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2006 Egyptian ferry, Al Salam Boccaccio, sinks killing over 1200 people in the Red Sea
2001 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, writer/pilot, ", Gift from the Sea, ", dies at 94 2000 Two onboard torpedoes explode on the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, which eventually killed all onboard, despite a rescue operation 1998 Lloyd Bridges, actor, Sea Hunt, dies at 85 1996 Endo Shusaku, Japanese writer (Sea and Poison/Silence), dies at 73 1996 Peter Bird, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days, dies at age 49 at sea during an attempt to row across the Pacific 1994 Ferry boat Estonia capsize and sinks in East Sea, 909 killed 1994 Henk Figee, author/publisher (Shoes of the Sea), dies at 46 1994 Great comet-iceball seen above North sea 1993 Harry Bellaver, actor (Blue Collar, Old Man and the Sea), dies at 88 1993 119th Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Sea Hero wins in 2:02.4 1993 "Sea Gull" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 48 performances 1992 "Sea Gull" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 48 performances 1992 Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies 1992 Opening Main-Donau canal (North Sea-Black Sea) 1991 Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed 1991 California University makes Dead Sea Scrolls public 1991 27 lost at sea when 2 U.S. Navy anti-submarine planes collide 1991 Howard Ashman, song writer (Under the Sea), dies of AIDs at 40 1989 Norwegian Convair 580 crashes at Jutland in sea (55 murder) 1989 Soviet sub sinks in Norwegian Sea, with about a dozen deaths 1989 1st sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral 1988 North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha explodes, 166 die 1987 Raquel Torres, actress (Duck Soup, Sea Bat), dies 1987 Lynne Cox swims 4.3 km from U.S. to U.S.S.R. in 39 degrees F (4 degrees C) Bering Sea 1987 Monitor, Civil War warship, is discovered by a deep sea robot 1986 U.S. submarine Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea 1985 Alexander Scourby, actor (Victory at Sea, Ransom), dies at 71 1983 Albert Rizzo trod water at sea for 108 hours 9 minutes 1982 U.S. submarine Thomas Edison collides with U.S. Navy destroyer in So China Sea 1980 Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81 1979 33rd NBA Championship: Sea Supersonics beat Washington Bullets, 4 games to 1 1978 32nd NBA Championship: Washington Bullets beat Sea Supersonics, 4 games to 3 1977 Ringo releases "Drowning in Sea of Love" 1977 Don Blackman, actor (Old Man and Sea, Desert Legion), dies at 65 1976 Egyptian SS Patria sinks in Red Sea, about 100 killed 1976 Liberian tanker stranded at Nantucket, 180,000 barrels oil in sea 1976 Seattle Seahawks play 1st regular-season game (St. L 30, Sea 24) 1976 Samuel Eliot Morison, U.S. historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88 1975 1st oil pumped from North Sea oilfield 1974 Willem F K Hussem, painter and poet (Steltlopen on Sea), dies at 74 1973 Syrian/Israeli dogfight over Mediterranean Sea 1973 Louise Huff, actress (Sea Waif, Caprice, Disraeli), dies at 77 1972 Eric Unverzagt, NFL/WLAF linebacker, Sea Seahawks, Scotland Claymores 1972 Aeroflot Il-18 crashes near Black Sea resort of Sochi, kills 105 1971 Sterling Hitchcock, Fayetteville, North Carolina, pitcher, New York Yankees, Sea Mariners 1970 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility 1970 Beck, born in Los Angeles, California, born Bek David Campbell, guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist, popular recordings include 'Odelay', 'Sea Change' 1970 Dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, kills 102 1969 Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice 1969 North Korea shoots at U.S. airplane above Japanese sea 1968 Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die 1968 Spy ship USS Pueblo and 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea 1967 Helen Flint, actress (Sea Devils), dies after being hit by a car at 69 1966 Ronald Shiner, actor (Aunt Clara, Forbidden, Girls at Sea), dies at 63 1966 North Sea Gas was 1st pumped ashore by British Petroleum 1965 Clara Bow, U.S. actress, (Down to the Sea in Ships, Wings), dies at 60 1965 Revised International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect 1964 Netherlands last whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational 1962 Jerome Kersey, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors, Sea Supersonics 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational 1961 1st practical sea water conversion plant - Freeport, Texas 1961 Suggs wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational Open 1960 U.S.S.R. shoots down a U.S. aircraft over Barents sea 1960 Old handwriting found in at Qumran, near the Dead Sea 1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational 1958 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open 1957 Soviet steamer "Eshghbad" sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270 1957 Jo Brand, born in Hastings, England, stage name, 'The Sea Monster', stand up comedian, embraced alternative comedy movement, employing use of monotone delivery, pauses, image inspired by radicalized feminism 1957 Mickey Wright wins Sea Island Golf Open 1956 Noel Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble," premieres in London 1956 Bauer Marlene wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open 1955 Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea 1955 U.S. air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea 1955 Ellen Barkin, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Big Easy, Sea of Love 1955 Israel acquires 4 of 7 Dead Sea scrolls 1955 Jackie Pung wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open 1954 "By the Beautiful Sea" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 270 performances 1954 "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 270 performances 1954 Suggs Louise wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open (Cloister) 1953 Dutch DC-6 crashes near Ymuiden in North Sea, 21 die 1953 Pulitzer prize awarded to E Hemingway (Old Man and The Sea) 1953 Passenger ships Willem Ruys and Orange collide in the Red Sea 1952 Ernest Hemmingway's "Old Man and Sea" published 1952 Soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8 1952 Terence Rattigan's "Deep Blue Sea," premieres in London 1952 Helgoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain 1951 John Alden Carpenter, U.S. composer (Sea Drift), dies at 75 1949 Douglas Fred Tewell, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1980 Sea Pines 1949 Dutch Constellation plunge at Bari in sea, 33 die 1948 Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100 1945 Philippines Sea: U.S. cruiser Indianapolis torpedoed/sinks, 880 die 1945 Fenneken Fockema Andreae, Dutch actress, Sea Gull 1945 German island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British 1945 German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed 1945 U.S. Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea 1944 U.S. air raid on Japanese battleships/cruisers in Sibuya Sea: Musashi sinks 1944 Allies bomb sea wall at Veere 1944 Allies bombs sea dikes at Vlissingen 1944 Operation Anvil: Allies land on French Mediterranean sea coast 1944 U.S. attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea 1944 Battle of Philippines Sea, 300 Japanese aircraft shot down 1943 German warship "Scharnhorst" sinks in Barents Sea 1943 Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea 1943 RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea 1943 U.S. defeats Japan and wins Battle of Bismark Sea 1943 Sea battle in Bismarck Sea finishes, U.S. and Australia win 1942 Battle in Barents Sea 1942 Chaotic "sea battle of Friday the 13th" at Guadalcanal 1942 Sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands 1942 Patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle 1942 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea 1942 Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion 1942 Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air) 1942 British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea 1942 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, U.S. suffers a major naval defeat 1942 Battle of Java Sea began 13 U.S. warships sunk - 2 Japanese 1942 Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52 1941 Geoffrey Davies, English actor, Doctor at Sea, Doctor on the Go 1941 James Stephenson, actor (Sea Hawk, River's End), dies at 52 1941 Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy 1941 Frank Bridge, English violinist and composer (Sea), dies at 61 1940 Ben[jamin] Turpin, U.S. comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies 1939 Frankie Ford, Frank Guzzo, Gretna, Louisiana, rock vocalist, Sea Cruise 1933 Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane 1931 Billy Vaughn, born in Glasgow, Kentucky, singer, Chapel by the Sea 1931 Phil Phillips [Baptiste], rock vocalist, Sea Of Love 1930 North Sea floodgate at Ijmuiden (biggest in world) officially opens 1930 1st U.S. radio broadcast from a ship at sea 1929 Charles Van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God on Sea), dies 1929 Hugo Raes, Flemish writer, Horses Jump and Fresh Sea 1928 David Hedison, actor, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1927 Sea battle at Navarino (Greece freed of Ottoman occupation) 1927 Roland Verhavert, Flemish screen writer, Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor 1926 David Hedison, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Colbys, Voyage to Bottom of Sea 1925 Pieternella "Nel" van Arem, Dutch actress, Sea Gull 1925 Rik Kuijpers, Belgian director, Sea gulls die in the harbor 1923 Pierre Loti, Julien Viaud, French sea officer/writer, dies 1922 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in New York City 1922 Paul Acket, Dutch publisher/organizer, Music Express, North Sea Jazz 1920 Nestor de Tiere, Flemish playwright (Bride of the Sea), dies 1920 Jan Walravens, Flemish writer, Motionless at Sea 1918 Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea 1917 Russian Black Sea fleet mutiny at Sebastopol 1916 Adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer, Sister at Sea 1916 Ivan Tors, TV producer, Sea Hunt, Flipper 1916 Battle of Skagerrak: Brit-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead) 1916 German-British sea battle off Belgian coast 1916 Dutch South Sea dike cracks 1915 Brenda Marshall, Philippines, actress, Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark 1915 Dutch accidents at sea law enforced 1915 Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea 1915 German-British sea battle at Doggersbank and Helgoland 1914 British fleet forfeits chance to destroy German fleet in North Sea 1914 Turkish warships storm Black Sea 1914 German battle cruiser Goeben enters Black Sea 1914 Richard Basehart, Zanesville, Ohio, actor, Voyage to Bottom of Sea 1914 Richard Basehart, actor, Voyage to Bottom of the Sea 1914 Marguerite Duras, born in France, novelist and playwright, Sea Wall 1913 Roland Garros is 1st to fly over Mediterranean Sea 1913 Turkish-Greek sea battle near Troy 1913 Lloyd Bridges, born in San Leandro, California, actor, Sea Hunt, Roots, Airplane 1912 Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61 1912 Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power 1911 John Sturges, U.S., director, Old Man and Sea, Magnificent 7 1910 John YWJ Eilerts de Cock, sea officer (Suriname), dies at 44 1910 Nicholas Monsarret, born in England, writer, Cruel Sea 1909 1st radio rescue at sea 1908 Denmark, Germany, England, France, Netherlands and Sweden sign North Sea accord 1906 Charles J B Jonckheere, Flemish poet and writer, Mirror of the Sea 1905 Clara Bow, Brooklyn, actress, Wings, Down to the Sea in Ships 1905 Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima 1904 Paul D Stoop, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II-Coral Sea 1904 J. M. Synge's "Riders to the Sea" opens at Irish National Theater Society 1904 J. M. Synge's "Ruders to the Sea," premieres in Dublin 1900 German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power 1900 Willem F K Hussem, Dutch painter and poet, Coastline, Lookout on Sea 1898 Helen Flint, Chicago, actress, Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast 1896 Agnes Ayres, Hinkle, U.S., actress, Sheik, Souls at Sea 1896 Irene Browne, born in England, actress, All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart 1895 SS Elbe sinks after collision in North Sea, 332 killed 1893 11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea, 22 killed 1893 Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian, dies at 68 1893 Jan M Romein, Dutch historian, Low Countries at Sea 1893 U.S. no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea 1892 Britian and U.S. sign treaty on seal hunting in Bering Sea 1887 Samuel Eliot Morison, historian, Admiral of the Ocean Sea 1886 Hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola, Texas 1884 Noah Beery, U.S. actor, Mark of Zorro, Sea Wolf 1883 Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hours after explosion 1882 Cyclone in Arabian Sea, Bombay, India, drowns 100,000 1879 Walter Long, actor, Moby Dick, Sheik, Sea Devils, Dragnet Patrol 1878 George Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River), dies at 81 1878 James M. Kilroe, priest of St. Mary Star of the Sea, in the Bronx 1878 Karel van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet, God at Sea 1876 King Willem III opens North Sea Canal (Amsterdam-IJmuiden) 1876 John Alden Carpenter, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, Sea Drift 1873 Henry M Tomlinson, British writer, Sea and Jungle 1871 John Millington Synge, Ireland, dramatist/poet, Riders to the Sea 1870 British SS Cambria leaves for Noth sea coast, 196 killed 1870 "City of Boston" vanishes at sea with all 177 aboard 1866 Sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy 1865 Johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer, Lucie R, Suriname 1864 Union General William T Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War 1864 Kingston, Georgia burned during Sherman's March to Sea 1864 Sherman issues preliminary plans for his "March to the Sea" 1864 Antonio Gonalves Dias, Brazilian national poet, dies at sea 1862 Henry John Newbolt, English sea historian/poet 1862 Galena, 1st U.S. iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Connecticut 1851 Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer, Sea Bride princess of Herberg 1850 Pierre Loti, Julien Viaud, French sea officer/writer, Pacheur 1840 Alfred Thayer Mahan, U.S., naval officer, Influence of Sea Power 1840 1st deep sea sounding 1834 Horatio Alger, Jr., Revere Massachusetts, author, Lost at Sea, Work and Win 1825 Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian 1825 Dutch North Sea coast floods 1817 Gloucester, Massachusetts, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore 1796 George Back, English sea officer/explorer, North Canada 1790 Lifeboat 1st tested at sea, by Mr. Greathead, the inventor 1787 James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer, Weddell Sea 1782 British-French sea battle at Negapatam (South-Indies) 1776 Captain Cook begins 3rd and last trip to Pacific (South Sea) 1776 Charleston, South Carolina repulses British sea attack 1765 Charles Dibdin, England, composer/author, Sea Songs 1759 2nd sea battle of Lagos: England vs France 1738 England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea and West-Indies 1721 Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War 1704 Sea battle at Malaga 1702 Jean Bart, French captain and sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51 1693 1st sea battle of Lagos: England and Holland vs France 1690 Netherlands-French sea battle at Beachy Head (Cornelis Evertsen) 1673 Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English and French fleet 1673 John de Love I, Vice-Admiral, dies in sea battle at about 54 1666 Sea battle between Netherlands and England 1666 Vierdaagse Sea battle (Ruyter-Monk vs Prince Ruprecht) 1665 Sea battle at Lowestoft: English fleet beats Dutch 1653 Sea battle at Heijde, English fleet beats Dutch 1652 Sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet 1652 English-Dutch sea battle at Kentish Knock 1652 Sea battle at Plymouth: Ayscue vs De Ruyter 1651 South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm 1650 Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero, Escape from Plymouth 1644 Sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Admiral Thijssen beats Denen 1639 Sea battle at Dunes: Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp beats Spanish Armada 1634 Beach Island in North sea destroyed by a heavy storm flood 1629 Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs Dunkerk Cape 1599 Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher, Consolation of the Sea 1588 Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada 1576 Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea 1576 Spanish army under Mondragon conquerors Zierik sea 1574 Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot) 1574 Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet 1534 Lubeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea 1500 Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns 1492 Columbus' fleet about 400 sea miles from Puerto Rico 1444 Battle at Varna, Black Sea: Sultan Murad II beats crusaders 1421 Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing est 10,000 in Netherlands 1375 Westfriese sea wall breaks flooding northern Netherlands 1351 Sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen and English 1304 Sea battle of Zierikzee 1304 Battle at Zierik Sea: Dutch and French fleet beat Flemish fleet 1185 Sea battle at Dan-no-ura: Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family |
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