2002 William Warfield, singer/teacher, Old Man River, dies at 82
2000 Sir Alec Guinness, actor, Bridge on the River Kwai, dies at 86
1994 Henry Mancini, composer (Pink Panther, Moon River), dies at 70
1993 River Phoenix, actor (Stand By Me), dies of drug overdose at 23
1992 Hank Worden, actor (Red River), dies of natural causes at 91
1992 Malcolm Atterbury, actor (7 Days in May, Wild River), dies at 85
1989 Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river
1988 Skip Storch swims 246 km of Hudson River from Albany to New York City
1987 "Big River" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 1005 performances
1987 10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood, Comfort, Texas
1986 Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed
1986 William Collier, actor (Up the River, She's My Weakness), dies
1985 39th Tony Awards: Biloxi Blues and Big River win
1985 "Big River" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 1005 performances
1985 Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in New York City
1985 War veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai"
1984 Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River
1982 Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St. Bridge in Washington, D.C., and falls into Potomac River, killing 78
1980 Stacey Storey, Eagle River Alaska, Miss America-Alaska 1996
1980 River of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter
1979 "Lonesome Loser" by Little River Band peaks at #6
1975 500 drown when 2 river boats collide and sink in China's West River
1975 Jerry Verno, actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone), dies at 79
1975 Christine Buschur, Eagle River, Alaska, Miss America-Alaska 1997
1974 28th Tony Awards: River Niger and Raisin win
1974 Betty Compson, actress (Barker, Weary River, Drag Net), dies at 77
1973 William CF Plomer, South Africa libretto writer (Curlew River), dies at 69
1973 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river, India
1972 Joseph A Walkers "River Niger," premieres in New York City
1972 Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims. (Minia Egypt)
1972 Geoff Sanderson, Hay River, NHL left wing, Hartford Whalers
1971 Cleveland Metroparks' Rocky River Nature Center opens
1971 Michael Chack, Toms River, New Jersey, figure skater, 1997 Pac Coast Sr champ
1970 Bridge over Yarra River in Melbourne crashes; killing 35
1970 River Phoenix, Madras Ore, actor, Little Nikta, Stand By Me
1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA River Plantation Women's Golf Open
1969 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash
1969 Cleveland's Cuyahgo River catches fire
1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA River Plantation Golf Invitational
1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kings River Golf Open
1968 Howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61
1968 Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases
1968 Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River New York
1967 Matt Howard, Fall River, Massachusetts, infielder, New York Yankees
1967 Oscar Shaw, actor (Rhythm on the River, Marianne), dies at 76
1966 Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works, kills 113
1966 Mao Tse Tung swims Yangtse River
1965 3rd cyclone of year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges River
1965 Trackless trolley plunged into Nile River drowning 74 (Cairo Egypt)
1965 Al Leiter, Toms River, New Jersey, pitcher, Florida Marlins, New York Mets
1965 Pontoon ferry overturned on Shire River Malawi, kills 150
1964 Suriname River dammed
1964 William Thomas Andrade, Fall River, Massachusetts, PGA golfer, 1991 Kemper Open
1961 Greg Gagne, Fall River, Massachusetts, infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers
1961 Joel Otto, Elk River, Minnesota, NHL center, Philadelphia Flyers, Team USA Oly-1998
1960 Dawn Coe-Jones, Campbell River BC, LPGA golfer, 1992 Kemper Open
1960 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil
1959 River Canyon extending man-made Lake Hebgen by 5 miles. (Montana)
1959 American Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65
1959 Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die
1958 30th Academy Awards-"Bridge over River Kwai," Woodward and Guinness win
1957 Sholem Asch, Polish/Israeli writer (East River), dies at 77
1955 Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage
1954 George McArdle, rock bassist (Little River Band Melbourne
1953 Derek Pellicci, rock drummer, Little River Band-Help Is On It's Way
1951 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi River in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Illinois
1951 Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River
1951 David Briggs, rock guitarist, Little River Band-Help is on it's Way
1950 China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River
1950 Chinese offensive halts at Chongchon River, North Korea
1949 Terry Reid, rock guitarist, River, Bang Bang You're Terry Reid
1949 British warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff
1948 SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die
1948 Beeb Birtles, [Gerard Birtlekamp], rock guitarist, Little River Band
1948 Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River
1947 Lee Meredith, [Judith Lee Sauls], River Edge, New Jersey, actress, Producers
1947 Harry Carey Sr, actor and director (Red River, Sundown), dies at 69
1947 200 die when train derails and fell into a river in Canton, China
1947 Graham Goble, Adelaide, Australia, rock guitarist, Little River Band
1947 Felicity Lott, English soprano, We come to the river
1947 John D Rockefeller, Jr. donates New York City East River site to the U.N.
1947 Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400
1945 U.S. and Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany on Elbe River
1945 U.S. troops in Italy cross river Po
1945 Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder
1944 U.S. 12nd Army Corps crosses river Seine East of Paris
1944 Russian troops cross river Bug/march into Poland
1944 Glenn Shorrock, born in Sydney, Australia, rock vocalist, Little River Band
1944 Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River New Jersey, killing 16
1942 German troops cross Kuban River
1942 8 die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Virginia
1942 Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon
1942 Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River
1941 James Stephenson, actor (Sea Hawk, River's End), dies at 52
1941 SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia
1940 John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hours 46 mins in the Mississippi River
1940 Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Muese River
1938 Robert "Evel" Knievel, motorcycle daredevil, Snake River Canyon
1937 Japanese aircraft shell and sink U.S. gunboat Panay on Yangtze River in China. (Japan apologized and eventually paid U.S. $2.2M in reparations)
1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon)
1937 Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power
1935 Morton Dean, Fall River Massachusetts, TV newscaster, CBS, ABC
1933 Adrienne Corri, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actress, River, Dr. Zhivago
1932 Steamboat SS Observation explodes in New York City East River (71 killed)
1931 Yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China
1930 Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans
1930 Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer, Moon River, Andy Williams Show
1928 Patrick Tilley, UK, sci-fi author, 1st Family, Blood River
1928 Paul Whiteman and orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records
1927 Tropical storm flooding kills 84 in Winooski River Valley (Vt)
1926 Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200
1923 Helena Carter, [Helen Rickerts], U.S. model/actress, River Lady
1923 Ad[rianus C] de Besten, Dutch literary, River Basin
1921 Malcolm Arnold, Northampton England, composer, Bridge over River Kwai
1921 Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co
1920 Hudson River frozen at Albany
1919 Curt Gowdy, Green River, Wyoming, sportscaster, ABC
1918 German armies retreat across Marne River in France (WW I)
1918 William Holden, born in Illinois, actor, Stalag 17, Bridge Over River Kwai, SOB
1918 Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River
1917 James Donald, Aberdeen Scotland, actor, Bridge on River Kwai, Vikings
1917 A Marja, [ATE Mooy], Dutch literary, Shreds on the River
1915 Una Mae Carlisle, U.S. pianist/vocalist, Walkin' at the River
1914 Alec Guinness, born in London, England, British actor, Bridge on River Kwai
1913 Dayton, Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, and Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously
1910 1st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon
1910 Phil Hanna, River Forest, Illinois, singer, Once Upon a Tune
1910 Sammy Kaye, born in Rocky River Ohio, orch leader, Sammy Kaye Show
1910 Douglas Spencer, actor, Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return
1909 Nigel Tranter, author/historian, River Realm, Robert the Bruce
1909 Johnny Mercer, Savannah, Georgia, lyricist, Moon River, Old Black Magic
1908 1st tunnel under Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens
1906 Howard Petrie, Beverly, Massachusetts, actor, Border River, Bounty Hunter
1904 Side-wheeler "General Slocum" burns in New York's East River (1,031 die)
1904 -34 degrees F (-36.7 degrees C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record)
1902 Nora Swinburne, born in England, actress, Quo Vardis, Dinner at Ritz, River
1901 Sam Spiegel, producer, On the Waterfront, Bridge over River Kwai
1901 Battle at Blood River Port: Boer Gen Botha beats mjr Goughs cavalry
1901 Battle at Elands River Port: Boer Gen Smuts destroys unit 17th Lancers
1901 Boer general John Smuts and De la Rey conqueror Mud river Transvaal
1900 Howard Thurman, theologian/author, Deep River, Deep in the Hunger
1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony)
1899 Battle of Mud river (Boer general. Cronje beats British gen Methuen)
1899 Byron Foulger, Ogden, Utah, actor, River's Edge, Up in Smoke
1899 Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage
1898 Paul Robeson, born in Philadelphia, singer, Old Man River
1898 Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese
1897 Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, Dutch author, Village by the River
1896 Gold discovered at Klondike River at Dawson
1896 Arthur Shields, Dublin Ireland, actor, River, Enchanted Island
1895 Jerry Verno, born in London, England, actor, River of Unrest, Sweeney Todd
1892 Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden arrested in Fall River, Mass
1890 Sessue Hayakawa, born in Japan, actor, Bridge on River Kwai, Hell to Eternity
1888 Pennsylvania's Monongehela River rises 32' after 24 hour rainfall
1887 British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong
1887 Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million
1883 SS Daphne sinks on Clyde River Scotland; 195 die
1881 River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die
1880 Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, New York
1878 George Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River), dies at 81
1877 Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians
1876 Henry Morton Stanley's reaches Lualaba River
1869 1st international boat race (Thames River, Oxford beats Harvard)
1869 1st voyage down Colorado River
1865 Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up
1864 Battle of Honey Hill South Carolina (Broad River) 96 dead/665 wounded
1864 Battle of Marais Des Cygnes River, Kansas (Mine Creek)
1864 Battle at Chattahoochee River, Georgia
1864 640m long ponton bridge over James River Virginia finished
1864 Battle of Kellar's Bridge Kentucky, Licking River
1864 Battle of N Anna River, Virginia (Totopotamy River, Haw's Shop, Hanovertown)
1864 Skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign)
1864 Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River
1864 Skirmish at Ny River Virginia
1864 Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign)
1864 Battle of Cane River, Louisiana (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry)
1864 Skirmish at Elkin's Ford Little Missouri River, Arkansas
1864 Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240
1864 Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, Louisiana
1864 Red River campaign LA
1864 Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
1863 CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die
1863 Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
1863 Battle at Bear River, Washington: U.S. Army vs indians
1863 Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends
1862 Battle of Stone's River, Tennessee (Stone River, Monfreesboro)
1862 Naval Engagement at Yazoo River, MS (USS CAIRO torpedoed)
1862 Battle of Big Hatchie River, MS
1862 Battle of Nueces River, Texas
1862 Naval Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition
1862 Battle at Green River Kentucky (Morgan's Ohio Raid)
1862 Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River
1862 Battle of Big Sandy River, Kentucky (Middle Creek)
1859 1st steamboat sails, Red River
1858 Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia
1855 1st train crosses Mississippi River's 1st bridge, Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport Iowa
1853 Gadsden Purchase 45,000 mi (120,000 km) by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million, area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico
1850 Gold discovered in Oregon, Rogue River
1837 Collision of river boat Monmouth and Trement on Miss; 300 die
1837 "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies
1834 HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia
1833 Charles Darwin reaches river mouth of Parana
1833 HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro
1832 Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisconsin
1832 Source of Mississippi River discovered, Henry R. Schoolcraft
1829 Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens
1826 Stephen Foster, Lawrencevil, Pennsylvania, composer, Oh! Susanna, Swanee River
1826 Frederick Church, U.S. romantic landscape painter, Hudson River Sch
1825 Erie Canal between Hudson River and Lake Erie opened
1823 1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Ft. Snelling
1817 Mississippi River steamboat service begins
1815 George Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia
1812 Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia
1812 1st Russian settlement in California, Russian River
1811 Earthquake in Missouri caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards
1811 1st Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans
1807 Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River
1804 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony
1804 Mungo Park leaves England seeking source of Niger River
1801 Thomas Cole, U.S., romantic landscape painter, Hudson River School
1792 Columbia River discovered and named by U.S. Capt Robert Gray
1790 Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress
1789 Alex Mackenzie explores Mackenzie River (Canada)
1776 George Washington's retreating army crosses Delaware River from NJ
1776 Washington and his troops cross Delaware River
1774 Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)
1771 Samuel Hearne explores Copper Mine River of Canada
1770 David Thompson, English/Canadian explorer, Columbia River
1745 English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St. Lawrence River
1715 Thames River freezes
1696 Czar Peter I's fleet occupies Azov at mouth of Don River
1682 William Penn accepts area around Delaware River from Duke of York
1669 LaSalle leaves Montreal to explore Ohio River
1667 Abraham Crijnssens fleet reach Fort Willoughby on Suriname River
1607 English colonists (John Smith) lands near James River in VA
1575 Henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer, Hudson River
1541 Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River
1540 Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River
1534 Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St. Lawrence River
1498 Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela
1434 Thames River freezes
1415 King Henry V of England army lands on mouth of Seine River
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