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2012 Event - Vietnamese police break up anti-China protests over oil and gas claims in the disputed territorial waters of the South China Sea

2012 Event - Vietnam accuses China of cutting seismic survey cables from territorial waters in the South China, disputed by Vietnam, the Philippines Malaysia, Taiwan, and Brunei

2012 Event - The Japanese Coast Guard reports six Chinese Marine Surveillance ships are sighted near the disputed Senkaku Islands; China claims the 'two surveillance ship fleets' are in waters around the islands for purposes of 'patrols and law enforcement'

2011 Event - In Vietnam, hundreds demonstrate against Chinese naval operations in the disputed waters of the South China Sea

2010 Event - After South Korea's ROKS Cheonan ship is sunk by North Korea, South Korea cuts off trade with North Korea and announces North Korean ships will no longer be allowed to use South Korean waters

1998 Death - S P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67

1995 Death - Frank Waters, writer, dies at 92

1984 Death - Muddy Waters, blues singer/guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), dies at 68

1983 Death - Muddy Waters, U.S. blues singer/guitarist (Mad Love), dies at 68

1981 Death - Jack Warner, Waters, actor (Captive Heart), dies at 84

1977 Death - Ethel Waters, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather), dies at 76

1977 Event - U.S. extends territorial waters to 200 miles

1971 Death - Nelly A "Nell" Knoop, Dutch actress (Silent Waters), dies at 72

1970 Birthday - Sam Waters, Camp Springs, Maryland, singer, Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up

1969 Event - Blues artist Muddy Waters involved in a car crash that kills 3

1968 Death - Franchot Tone, actor (Advise and Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63

1967 Birthday - Maxine Waters Jones, rocker, En Vogue

1962 Birthday - Andre Waters, NFL safety for the Arizona Cardinals

1950 Event - 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah)

1949 Event - Elia Kazan's "Pinky" starring Ethel Waters opens at Rivoli

1946 Birthday - John Waters, director, Hairspray

1944 Birthday - Roger Waters, born in Cambridge, England, rock bassist, Pink Floyd-Wall

1943 Birthday - George Roger Waters, keyboardist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall

1941 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt orders any Axis ship found in American waters be shot on sight

1938 Birthday - Maxine Waters, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative-D-California 1991 -

1926 Birthday - Jean Peters, born in Canton, Ohio, actress, Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters

1925 Event - New York's Jake Forbes makes 67 saves, Pitt's Ray Waters makes 70

1915 Birthday - Muddy Waters, guitarist, Hoochie Coochie Man

1913 Event - Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic and Pacific waters mix

1904 Birthday - Jean Daste, actor, Z, Sorceress, Green Room, Stormy Waters

1904 Birthday - Jean Gabin, Alexis Moncorge, actor, Stormy Waters, French Can Can

1902 Birthday - Frank Waters, writer

1902 Birthday - Benny Waters, saxophonist

1897 Birthday - Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author, Waters of Babylon

1896 Birthday - Ethel Waters, Chester, Pennsylvania, actress, Beulah, singer, Stormy Weather

1863 Event - Battle of Falling Waters, MD (Beaver Creek)

1861 Event - British territorial waters and ports off-limits during Civil War

1852 Birthday - George A. Moore, Ireland, painter/novelist, Esther Waters

1816 Death - Daniel Waters, American Soldier

1731 Birthday - Daniel Waters, American Soldier

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