2015 Event Over 6,000 Syrian migrants arrive in Austria after being detained in Hungary in an effort to control the recent mass wave of refugees fleeing Syria and other war-torn nations; many of the migrants plan to seek asylum in Austria and Germany 2014 Event It is revealed that the National Security Agency, NSA, is using software to spy on nearly 100,000 computers around the world; most of the software is implanted by accessing the Internet, but some technology enables data to be entered or altered through radio wave transmission 2013 Event A heat wave settles over the U.S.; at least one fatality is reported 2012 Event Europe's cold wave continues, with over 400 dead; the Danube River freezes over for 170 km 2011 Event The U.S. heat wave has led to 24 deaths across the country 2011 Event In a Schrodinger's cat experiment, researchers in Japan and Australia successfully teleport wave packets of light; this is the first transfer of quantum information from one point to another 2010 Event A heat wave in the U.S. and Canada kills 9 people 1998 Death Johann Hoelzel Falco, musician, singer, songwriter, hip pop, new wave, electro pop genres, hits include 'Der Kommissar', 'Rock Me Amadeus', dies at age 40 in Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic, from injuries received in a collision with a bus 1989 Event Cold wave: -4 degrees F in Oklahoma City, -6 degrees F in Tulsa, -12 degrees F in Pitts, 1985 Event Cold wave damages 90 percent of Florida's citrus crop 1983 Event Ringo releases "Old Wave" album in West Germany 1976 Event An earthquake and tidal wave in the Philippines kills up to 8,000 1971 Event Cyclone and tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 1967 Death Ilja G Ehrenburg, Russian poet and writer (9th wave), dies at 76 1957 Birthday Chris Joyce, born in Manchester, England, drummer, played with Simply Red, new wave, punk rock, alternative rock genres 1957 Birthday Johann Hoelzel Falco, born in Vienna, Austria, musician, singer, songwriter, hip pop, new wave, electro pop genres, hits include 'Der Kommissar', 'Rock Me Amadeus' 1952 Event 9" of rain fall creates a 20' wave in Lynmouth, England killing 34 1952 Birthday Chris Cross, born in Tottenham, England, musician, bass guitarist, new wave, glam rock, synthpop, rock genres, member of band Ultavox 1949 Event Freak heat wave sent central coast of Portugal to 158 degrees F for 2 minutes 1948 Event WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting 1947 Birthday Dave Pegg, British pop bassist, Jethro Tull-Crest of a Wave 1933 Event 112 foot ocean wave observed near Manila 1933 Event Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane 1932 Event Hurricane storm wave sweeps over Santa Cruz del Sur Cuba kills 2,500 1928 Birthday Alvin Toffler, author, Future Shock, Power Shift, The Third Wave 1919 Event "Tidal wave" of molasses 15 m high x 25 m wide kills dozens, Boston 1906 Event Karl Nessler demonstrates 1st 'permanent wave' for hair, in London 1900 Event 6,000 killed when a hurricane and tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas 1885 Birthday Carl Clinton Van Doren, U.S. literary, 9th Wave 1868 Event An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave
