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 min 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 hrs
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, Oly-4th-92, 96
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, Olympics gold 1952, 56, 64
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, Olympics gold 1956, 60, 64
1927 Michael Constantine, Penn, actor, Room 222, Don't Drink the Water
1926 Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1 hrs
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[rge] 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 capt 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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