2015 Event Researchers discover a biofluorescent hawksbill sea turtle in waters off of the Solomon Islands; though biofluorescence has been observed in captive reptiles, this is the first occurrence seen in a wild reptile 2015 Event The Ezadeen, an abandoned ship carrying 450 Syrians, is rescued from choppy waters and brought safely to shore in Italy; the ship is the second to be abandoned by human traffickers off the nation's coast in the last four days 2014 Event Indonesia's search team finds plane wreckage and the remains of three people who were aboard AirAsia Flight 8501, which disappeared on December 28th; the findings confirm that the flight crashed in the waters between Indonesia and Singapore 2014 Event Swedish officials release a photo of U-boat tracks along the sea floor as proof that a foreign submarine breached the nation�s waters; the search began after the military detected Russian-language distress calls and spotted an unidentified vessel 2014 Event Sweden is searching for a potential Russian submarine intrusion in its waters after detecting a Russian-language emergency communication; Russian officials deny knowledge of any distressed submarines operating in Sweden's territory 2012 Event Vietnamese police break up anti-China protests over oil and gas claims in the disputed territorial waters of the South China Sea 2012 Event Vietnam accuses China of cutting seismic survey cables from territorial waters in the South China, disputed by Vietnam, the Philippines Malaysia, Taiwan, and Brunei 2012 Event The Japanese Coast Guard reports six Chinese Marine Surveillance ships are sighted near the disputed Senkaku Islands; China claims the 'two surveillance ship fleets' are in waters around the islands for purposes of 'patrols and law enforcement' 2011 Event In Vietnam, hundreds demonstrate against Chinese naval operations in the disputed waters of the South China Sea 2010 Event After South Korea's ROKS Cheonan ship is sunk by North Korea, South Korea cuts off trade with North Korea and announces North Korean ships will no longer be allowed to use South Korean waters 1998 Death S P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67 1995 Death Frank Waters, writer, dies at 92 1984 Death Muddy Waters, blues singer/guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), dies at 68 1983 Death Muddy Waters, U.S. blues singer/guitarist (Mad Love), dies at 68 1981 Death Jack Warner, Waters, actor (Captive Heart), dies at 84 1977 Death Ethel Waters, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather), dies at 76 1977 Event U.S. extends territorial waters to 200 miles 1971 Death Nelly A "Nell" Knoop, Dutch actress (Silent Waters), dies at 72 1970 Birthday Sam Waters, Camp Springs, Maryland, singer, Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up 1969 Event Blues artist Muddy Waters involved in a car crash that kills 3 1968 Death Franchot Tone, actor (Advise and Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63 1967 Birthday Maxine Waters Jones, rocker, En Vogue 1962 Birthday Andre Waters, NFL safety for the Arizona Cardinals 1950 Event 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah) 1949 Event Elia Kazan's "Pinky" starring Ethel Waters opens at Rivoli 1946 Birthday John Waters, director, Hairspray 1944 Birthday Roger Waters, born in Cambridge, England, rock bassist, Pink Floyd-Wall 1943 Birthday George Roger Waters, keyboardist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt orders any Axis ship found in American waters be shot on sight 1938 Birthday Maxine Waters, born in St. Louis, Missouri, Representative-D-California 1991 - 1926 Birthday Jean Peters, born in Canton, Ohio, actress, Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters 1925 Event New York's Jake Forbes makes 67 saves, Pitt's Ray Waters makes 70 1915 Birthday Muddy Waters, guitarist, Hoochie Coochie Man 1913 Event Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic and Pacific waters mix 1904 Birthday Jean Daste, actor, Z, Sorceress, Green Room, Stormy Waters 1904 Birthday Jean Gabin, Alexis Moncorge, actor, Stormy Waters, French Can Can 1902 Birthday Frank Waters, writer 1902 Birthday Benny Waters, saxophonist 1897 Birthday Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author, Waters of Babylon 1896 Birthday Ethel Waters, Chester, Pennsylvania, actress, Beulah, singer, Stormy Weather 1863 Event Battle of Falling Waters, MD (Beaver Creek) 1861 Event British territorial waters and ports off-limits during Civil War 1852 Birthday George A. Moore, Ireland, painter/novelist, Esther Waters 1816 Death Daniel Waters, American Soldier 1731 Birthday Daniel Waters, American Soldier
