1957 Birthday Jeff Woodland, Papua New Guinea, Nike golfer, 1991 Dakota Dunes Open 1924 Birthday Kobo Abe, born in Tokyo, Japan, playwright, Woman, the Dunes 1854 Event Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes 1658 Event Battle at Dunes: English and French fleet beat Spanish 1658 Event Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought 1653 Death Johan van Galen, Dutch Admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48 1639 Event Dunes (Marten Tromp defeats Spanish armada under De Oquendo) 1639 Event Sea battle at Dunes: Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp beats Spanish Armada
