2011 Event In Koblenz, Germany, 45,000 citizens wait to return home after bomb squads diffuse World War II bombs that were hidden under the Rhine River for nearly 65 years 2000 Death Larry Rhine, writer, All in the Family, dies at 90 1997 Death Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/the Rhine, dies at 83 1989 Event Archaeologists open Titus of Rhine grave in Amsterdam 1986 Event Fire in Sandoz-factory Basel, 30 tons of chemicals in the Rhine 1945 Event 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine 1945 Event British premier Churchill sails to eastern banks of Rhine 1945 Event British premier Churchill looks over at the Rhine (near Ginsberg) 1945 Event Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine 1945 Event U.S. 7th Army crosses Rhine at Worms 1945 Event Operation Varsity: British, U.S. and Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine 1945 Event British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine 1945 Event U.S. 3rd Army crosses Rhine at Nierstein 1945 Event Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine 1945 Event U.S. 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen Germany, crosses Rhine 1944 Event Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded 1941 Event Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine," premieres in New York City 1930 Event Alphense Boys soccer team forms in Alphen on Rhine 1927 Event ARC soccer team forms in Alphen on the Rhine 1926 Event Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne 1925 Event Peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact) 1918 Event U.S. Army of occupation crosses Rhine, enters Germany 1915 Event 40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden wins in 1:58 1913 Birthday Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/Rhine 1898 Birthday Herman Shumlin, actor, Watch on the Rhine 1895 Birthday Joseph Banks Rhine, Penn, parapsychologist, Extra-Sensory Perception 1895 Birthday Paul Lukas, Budapest Hungary, actor, Watch on the Rhine, Sphynx 1887 Death Multatuli, writer, named most important Dutch writer of all time, 2002, Society for Dutch literature, dies in Ingelheim am Rhine, Germany 1879 Birthday Lucile Watson, actress, Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance 1869 Event Richard Wagner's opera "Rhine Gold," premieres in Munich 1854 Event Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine 1854 Event Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine 1820 Death Elias Annes Borger, theologist/poet (Ode on the Rhine), dies at 36 1814 Event Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub 1805 Event Napoleons army draws into the Rhine 1784 Birthday Elias Annes Borger, Dutch theologist/poet, To the Rhine 1758 Event Battle at Emmerich: British army floats around France the Rhine 1741 Event French troops attack the Rhine 1734 Event French troops occupy Philipsburg at Rhine 1714 Event Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine 1672 Event French army under General Turenne crosses Rhine at Lobith 1638 Event French/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine 1633 Event Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Rhine at Cologne 1618 Birthday Elisabeth, Paltsgravin of Rhine/abbess 1606 Event Spanish troops under Spinola occupies fort Rhine birch 1601 Event Spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius 1598 Event Spanish general strategist Bernardino de Mendoza occupies fort Rhine 1592 Death Johan Casimir, palsgrave at the Rhine, dies 1543 Birthday Johan Casimir, count of Rhine, occupied Gent 406 Event 80,000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz 69 Death Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine and 7th emperor, murdered 69 Event Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, emperor
