1995 Event Amy van Dikes swims woman's world record 50 m butterfly (26.73) 1993 Death Johan Bodegraven, radio host (Purses Open, Dikes Closed), dies at 78 1944 Event Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded 1944 Event German troops seize Betuwse dikes 1944 Event Allies bombs sea dikes at Vlissingen 1931 Event Yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China 1885 Birthday Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer, dikes 1421 Event Holland/Zealand dikes break in storm, 1000s killed 1421 Event Dikes at Dort Holland breaks, 100,000 drown
