2013 Event A rare 19th century torpedo is discovered off the coast of California by the US Navy dolphins 1993 Death Richard Sale, writer and director (Oscar, Torpedo Run), dies at 80 1982 Birthday Ian Thorpe, born in Sydney, New South Wales, professional swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, won 11 World Championship gold medals, nicknamed, 'Torpedo' 1982 Event British torpedo boat Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket 1967 Event Egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat 1947 Event Naval torpedo and mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300 1945 Event Preston Tucker reveals plan to produce the Torpedo, a new 150 MPH car 1944 Event Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 U.S. soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats 1941 Event German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on U.S. battleship Texas 1940 Event Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks 1915 Event Dutch merchant Navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo 1912 Event Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patents by B. A. Fiske
