2015 Event A shipwreck that may have drowned up to 900 North African migrants traveling to Europe has prompted the European Union to meet in order to develop a plan to fund and organize rescues while reducing human trafficking incidents 2013 Event Pope Francis condemns the 'global indifference' to the plight of immigrants who have drowned trying to reach Europe; he honors them in a mass held on Lampedusa, the largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea 2011 Event An investigation into the death of American actress Natalie Wood is reopened by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after fresh information surfaces; Wood drowned in 1981 1965 Birthday Marjolein Macrander, Dutch actress, Drowned 1934 Birthday Diana Wynne Jones, UK, sci-fi author, Drowned Ammet, Witch Week 1930 Birthday J[ames] G[raham] Ballard, China, sci-fi author, Drowned World 1911 Birthday Alfred Scott Witherbee, Jr., U.S., 3 year old who drowned on Lusitania 1877 Death Frank Pocock, British explorer, drowned in the Congo 1850 Death Giovanni Ossoli, Italian marquis/revolutionary, drowned 1684 Death John Uytenhage van Lacks, lawyer/author, drowned at 48 1628 Death Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned 1589 Death Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49
