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