2015 Event NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter detects liquid water on Mars in the form of hydrated salts; the minerals are found along flow lines on steep slopes and tend to appear during 'warm' weather (above 10 degrees F , -23 degrees C) 2015 Event Water pollution in Rio de Janeiro may pose health hazards to participants in the Summer 2016 Olympics; the World Health Organization has asked the International Olympic Committee to expand its list of tested substances to protect the athletes 2015 Event California Governor Jerry Brown mandates a 25% cut in water usage, the first required water restriction in the state's history, as severe drought continues; earlier calls for a voluntary 20% reduction were not met 2014 Event New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces a ban of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking; the technique, used to extract natural gas and oil, requires injection of chemicals, sand and water at high pressure underground, posing environmental concerns 2014 Event Category 3-strength Hurricane Odile makes landfall near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, destroying property and leaving many residents without electricity or potable water; the storm is expected to weaken to a tropical storm overnight as it continues north 2014 Event Lesotho has received funding from the World Bank to continue improving its water supply by enhancing the Metalong Dam and providing water to more areas; the project benefits around 30,000 residents 2014 Event 'Nympheas', a painting in Claude Monet's 'Water Lilies' series, is auctioned today for a price of $54 million; this is only the second-highest price paid for a Monet - another painting in the series sold in 2008 for $80.3 million at auction 2014 Event A water-embedded rock layer is found deep inside the earth; the layer stores three times the water found in all the earth's oceans, suggesting that oceans developed through seepage of this water and not from striking comets as previously believed 2014 Event Flight recorder signals from the missing Malaysia Air jet are no longer detectable; the flight, which disappeared on March 8th, may be located in a zone of over 57,000 square km of water about 2,200 km to the northwest of Perth, Australia 2014 Event Penang, Malaysia officially opens the Penang Second Bridge, the longest bridge over water in Southeast Asia; it stretches for 15 miles, with 10.5 miles over the water 2014 Event Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Opportunity rover landing on Mars; NASA announces the rover has discovered clay minerals indicating water flowed on Mars early in the planet's history 2014 Event Water vapor on the minor planet Ceres, the largest asteroid and the only dwarf planet in the inner Solar System, is detected by European Space Agency researchers 2014 Event In West Virginia, 10 people were hospitalized and 300,000 people have been unable to use tap water for four days since 4-methylcyclohexane methanol, an industrial chemical, leaked into the Elk river 2013 Event NASA completes a launch of the MAVEN, whose mission is to study Mars atmosphere in depth' the data from the MAVEN will help researchers construct a history of the climate on Mars and should help them understand how the water on Mars disappeared 2013 Event Researchers in Vietnam completed a two-year project to use nanotechnology to produce Nano Curcumin, a substance that can help treat cancer; the substance Curcumin has a low absorption rate and does not dissolve well in water 2013 Event The brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is found in tap water near New Orleans, the first time ever detected in the U.S. water supply 2013 Event Reports citing leaks of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant lead South Korea to ban all fishery imports from eight of Japan's prefectures 2013 Event Japan reports on the International Nuclear Event Scale that they've upgraded the leak of radioactive water at the Fukushima nuclear disaster site to Level 3, a 'serious incident' 2013 Event Sediments found in the reservoir of a major treatment plant in Montreal, Canada, lead authorities to issue a warning to boil the water before drinking it 2013 Event The oldest water ever found is discovered in a Canadian mine; the water dates back 2.6 billion years 2013 Event Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f, two planets resembling planet Earth are discovered revolving around the star Kepler-62 in the habitable zone, an area around the stars whose atmospheric pressure can suport liquid water at the surface 2013 Event In China, more than 9,000 pigs were found rotting in the Huangpu river, threatening to contaminate Shanghai's drinking supply; the government said the water quality in the city tested as normal 2013 Event NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft transmits images that for the very first time, allow scientists to create a 3D reconstruction of ancient water channels below the surface of Mars 2013 Event NASA reveals the Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot (RASSOR), a lunar mining robot which could be used to produce fuel and water directly on the Moon 2013 Event Calcium deposits found on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover; the deposits are similar to deposits formed on Earth when water circulates in cracks and rock fractures 2012 Event New findings from MESSENGER, NASA's space probe, indicate almost definitively, that the north pole of Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, has water ice buried beneath the surface 2012 Event Twenty inches of rainfall in Escambia County, Florida damages roadways and bridges, and leaving parts of the Florida Panhandle and coastal Alabama under water 2011 Event In Yafran, Libya, thousands risk potential death and starvation after Muammar Gaddafi's forces shut off water and block food supplies 2011 Event Tokyo reports that levels of radiation in its water supply have returned to normal 2011 Event In Tokyo, the Metropolitan Government Bureau of Waterworks reports that radioactive iodine in city tap water is two times the recommended level for infants 2010 Event A stampede occurs in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, during the Khmer Water Festival celebrations, killing at least 339 people 2010 Event Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest water control and utilization project, announces its water levels have reached full capacity 2010 Event In New Zealand, 100,000 people are left without water after a large storm; the storm took the roof off of Stadium Southland in Invercargill 2010 Event Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia and Rwanda sign an agreement seeking more water from the Nile; Kenya issues support while Egypt and Sudan remain opposed 2010 Event United States Navy troops land near the Haitian presidential palace, bringing food, water, and equipment to aid victims of the earthquake 2007 Event Earthquake in Japan damages nuclear power plan releasing 300 gallons of radioactive water 1995 Death Dwayne Goettel, musician, industrial, techno genres, member of industrial band Skinny Puppy, played keyboards for band Psyche and Water, dies at age 31 1994 Event Congressional hearings begin on White Water 1994 Death Guus Verstraete Sr, Dutch actor/dir (2 Drops of Water), dies at 79 1992 Death Dany [Daniel S] Tuijnman, Dutch Minister of traffic and water, dies at 77 1990 Event Perrier recalls 160 million bottles of sparkling water after traces of benzene, a carcinogen, are found in some 1990 Event Pierrer Water pulls product from shelf due to benzine in water 1989 Death Jeff Richards, actor (Don't Go Near the Water), dies at 66 1988 Event Aluminum contaminates Cornish England's water supply 1987 Event President Reagan's veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by Congress 1986 Event Reginald Huffstetler trode water for 985 hours 1984 Death Leonard Rossiter, actor (2001, Water), dies of a heart attack at 57 1983 Event Albert Rizzo trod water at sea for 108 hours 9 minutes 1982 Event Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph 1982 Event Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard 1980 Event International Decade of Water and Sanitation begins 1979 Event Henri La Mothe dives 28' into 12 3/8" of water 1978 Event Ken Warby set world water speed record at 319.627 mph (514 kph) 1978 Death Joseph EA "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter, dies at 77 1977 Event Donna Patterson Brice sets high speed water skiing rec (111.11 mph) 1976 Event Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water 1975 Event 5 drown in flash flood of sewer and water tunnel (Niagara Falls New York) 1974 Death William Sloane, publisher/writer ("Edge of Running Water"), dies 1974 Birthday Jeremy Laster, Fullerton California, water polo driver 1996 Olympics 1973 Event "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple goes gold 1973 Event Dutch High Council stops fluorine addition to drink water 1973 Birthday Wolf Wigo, Abington Penn, water polo driver 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday James Young, Australian water polo player 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Nathan Thomas, Australian water polo player 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Chris Oeding, born in Santa Ana, California, water polo driver 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Troy Barnhart, Hanford California, water polo 2m offense 1996 Olympics 1971 Event 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win 1971 Birthday Chi Kredell, born in Long Beach, California, water polo driver 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Dan Hackett, born in Syracuse, New York, water polo goalkeeper 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Chris Humbert, Modesto California, water polo 2m offense 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Guy Newman, Australian water polo goalie 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Colin Keely, Buffalo, New York, water polo driver 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Rick McNair, born in Berkeley, California, water polo 2m defender 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Alex Rousseau, Paris, France, U.S. water polo 2m Offense, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Event Australian Paul McManus water skis barefoot for 1:30:19 1967 Birthday Kirk Everist, Houston Texas, water polo driver 1996 Olympics 1967 Death Donald Campbell, boat racer, dies trying to break 300 mph on water 1966 Birthday Kyle Kopp, San Bernardino California, water polo 2m offense 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Erich Fischer, born in Dinuba, California, U.S. Olympic water polo foward 1992 Olympics 1965 Birthday Chris Duplanty, Palo Alto California, water polo goalkeeper 1996 Olympics 1965 Death [Theodora E] Betsy Ranucci-Beckman, actress (Dood Water), dies at 88 1964 Event Donald Campbell (UK) sets world water speed record (276.33 mph) 1964 Death [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, actor and director (3 Drops of Water), dies at 81 1964 Death Alexander Archipenko, Ukr sculptor/water colors painter, dies at 76 1964 Birthday Dwayne Goettel, born in Canada, musician, industrial, techno genres, member of industrial band Skinny Puppy, played keyboards for band Psyche and Water 1962 Death Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (Water and Dreams), dies at 78 1962 Death H Trendley Dean, doctor (introduced fluoridation into water) 1961 Event 1st practical sea water conversion plant - Freeport, Texas 1960 Event USS Nautilus completes 1st circumnavigation of globe under water 1960 Birthday Michael Evans, born in Fontana, California, U.S. water polo player 1988 Olympics silver 1959 Birthday Mike Lindup, British rock keyboardist/singer, Level 42-Hot Water 1957 Birthday Phil Gould, rock percussionist, Level 42-Hot Water 1957 Birthday Craig Wilson, Beeville, Texas, U.S. water polo goalie, Olym-silver-84, 88 1956 Birthday Scott Michael Pellaton, barefoot water ski champ 1956 Event Jacques Cousteau's Calypso anchors in 7,500 m of water (record) 1955 Event Yarkon Water Project opens to supply water to Negev desert in Israel 1955 Birthday Boon Gould, rock guitarist, Level 42-Hot Water 1952 Event Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins 1952 Event 1st performance of John Cage's "Water Music" 1950 Birthday William H. Macy, born in Miami, Florida, actor, Homicide, Water Engine 1949 Birthday Rick Wakeman, rock keyboardist, Yes-Fish Out of Water 1948 Birthday Chris Squire, born in London, rock bassist, Yes-Fish Out of Water 1946 Birthday Clare Francis, yachtswoman/novelist, Come Hell or High Water 1945 Birthday Leo Kottke, born in Athens, Georgia, guitarist, Ice Water, Greenhouse 1945 Event Grand Rapids, Michigan becomes 1st U.S. city to fluoridate its water 1943 Birthday Larry Tamblyn, rock guitarist, Standells-Dirty Water 1941 Birthday Tony Valentino, rocker, Standells-Dirty Water 1939 Birthday Kenneth Warby, fastest man on water at 300 knots, 345 mph 1935 Birthday Gyorgy Karpati, born in Hungary, water polo, Gold Medals 1952, 1956, 1964 Olympics 1934 Event Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert 1934 Birthday Gia Scala, born in Italy, actress in Angry Hills, Don't Go Near the Water 1931 Event Identification of heavy water publicly announced, HC Urey 1927 Event 10th PGA Championship: Water Hagen at Cedar Crest CC Dallas 1927 Birthday Dezso Gyarmati, Hungary, water polo player, Gold Medals 1956. 1960, 1964 Olympics 1927 Birthday Michael Constantine, Penn, actor, Room 222, Don't Drink the Water 1926 Event Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1 hours 1925 Event Water skis patented by Fred Waller 1925 Birthday Trevor Hughes, water engineer 1924 Birthday Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary water polo player, Olympics, 1948-60 1924 Birthday Malcolm Anson, CEO, Wessex Water Authority 1922 Birthday Jeff Richards, born in Portland, Oregon, actor, Don't Go Near the Water 1922 Event 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world's 1st water skis (Minn) 1920 Birthday Franco Pandolfini, Italy, water polo 1948 Olympics gold 1920 Birthday Istvan Szivos, Hungary, water polo player 1976 Olympics gold 1919 Event 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) 1915 Birthday Dany [Daniel S] Tuijnman, head of Dutch traffic and water 1914 Birthday Tullio Pandolfini, Italy, water polo 1948 Olympics gold 1912 Event Bulgarian troops in Constantinople blockade drinking water 1912 Birthday Jan Peeters, Dutch water colors painter/monumental artist 1910 Event 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre) 1907 Birthday Malcolm Atterbury, Philadelphia, actor, Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way 1906 Death Paul Cezanne, French painter/water colors painter, dies at 67 1903 Death Paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75 1903 Event Niagera Falls runs out of water because of a drought 1903 Event Due to drought the U.S. side of Niagara Falls runs short of water 1900 Birthday Joseph E A "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter 1900 Birthday Kees Verwey, painter/water colors painter/cartoonist 1894 Death George Inness, U.S. landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap), dies at 69 1893 Birthday Emmett J. Culligan, founder of water treatment organization 1887 Event Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller 1885 Birthday Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer, dikes 1883 Birthday Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer, Along the water front 1883 Event Utrecht begins water pipe system 1883 Birthday [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, Dutch actor, 3 Drops of Water, theater director 1877 Birthday Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann, Theodora, Dutch author/actress, Dead Water 1875 Birthday John P "Jan" Musch, Dutch actor, Dead Water 1874 Event Rotterdam opens drink water pipes 1867 Birthday Masaoka Shiki, Japan, haiku and tanka poet/diarist, Salt Water Ballads 1866 Event Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed 1861 Event Battle of Black Water 1860 Birthday Menso Kamerlingh Onnes, painter/water colors painter 1857 Birthday George H Breitner, Dutch impressionist painter/water colors painter 1857 Event San Francisco Water Works organized 1854 Event Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes 1853 Birthday Geo Poggenbeek, Dutch water colors painter 1843 Birthday A G Henri Regnault, French water colors painter 1840 Birthday Claude Monet, France, impressionist, Water Lilies 1837 Death John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60 1828 Birthday Paul J C Gabriel, painter/water colors painter/etcher 1825 Birthday George Inness, U.S. landscape painter, Delaware Water Gap 1813 Birthday Wijnand J J Nuijen, romantic/water colors painter, Wrecked 1786 Death Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68 1782 Birthday John Sell Cotman, water color artist 1755 Event 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine 1733 Event Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer) 1577 Event Water Geuzen under Captain Slope enter Amsterdam 1575 Death Charles de Boisot, water beggar, dies in battle at about 45 1573 Death Lancelot of Brederode, water beggar, beheaded 1568 Event Battle on Eems: Dutch Water garrison beats Spanish 1521 Event Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine
