2015 Event A 37-year-old man from South Carolina is rescued 500 miles from home after 66 days lost at sea; Louis Jordan had been in an antique 35-foot sailboat fishing in the open sea when the boat capsized in a storm, and he survived on fish and rainwater 2013 Event Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announces a plan to help settle Papua New Guinea asylum seekers who come to Australia by boat 2013 Event A boat carrying asylum seekers capsizes north of Christmas Island; Australian authorities rescue 88 people and 9 are feared dead 2011 Event The New South Wales boat 'Loki' is proclaimed the winner of the 2011 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 2011 Event A tourist boat travelling off the coast of Baja California in Mexico sinks; 23 people are reported missing 2009 Event An Australian navy ship intercepts a boat carrying 60 suspected asylum seekers 1997 Death Virgilio Boat, president of Colombia (1986-90), dies 1997 Event "Show Boat," closes at Gershwin Theater New York City 1996 Death Laura La Plante, screen actress (Show Boat, Scandal), dies at 91 1995 Death John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer, dies at 83 1995 Event Emillio and Gloria Estefan's boat hits and kills a jet skiier 1995 Event Ferry boat sinks off Sumbe Angola, 42+ killed 1994 Event "Show Boat," opens at Gershwin Theater New York City 1994 Event Ferry boat Estonia capsize and sinks in East Sea, 909 killed 1994 Event Ferry boat sinks at Chandpur Bangladesh, 300-350 killed 1994 Event Spanish fishing boats sink a French fishing boat over fishing rights 1994 Event U.S. changes refugee policy, by sending Haitian boat people back 1994 Event President Clinton announces U.S. will no longer repatriate boat people 1994 Event Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya, kills over 300 1994 Event Fishing boat with school children capsize at Lanaka Syria, 46 killed 1993 Event Ferry boat leaves for west coast of South Korea, 120 killed 1993 Event Boat sinks at Bocaue Philippines, 325 die 1993 Event Haitian ferry boat capsize in storm, 800-2,000 die 1993 Event Polish ferry boat John Heweliusz sinks, 52 killed 1993 Event Polish ferry boat capsizes in storm, 50 die 1992 Death Allen James, vocalist/actor (Show Boat), dies of lung cancer at 84 1991 Death Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90 1991 Event Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed 1991 Event Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138 1989 Event Aak crashes into pleasure boat The Margin on the Thames, 51 killed 1987 Event Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 192 die 1986 Event Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed 1986 Event Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz) 1985 Death Leon Klinghoffer, hijackers of Achille Lauro, threw him off boat 1985 Event French agents blow up Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior near New Zealand 1983 Event "Show Boat" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 73 performances 1983 Event "Show Boat" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 73 performances 1982 Event Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph 1982 Event British torpedo boat Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket 1981 Event Fiona Brothers sets women's propeller boat speed record (116.279 MPH) 1980 Event Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120' 1977 Event 1st broadcast of "Love Boat" on ABC-TV 1973 Event Reshef, Israel's missile boat, unveiled 1968 Event Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington, New Zealand, 51 died 1967 Event Egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat 1967 Death Donald Campbell, boat racer, dies trying to break 300 mph on water 1966 Birthday Jill Whelan, Oakland Cal, actress, Vicki-Love Boat, Young and Restless 1958 Birthday Ted McGinley, born in Newport Beach, California, actor, Love Boat, MWC, Dynasty 1955 Event Harry Belafonte records "Day-O" (Banana Boat Song) 1955 Birthday Pat Klous, Hutchinson, Kansas, actress, Marcy-Flying High, Judy-Love Boat 1954 Birthday Lauren Tewes, born in Braddock, Pennsylvania, actress, Julie McCoy on 'The Love Boat' 1954 Event Japanese ferry boat Toya Maru sinks in Strait of Tsugaru, 1172 die 1951 Birthday Charo, Murcia Spain, actress and singer, Chico and the Man, Love Boat 1948 Birthday Fred Grandy, born in Sioux City, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa, 1986-, actor, Love Boat 1947 Birthday Ann Hui, director, Boat People 1947 Birthday Hubert Ann Kelly, U.S. singer, Hues Corporation/Rock the boat 1947 Birthday Ted Lange, born in Oakland California, actor, Isaac-Love Boat, Mr. T and Tina 1947 Event "Show Boat" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 417 performances 1946 Event "Show Boat" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 417 performances 1945 Death Hendrik N Werkman, resistance/painter (Blue Boat), executed at 63 1944 Birthday [Bernard] St. Clair Lee [Calhoun], U.S. singer, Rock the Boat 1943 Event German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta 1942 Event Poon Lim set adrift for 133 days after his boat is torpedoed 1940 Event Blizzard strikes midwest, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes) 1940 Event Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks 1939 Event German U boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound and Charles Forbes aboard 1939 Event British fleet takes German U-27 boat 1939 Event British fleet attacks German U-39 boat 1938 Event Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat 1st flown, Eddie Allen 1938 Birthday Jack Jones, born in Los Angeles, California, singer, Love Boat Theme 1935 Event China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight 1935 Birthday Nolan Miller, Burkburnett, Texas, fashion designer, Dynasty, Love Boat 1933 Birthday Bernie Kopell, born in New York City, actor, Love Boat, Get Smart, That Girl 1931 Birthday Gavin MacLeod, Mount Kisco, New York, actor, Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat 1927 Event Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat," premieres in New York City 1921 Birthday Donald Malcome Campbell, born in Surrey, England, boat racer, 1955 speed records 1920 Birthday William Warfield, singer, Show Boat 1919 Event 1st transatlantic flight ends; U.S. Navy flying boat takes 11 days 1918 Event U.S. naval boat "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle 1915 Event British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat kills 1000 1915 Event German U boat torpedoes Netherlands merchant ship Medea 1914 Birthday Edward Andrews, Griffin Georgia, actor, Tea and Sympathy, Glass Bottom Boat 1912 Birthday John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer 1912 Event World's 1st flying boat's maiden flight, (Glenn Curtiss in New York) 1911 Event German boat Panther nears for Agadir Morocco 1906 Birthday Lanny Ross, Seattle, radio singer, Show Boat, The Swift Show 1904 Event Dawson City hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905 1903 Event American Power Boat Association forms 1898 Birthday Irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress, Show Boat, I Remember Mama 1895 Event Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat 1877 Event University boat race between Oxford and Cambridge ends in a dead heat 1869 Event 1st international boat race (Thames River, Oxford beats Harvard) 1852 Event Steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard 1849 Event 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in San Francisco from east coast 1841 Event Erie boat in Buffalo New York catches fire; 242 die 1839 Event Detroit Boat Club forms (& still exists) 1837 Event Collision of river boat Monmouth and Trement on Miss; 300 die 1834 Death Lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies
