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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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