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2007 Earthquake in Japan damages nuclear power plan releasing 300 gallons of radioactive water
1994 Congressional hearings begin on White Water 1994 Guus Verstraete Sr, Dutch actor/dir (2 Drops of Water), dies at 79 1992 Dany [Daniel S] Tuijnman, Dutch Minister of traffic and water, dies at 77 1990 Perrier recalls 160 million bottles of sparkling water after traces of benzene, a carcinogen, are found in some 1990 Pierrer Water pulls product from shelf due to benzine in water 1989 Jeff Richards, actor (Don't Go Near the Water), dies at 66 1988 Aluminum contaminates Cornish England's water supply 1987 President Reagan's veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by Congress 1986 Reginald Huffstetler trode water for 985 hours 1984 Leonard Rossiter, actor (2001, Water), dies of a heart attack at 57 1983 Albert Rizzo trod water at sea for 108 hours 9 minutes 1982 Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph 1982 Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard 1980 International Decade of Water and Sanitation begins 1979 Henri La Mothe dives 28' into 12 3/8" of water 1978 Ken Warby set world water speed record at 319.627 mph (514 kph) 1978 Joseph EA "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter, dies at 77 1977 Donna Patterson Brice sets high speed water skiing rec (111.11 mph) 1976 Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water 1975 5 drown in flash flood of sewer and water tunnel (Niagara Falls New York) 1974 William Sloane, publisher/writer ("Edge of Running Water"), dies 1974 Jeremy Laster, Fullerton California, water polo driver 1996 Olympics 1973 "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple goes gold 1973 Dutch High Council stops fluorine addition to drink water 1973 Wolf Wigo, Abington Penn, water polo driver 1996 Olympics 1973 James Young, Australian water polo player 1996 Olympics 1972 Nathan Thomas, Australian water polo player 1996 Olympics 1971 Chris Oeding, born in Santa Ana, California, water polo driver 1996 Olympics 1971 Troy Barnhart, Hanford California, water polo 2m offense 1996 Olympics 1971 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win 1971 Chi Kredell, born in Long Beach, California, water polo driver 1996 Olympics 1970 Dan Hackett, born in Syracuse, New York, water polo goalkeeper 1996 Olympics 1969 Chris Humbert, Modesto California, water polo 2m offense 1996 Olympics 1969 Guy Newman, Australian water polo goalie 1996 Olympics 1969 Colin Keely, Buffalo, New York, water polo driver 1996 Olympics 1968 Rick McNair, born in Berkeley, California, water polo 2m defender 1996 Olympics 1967 Alex Rousseau, Paris, France, U.S. water polo 2m Offense, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Australian Paul McManus water skis barefoot for 1:30:19 1967 Kirk Everist, Houston Texas, water polo driver 1996 Olympics 1967 Donald Campbell, boat racer, dies trying to break 300 mph on water 1966 Kyle Kopp, San Bernardino California, water polo 2m offense 1996 Olympics 1966 Erich Fischer, born in Dinuba, California, U.S. Olympic water polo foward 1992 Olympics 1965 Chris Duplanty, Palo Alto California, water polo goalkeeper 1996 Olympics 1965 [Theodora E] Betsy Ranucci-Beckman, actress (Dood Water), dies at 88 1964 Donald Campbell (UK) sets world water speed record (276.33 mph) 1964 [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, actor and director (3 Drops of Water), dies at 81 1964 Alexander Archipenko, Ukr sculptor/water colors painter, dies at 76 1962 Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (Water and Dreams), dies at 78 1962 H Trendley Dean, doctor (introduced fluoridation into water) 1961 1st practical sea water conversion plant - Freeport, Texas 1960 USS Nautilus completes 1st circumnavigation of globe under water 1960 Michael Evans, born in Fontana, California, U.S. water polo player 1988 Olympics silver 1959 Mike Lindup, British rock keyboardist/singer, Level 42-Hot Water 1958 Andrew Mapple, U.S. water skier 1957 Phil Gould, rock percussionist, Level 42-Hot Water 1957 Craig Wilson, Beeville, Texas, U.S. water polo goalie, Olym-silver-84, 88 1956 Scott Michael Pellaton, barefoot water ski champ 1956 Jacques Cousteau's Calypso anchors in 7,500 m of water (record) 1955 Yarkon Water Project opens to supply water to Negev desert in Israel 1955 Boon Gould, rock guitarist, Level 42-Hot Water 1952 Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins 1952 1st performance of John Cage's "Water Music" 1951 I R Evans, CEO, Hyder, Welsh Water 1950 William H. Macy, born in Miami, Florida, actor, Homicide, Water Engine 1949 Rick Wakeman, rock keyboardist, Yes-Fish Out of Water 1948 Chris Squire, born in London, rock bassist, Yes-Fish Out of Water 1946 Clare Francis, yachtswoman/novelist, Come Hell or High Water 1945 Leo Kottke, born in Athens, Georgia, guitarist, Ice Water, Greenhouse 1945 Grand Rapids, Michigan becomes 1st U.S. city to fluoridate its water 1943 Larry Tamblyn, rock guitarist, Standells-Dirty Water 1941 Tony Valentino, rocker, Standells-Dirty Water 1939 Kenneth Warby, fastest man on water at 300 knots, 345 mph 1935 Gyorgy Karpati, born in Hungary, water polo, Gold Medals 1952, 1956, 1964 Olympics 1934 Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert 1934 Gia Scala, born in Italy, actress in Angry Hills, Don't Go Near the Water 1931 Identification of heavy water publicly announced, HC Urey 1927 10th PGA Championship: Water Hagen at Cedar Crest CC Dallas 1927 Dezso Gyarmati, Hungary, water polo player, Gold Medals 1956. 1960, 1964 Olympics 1927 Michael Constantine, Penn, actor, Room 222, Don't Drink the Water 1926 Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1 hours 1925 Water skis patented by Fred Waller 1925 Trevor Hughes, water engineer 1924 Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary water polo player, Olympics, 1948-60 1924 Malcolm Anson, CEO, Wessex Water Authority 1922 Jeff Richards, born in Portland, Oregon, actor, Don't Go Near the Water 1922 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world's 1st water skis (Minn) 1920 Franco Pandolfini, Italy, water polo 1948 Olympics gold 1920 Istvan Szivos, Hungary, water polo player 1976 Olympics gold 1919 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) 1915 Dany [Daniel S] Tuijnman, head of Dutch traffic and water 1914 Tullio Pandolfini, Italy, water polo 1948 Olympics gold 1912 Bulgarian troops in Constantinople blockade drinking water 1912 Jan Peeters, Dutch water colors painter/monumental artist 1910 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre) 1907 Malcolm Atterbury, Philadelphia, actor, Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way 1906 Paul Cezanne, French painter/water colors painter, dies at 67 1903 Paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75 1903 Niagera Falls runs out of water because of a drought 1903 Due to drought the U.S. side of Niagara Falls runs short of water 1900 Joseph E A "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter 1900 Kees Verwey, painter/water colors painter/cartoonist 1894 George Inness, U.S. landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap), dies at 69 1893 Emmett J. Culligan, founder of water treatment organization 1887 Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller 1885 Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer, dikes 1883 Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer, Along the water front 1883 Utrecht begins water pipe system 1883 [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, Dutch actor, 3 Drops of Water, theater director 1877 Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann, Theodora, Dutch author/actress, Dead Water 1875 John P "Jan" Musch, Dutch actor, Dead Water 1874 Rotterdam opens drink water pipes 1867 Masaoka Shiki, Japan, haiku and tanka poet/diarist, Salt Water Ballads 1866 Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed 1861 Battle of Black Water 1860 Menso Kamerlingh Onnes, painter/water colors painter 1857 George H Breitner, Dutch impressionist painter/water colors painter 1857 San Francisco Water Works organized 1854 Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes 1853 Geo Poggenbeek, Dutch water colors painter 1843 A G Henri Regnault, French water colors painter 1840 Claude Monet, France, impressionist, Water Lilies 1837 John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60 1828 Paul J C Gabriel, painter/water colors painter/etcher 1825 George Inness, U.S. landscape painter, Delaware Water Gap 1813 Wijnand J J Nuijen, romantic/water colors painter, Wrecked 1786 Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68 1782 John Sell Cotman, water color artist 1755 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine 1733 Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer) 1577 Water Geuzen under Captain Slope enter Amsterdam 1575 Charles de Boisot, water beggar, dies in battle at about 45 1573 Lancelot of Brederode, water beggar, beheaded 1568 Battle on Eems: Dutch Water garrison beats Spanish 1521 Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine |
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