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 2010 Event Many nations urge lower fishing rates on the Atlantic bluefin tuna; quota limits on the critically endangered fish are discussed by major fishing nations in Paris 2009 Event An ethnic conflict over fishing rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills 100 people, displaces 50,000 1994 Event Spanish fishing boats sink a French fishing boat over fishing rights 1994 Event Fishing boat with school children capsize at Lanaka Syria, 46 killed 1980 Event Mexico terminated fishing agreements with US 1977 Event Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile 1944 Event Allied aircrafts bombard per accident Fishing, Overijssel 1944 Event Carl Wick publishes "Salmon Trolling for Commercial and Sport Fishing 1935 Birthday Richard Brautigan, born in Tacoma, Washington, writer, novelist, wrote Trout Fishing in America, known for black comedy, parody, satire, and Zen Buddhism 1933 Birthday Gerrit J M Braks, Dutch minister of agriculture and land and fishing, CDA 1933 Event Ijmuider fishing strike begins (till July 11th) 1904 Event Russian fleet shoots at British fishing ship 1894 Event Scheveningse fishing boats destroyed by storm 1893 Event 11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea, 22 killed 1887 Event Everett Horton, Connecticut, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes 1881 Event 1st American fishing magazine, American Angler published 1862 Event Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads) 1852 Event Steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard 1675 Event 1st American commercial corporation chartered (New York Fishing Co) 953 Event Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights
