2012 Event The Dutch non-profit organization's Women on Waves abortion rights activist ship, which provides abortions and related medical services to women from countries with restrictive abortion laws, was blocked from entering Morocco's port of Smir 1994 Death Mildred Mcafee Horton, U.S. 1st head mistress of WAVES, dies 1967 Birthday Emily Watson, actress, Breaking the Waves, Boxer 1956 Event East Pakistan struck by cyclone and tidal waves 1951 Birthday Stellan Skarsgard, Swedish actor, Breaking the Waves 1944 Event Navy says black women can join WAVES 1942 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES) 1940 Birthday Robby Mueller, cinematographer, Breaking the Waves, Dead Man, Korczak 1905 Birthday James Robertson Justice, born in Scotland, actor, Above Us the Waves 1897 Event Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll) 1890 Birthday Chicago Mainbocher, uniform designer, Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Waves 1883 Event Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hours after explosion 1857 Birthday Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast and receive radio waves 1737 Event 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India)
