elbe River, breaching its banks 2013 Event Heavy monsoon rains cause the collapse of a partially-finished building on a residential block in Mumbai, India 2013 Event Caterpillar, a heavy construction equipment manufacturer, announces plans to lay off 300 additional employees at its Decatur, Illinois facility by July 2013 2013 Event Heavy snowfall in Great Britain and Ireland causes Heathrow airport in London to cancel 100 flights; many passengers spend the night sleeping on the floor in the terminal 2012 Event Heavy rain and high winds across England and Wales kill two people and flood 800 homes 2012 Event Jon Lord, an English composer and pianist and co-founder of the heavy rock group, Deep Purple, dies after suffering a pulmonary embolism 2012 Event A power blackout in Northern England causes as many as 50,000 homes to have a power blackout after heavy winds, snow and ice bring down electricity cables 2012 Event A section of China's high-speed railway collapses after it underwent test runs; the collapse may have resulted from heavy rains 2012 Event Colorado closes its highways, including the I-70, due to heavy snowfall 2011 Event Heavy fighting continues in Libya's heavily besieged city of Sirte; growing fears of humanitarian disaster builds 2011 Event Heavy rain in Pennsylvania causes 1,000 Hershey Middle School students in the Derry Township School District to be stranded 2011 Event Illinois experiences heavy thunderstorms with 75 mph winds, cutting power to 868,000 homes and businesses 2011 Event Tropical Storm Arlene, the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season's first tropical storm, lands near Cabo Rojo and brings heavy rain to Mexico and southern Texas 2011 Event The U.S. Coast Guard responds to heavy flooding by closing a section of the Mississippi River near Caruthersville, Missouri 2010 Event Heavy snowfall causes large-scale disruptions in Europe 2010 Event After facing heavy flooding and mudslides, the President of Venezuela declares a state of emergency in the state of Falcon 2010 Event At least 47 people die in northern India from heavy monsoon rains and landslides in Uttrakhand state, Pitthoragarh, Chapawat and Uttarkashi regions 2010 Event In Guatemala, heavy rains and landslides kill at least 18 people and a state of emergency is declared 2010 Event Heavy winds knock down the Anne Frank tree in Amsterdam, breaking off approximately one meter above the ground 2009 Event A train travelling through heavy rain in Hua Hin in southern Thailand, is derailed, killing serval people and injuring dozens 2007 Death Kevin DuBrow, singer, lead vocalist, Quiet Riot, heavy metal band 1973 - 2007, dies in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 52 1993 Event 1000 kg heavy IRA car bomb explodes in London, killing 1 1992 Event Heavy storm in South France, 34 die 1990 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Sicily, 18 die 1990 Death Troy Dixon, rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 of a fall 1989 Event Fog Bowl: Heavy fog rolls in on Bears 20-12 victory over Eagles 1988 Event Heavy fire destroys historic center of Lisbon 1988 Event Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie 1988 Event 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1987 Event Heavy snow closes schools from Washington D.C. to Maine 1983 Event Bomb explodes in U.S. Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries 1982 Event Heavy Israeli bombardement of Beirut 1982 Event Heavy Israeli air bombardment on Beirut 1981 Event Heavy battle between Christian militia and Syrian army in East Lebanon 1978 Event Syrians and Lebanese engage in heavy fighting in Lebanon 1977 Event Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives 1976 Event Heavy earthquake strikes China, 1,000s die 1976 Event Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium 1975 Event Heavy earthquake at Lice Turkey; 3,000 killed 1974 Birthday Matt Bongiovi, heavy metal rocker, cousin of Jon Bon Jovi 1974 Event 69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck, Belem, Brazil 1973 Event Heavy fog causes 65 car collision killing 9 on New Jersey Turnpike 1972 Event 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada 1971 Birthday Matthew Hayden, cricketer, heavy scorer for Queensland, Australia 1994-96 1969 Birthday Butch Walker, Rome, Georgia, heavy metal guitarist, Southgang-Tainted Angel 1969 Birthday Douglas Lee Mitchell, born in Miles, Michigan, heavy metal artist, Southgang 1969 Event 1st launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes) 1969 Birthday Jesse Harte, Rome, Georgia, heavy metal vocalist, Southgang-Tainted Angel 1968 Birthday Andreas Kisser, Brazilian heavy metal guitarist, Sepultura 1968 Event Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117 1968 Birthday Phil Anselmo, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, musician, focuses on heavy metal, sludge metal, hardcore punk, thrash metal genres, lead for Pantera, producer, owner Housecore Records 1968 Birthday John Tardy, U.S. heavy metalist, Obituary, Slowly We Rot 1968 Birthday Frank Watkins, U.S. heavy metalist bass, Obituary, Cause of Death 1967 Birthday Jerry Dixon, heavy metal bassist, Warrant-Cherry Pie 1967 Birthday Pat Badger, heavy metal bassist, Extreme-More Than Words 1967 Birthday Heavy D, born in Jamaica, rapper, leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, sung theme song for In Living Color and MADtv shows 1967 Birthday Jayce Fincher, Jr., heavy metal bassist, Southgang-Tainted Angel 1966 Birthday Mark Michaels, heavy metal guitarist, Teach Yourself Rhythm Guitar 1965 Birthday Eddie Vedder, heavy metal singer, Pearl Jam-Justine 1965 Birthday Steven Sweet, Wadsworth Ohio, heavy metal artist, Warrant-Cherry Pie 1965 Event Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket 1964 Birthday Ian Haughland, heavy metal rocker, Europe-The Final Countdown 1964 Birthday Johnny Dee, heavy metal drummer, Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra 1963 Birthday Scott Ian, U.S. heavy metal guitarist, Anthrax-I'm the Man 1963 Birthday Lars Ulrich, Danish/US heavy metal drummer, Metallica-Kill 'em All 1963 Birthday John Bush, U.S. heavy metal singer, Anthrax-Armed and Dangerous 1963 Birthday James Hetfield, heavy metal rocker, Metallica-Helpless 1963 Birthday Paul Geary, born in Boston, Massachusetts, heavy metal drummer, Extreme-More Than Words 1963 Birthday Frank Bello, U.S. heavy metal bassist, Anthrax-Soldiers of Metal 1963 Birthday Joey Vera, heavy metal rocker, Armored Saint-Aftermath 1963 Birthday Brett Edward Garsed, born in Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist, Nelson 1963 Birthday Warren DeMartini, heavy metal rocker, Dokken-Alone Again, Ratt 1963 Birthday Jason Newsted, born in Battle Creek, Michigan, bassist, Metallica, heavy metal band member, founder of Chophouse Records studio 1963 Birthday Jani Lane, heavy metal drummer, Warrant-Cherry Pie 1963 Birthday Danny Spitz, heavy metal guitarist, Anthrax-Protest and Survive 1962 Birthday Vivian Campbell, heavy metal rocker, White Snake-Here I Go Again 1962 Birthday Mick Sweda, heavy metal, Bulletboys, King Kobra-Ready to Strike 1961 Birthday Mike Tramp, Denmark, heavy metal rocker, White Lion-Mane Attraction 1961 Birthday Dave Mustaine, born in La Mesa, California, guitarist, singer, songwriter, Megadeth, heavy metal band member, listed in book, '100 Greatest Metal Guitarists' 1961 Birthday David Chastain, heavy metal rocker, Chastain-Rule of Wasteland 1961 Birthday Tony MacAlpine, heavy metal rocker, Solo-Edge of Insanity 1961 Birthday Gary Cherone, born in Boston, heavy metal vocalist, Extreme-More Than Words 1961 Birthday Kip Winger, born in Denver, Colorado, Charles Frederick Kip Winger, musician, songwriter, bass guitarist, hard rock, heavy metal, classical, experimental genres, lead singer, Alan Parsons Project, played with Alice Cooper, had band called, Winger, released new CD, 2008 1961 Birthday David Palmer, heavy metal drummer, ABC, AC/DC 1961 Birthday Kelly Hansen, heavy metal rocker, Hurricane-I'm on to You 1961 Birthday D. D. Verni, heavy metal rocker, Overkill-Hello From the Gutter 1960 Birthday Kasey Smith, Queens, New York, heavy metal artist, Danger Danger-Screw It 1960 Birthday Joey Belladonna, Oswego, New York, heavy metal vocalist, Anthrax-Protest 1960 Birthday Tommy Aldridge, heavy metal rocker, Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man 1960 Birthday Morty Black, heavy metal rocker, TNT-7 Seas 1960 Birthday Robbin Crosby, heavy metal rock guitarist/vocals, Ratt-Round and Round 1960 Birthday Simon Wright, heavy metal drummer, AC/DC 1960 Event Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed 1959 Birthday Juan Croucier, heavy metal rocker, Ratt-Round and Round 1959 Birthday Joe Elliot, heavy metal vocalist, Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages 1959 Birthday Stephen Pearcy, born in Los Angeles, California, heavy metal vocalist, RATT-Round and Round 1959 Event Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die 1958 Birthday Nikki Sixx, born in San Jose, California, musician, songwriter, member, Motley Crue, plays hard rock, heavy metal genres, wrote, most successful album 'Dr. Feelgood' 1958 Birthday Greg Chaisson, heavy metal rocker, Badlands-Dreams in the Dark 1958 Birthday Bruce Dickinson, heavy metal rocker, Iron Maiden-Run to Hills 1958 Birthday Randy Piper, heavy metal rocker, Wasp-Wildchild 1957 Event 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St. John's England) 1957 Event Heavy storm ravages Belgian coast 1957 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia 1957 Birthday Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist, Iron Maiden-Aces High 1956 Birthday Vinnie Vincent, heavy metal rocker, Solo-Ashes to Ashes 1956 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed 1955 Birthday Kevin DuBrow, born in Hollywood, California, singer, lead vocalist, Quiet Riot, heavy metal band 1973 - 2007 1955 Birthday Michael Schenker, heavy metal rocker, MSG-Coming on Strong, Scorpions 1954 Birthday Michael Anthony, born in Chicago, Illinois, Michael Anthony Sobolewski, bassist, founding member, Van Halen, hard rock, heavy metal genres, plays bass, vocals, has performed with Sammy Hagar, Chickenfoot, noted for custom bass guitars, now markets Mad Anthony hot sauce 1954 Birthday Ross Friedman, born in New York City, New York, Ross Funicello, Ross The Boss, guitarist, rocker, founding member of The Dictators punk band and Manowar heavy metal band 1953 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Isotope islands, 435 killed 1953 Birthday Don Dokken, heavy metal rocker, Dokken-Alone Again 1953 Birthday Rod Morgenstein, born in New York, drummer, member of '80's heavy metal band Wing, Dixie Dregs, educator, served as professor of percussion, Berklee College of Music 1952 Birthday Udo Dirkshneider, heavy metal rocker, Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo 1951 Birthday Ace Frehley, born in Bronx, New York, heavy metal rocker, Kiss-Beth, Frehley's Comet 1951 Birthday Mick Mars, born in Terre Haute, Indiana, rocker, heavy metal guitarist, played for glam metal band Motley Crue 1950 Event Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250 1950 Birthday Billy Squier, Massachusetts, heavy metal guitarist, Don't Say No 1948 Birthday Bill Ward, born in Birmingham, England, musician, vocalist, drummer for Black Sabbath, a British heavy metal band, sang lead vocals on Technical Ecstacy, Never Say Die! 1947 Event Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries New York City under 25.8" of snow in 16 hours That same day, LA set a record high of 84 degrees F 1945 Birthday Ian Gillian, heavy metal rocker, Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor 1945 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid 1945 Event Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th U.S. Air Force 1945 Event Heavy U.S. air raid on Okinawa 1944 Birthday Tim Bogert, born in Ridgefield, New Jersey, musician, bass player, played rock, blues-rock, heavy metal, performed bass solos with Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice 1944 Event Heavy battles at Tessy-sur-Vire and Villebaudon Normandy 1944 Event Heavy storm hampers British offensive at Caen 1944 Event Heavy Japanese counter offensive on Saipan 1944 Event Heavy storm hits the Channel 1944 Event Heavy air raid on U.S. fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot" 1944 Birthday Dave Holland, heavy metal rocker, Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law 1943 Birthday Eric Haydock, bassist, Hollies-He Aint Heavy He's My Brother 1942 Event 5th day of battle at El Alamein: heavy battles/Australian advance 1942 Event Heavy German assault in Stalingrad 1942 Event Heavy German assault on Malta 1942 Event Heavy German assault on Malta 1942 Event Heavy German assault on Malta 1942 Event Heavy German assault on Malta 1942 Event Lt. E. H. O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers 1941 Event U.S. aircraft carrier Lexington and 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor 1941 Birthday Spalding Gray, Rhode Island, actor, Beaches, Clara's Heart, Heavy Petting 1941 Event Heavy German assault on Tobruk 1940 Event Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed 1940 Event Heavy dogfights above England: 75 German aircrafts damaged 1940 Event Heavy German bombing on Dunkirk beach 1939 Event Heavy aftershocks destroy some of Chile 1932 Event Heavy earthquake ravages Kansu China, 70,000 killed 1931 Event Identification of heavy water publicly announced, HC Urey 1931 Event Yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China 1922 Event Landis insists Game 4 of World Series be played despite heavy rain 1916 Event Heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun 1910 Event Heavy rains cause floods in Paris 1906 Event Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast 1906 Event Heavy storm bursts dike flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands 1902 Event Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks and damages Sutro Baths, San Francisco 1893 Event Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway) 1864 Event General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem TN 1864 Event Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee 1855 Event Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed 1781 Event Battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina (British suffer heavy losses) 1703 Event Heavy storm hits England 1000s killed 1689 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck 1654 Event Fire after heavy storm destroys 2/3 of De Rijp, Netherlands, 1 dies 1643 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago, Chile; kills 1/3 of population 1634 Event Beach Island in North sea destroyed by a heavy storm flood 1558 Event Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm 1556 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Shaaxi China, kills 830,000 1552 Event Dutch coast hit by heavy storm 1552 Event Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed 1534 Event Zealand hit by heavy storm 1526 Event Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die 1520 Event Friesland hit by heavy hail storm
