1996 Death Tom Mees, ESPN sports anchors (NHL), drowns at 46 1995 Death Orville Reddenbacher, popcorn magnate, drowns in bathtub at 88 1993 Death Steve Olin, pitcher, Cleveland Indians, drowns at 27 1993 Death Tim Crews, pitcher, Cleveland Indians, drowns at 31 1992 Death Juris Podnieks, cameraman/director (Commandant), drowns 1983 Death Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39 1979 Death Josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns 1972 Event 14" of rain in 6 hours burst Rapid City, South Dakota dam, drowns 237 1971 Death Whitney Young, Jr., National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria 1969 Death Mary Jo Kopechne, in Ted Kennedy's car, drowns at 28 1969 Death Brian Jones, guitarist (Rolling Stones), drowns to death at 25 1967 Death Harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59 1964 Death Johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30 1952 Death Arky Vaughn, infielder (Pirates and Dodgers), drowns 1943 Death Alexander Goode, rabbi who surrended his life jacket, drowns 1941 Event SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia 1940 Death Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet/writer/critic, drowns at 40 1931 Event French "St. Philbert" overturns off St. Nazaire France, drowns 450 1924 Death Pavel S "Paul" Urysohn, Russian mathematician, drowns at 26 1919 Death Enny Vrede, Maria M Muller, Dutch actress, drowns at 35 1916 Death Horatio H. Kitchener, British General of Sudan, drowns at 65 1916 Death Enrique y Campina Granados, Sp opera composer (Goyescas), drowns at 48 1886 Death Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, drowns, dies at 40 1883 Death Matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls 1882 Event Cyclone in Arabian Sea, Bombay, India, drowns 100,000 1871 Death Cowper Phipps Coles, English inventor (Steel warships), drowns 1862 Death Louis Powell Harvey, U.S. governor of Wisconsin, drowns 1860 Event Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan 1822 Death Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29 1782 Death Richard Kempenfeldt, English admiral, drowns 1711 Death Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange/(Nassau-Dietz), drowns at 23 1707 Death Cloudesley Shovell, Admiral, drowns at Scilly 1673 Death Francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72 1615 Death Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st Governor-General (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns 1576 Death Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44 1574 Event Storm breaks Leiden dike; drowns 20,000 Spanish soldiers 1549 Death Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns 1545 Death George Carew, English admiral, drowns 1545 Death Roger Grenville, English captain of Mary Rose, drowns 1500 Death Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns 1500 Death Michael T Marullus, Greeks poet, drowns 1237 Death Jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns 1185 Death Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns 1120 Death Countess of Perche, bastard daughter of English king Henry I, drowns 1120 Death William, English crown prince/son of Henry I, drowns at 17 939 Death Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49
