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2013 Event - No casualties are reported after a U.S. military Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter crashes near the South Korean border with North Korea 2013 Event - Japan set Patriot missiles in central Tokyo and Okinawa Island and sent two warships to patrol the Sea of Japan 2013 Event - China reports it will open the South China Sea's Paracel Islands to tourism before the May Day holiday. Vietnam voices strong opposition this move, as ownership of the Islands is in dispute 2013 Event - Attracting NATO criticism, Russia conducts unscheduled military exercises in the Black Sea 2013 Event - Officials at the Kremlin announce that the 2014 G8 summit will be held at Sochi, its southern Black Sea resort 2012 Event - Vietnamese police break up anti-China protests over oil and gas claims in the disputed territorial waters of the South China Sea 2011 Event - A team of divers discover the wreck of a Swedish warship, possibly Mars, the head of king Erik XIV's fleet which sank in the Baltic Sea in 1564 2011 Event - For the third straight week, hundreds of Vietnamese citizens protest outside China's embassy in Hanoi against disputed areas in the South China Sea 2011 Event - In Vietnam, hundreds demonstrate against Chinese naval operations in the disputed waters of the South China Sea 2010 Event - A Chinese ship with 29 crew is attacked by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea 2010 Event - South Korea states that North Korea fired over 100 rounds of artillery into the Sea of Japan, signaling tension along the Korean Peninsula 2006 Event - Egyptian ferry, Al Salam Boccaccio, sinks killing over 1200 people in the Red Sea 2001 Death - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, writer/pilot, ", Gift from the Sea, ", dies at 94 2000 Event - Two onboard torpedoes explode on the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, which eventually killed all onboard, despite a rescue operation 1998 Death - Lloyd Bridges, actor, Sea Hunt, dies at 85 1996 Death - Endo Shusaku, Japanese writer (Sea and Poison/Silence), dies at 73 1996 Death - Peter Bird, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days, dies at age 49 at sea during an attempt to row across the Pacific 1994 Event - Ferry boat Estonia capsize and sinks in East Sea, 909 killed 1994 Death - Henk Figee, author/publisher (Shoes of the Sea), dies at 46 1994 Event - Great comet-iceball seen above North sea 1993 Death - Harry Bellaver, actor (Blue Collar, Old Man and the Sea), dies at 88 1993 Event - 119th Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Sea Hero wins in 2:02.4 1993 Event - "Sea Gull" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 48 performances 1992 Event - "Sea Gull" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 48 performances 1992 Death - Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies 1992 Event - Opening Main-Donau canal (North Sea-Black Sea) 1991 Event - Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed 1991 Event - California University makes Dead Sea Scrolls public 1991 Event - 27 lost at sea when 2 U.S. Navy anti-submarine planes collide 1991 Death - Howard Ashman, song writer (Under the Sea), dies of AIDs at 40 1989 Event - Norwegian Convair 580 crashes at Jutland in sea (55 murder) 1989 Event - Soviet sub sinks in Norwegian Sea, with about a dozen deaths 1989 Event - 1st sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral 1988 Event - North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha explodes, 166 die 1987 Death - Raquel Torres, actress (Duck Soup, Sea Bat), dies 1987 Event - Lynne Cox swims 4.3 km from U.S. to U.S.S.R. in 39 degrees F (4 degrees C) Bering Sea 1987 Event - Monitor, Civil War warship, is discovered by a deep sea robot 1986 Event - U.S. submarine Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea 1985 Death - Alexander Scourby, actor (Victory at Sea, Ransom), dies at 71 1983 Event - Albert Rizzo trod water at sea for 108 hours 9 minutes 1982 Event - U.S. submarine Thomas Edison collides with U.S. Navy destroyer in So China Sea 1980 Event - Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81 1979 Event - 33rd NBA Championship: Sea Supersonics beat Washington Bullets, 4 games to 1 1978 Event - 32nd NBA Championship: Washington Bullets beat Sea Supersonics, 4 games to 3 1977 Event - Ringo releases "Drowning in Sea of Love" 1977 Death - Don Blackman, actor (Old Man and Sea, Desert Legion), dies at 65 1976 Event - Egyptian SS Patria sinks in Red Sea, about 100 killed 1976 Event - Liberian tanker stranded at Nantucket, 180,000 barrels oil in sea 1976 Event - Seattle Seahawks play 1st regular-season game (St. L 30, Sea 24) 1976 Death - Samuel Eliot Morison, U.S. historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88 1975 Event - 1st oil pumped from North Sea oilfield 1974 Death - Willem F K Hussem, painter and poet (Steltlopen on Sea), dies at 74 1973 Event - Syrian/Israeli dogfight over Mediterranean Sea 1973 Death - Louise Huff, actress (Sea Waif, Caprice, Disraeli), dies at 77 1972 Birthday - Eric Unverzagt, NFL/WLAF linebacker, Sea Seahawks, Scotland Claymores 1972 Event - Aeroflot Il-18 crashes near Black Sea resort of Sochi, kills 105 1971 Birthday - Sterling Hitchcock, Fayetteville, North Carolina, pitcher, New York Yankees, Sea Mariners 1970 Event - U.S.S.R. launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility 1970 Birthday - Beck, born in Los Angeles, California, born Bek David Campbell, guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist, popular recordings include 'Odelay', 'Sea Change' 1970 Event - Dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, kills 102 1969 Event - Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice 1969 Event - North Korea shoots at U.S. airplane above Japanese sea 1968 Event - Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die 1968 Event - Spy ship USS Pueblo and 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea 1967 Death - Helen Flint, actress (Sea Devils), dies after being hit by a car at 69 1966 Death - Ronald Shiner, actor (Aunt Clara, Forbidden, Girls at Sea), dies at 63 1966 Event - North Sea Gas was 1st pumped ashore by British Petroleum 1965 Death - Clara Bow, U.S. actress, (Down to the Sea in Ships, Wings), dies at 60 1965 Event - Revised International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect 1964 Event - Netherlands last whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan 1963 Event - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational 1962 Birthday - Jerome Kersey, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors, Sea Supersonics 1962 Event - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational 1961 Event - 1st practical sea water conversion plant - Freeport, Texas 1961 Event - Suggs wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational Open 1960 Event - U.S.S.R. shoots down a U.S. aircraft over Barents sea 1960 Event - Old handwriting found in at Qumran, near the Dead Sea 1960 Event - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational 1958 Event - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open 1957 Event - Soviet steamer "Eshghbad" sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270 1957 Birthday - Jo Brand, born in Hastings, England, stage name, 'The Sea Monster', stand up comedian, embraced alternative comedy movement, employing use of monotone delivery, pauses, image inspired by radicalized feminism 1957 Event - Mickey Wright wins Sea Island Golf Open 1956 Event - Noel Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble," premieres in London 1956 Event - Bauer Marlene wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open 1955 Event - Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea 1955 Event - U.S. air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea 1955 Birthday - Ellen Barkin, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Big Easy, Sea of Love 1955 Event - Israel acquires 4 of 7 Dead Sea scrolls 1955 Event - Jackie Pung wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open 1954 Event - "By the Beautiful Sea" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 270 performances 1954 Event - "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 270 performances 1954 Event - Suggs Louise wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open (Cloister) 1953 Event - Dutch DC-6 crashes near Ymuiden in North Sea, 21 die 1953 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded to E Hemingway (Old Man and The Sea) 1953 Event - Passenger ships Willem Ruys and Orange collide in the Red Sea 1952 Event - Ernest Hemmingway's "Old Man and Sea" published 1952 Event - Soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8 1952 Event - Terence Rattigan's "Deep Blue Sea," premieres in London 1952 Event - Helgoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain 1951 Death - John Alden Carpenter, U.S. composer (Sea Drift), dies at 75 1949 Birthday - Douglas Fred Tewell, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1980 Sea Pines 1949 Event - Dutch Constellation plunge at Bari in sea, 33 die 1948 Event - Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100 1945 Event - Philippines Sea: U.S. cruiser Indianapolis torpedoed/sinks, 880 die 1945 Birthday - Fenneken Fockema Andreae, Dutch actress, Sea Gull 1945 Event - German island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British 1945 Event - German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed 1945 Event - U.S. Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea 1944 Event - U.S. air raid on Japanese battleships/cruisers in Sibuya Sea: Musashi sinks 1944 Event - Allies bomb sea wall at Veere 1944 Event - Allies bombs sea dikes at Vlissingen 1944 Event - Operation Anvil: Allies land on French Mediterranean sea coast 1944 Event - U.S. attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea 1944 Event - Battle of Philippines Sea, 300 Japanese aircraft shot down 1943 Event - German warship "Scharnhorst" sinks in Barents Sea 1943 Event - Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea 1943 Event - RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea 1943 Event - U.S. defeats Japan and wins Battle of Bismark Sea 1943 Event - Sea battle in Bismarck Sea finishes, U.S. and Australia win 1942 Event - Battle in Barents Sea 1942 Event - Chaotic "sea battle of Friday the 13th" at Guadalcanal 1942 Event - Sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands 1942 Death - Patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle 1942 Event - Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea 1942 Event - Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion 1942 Event - Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air) 1942 Event - British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea 1942 Event - 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, U.S. suffers a major naval defeat 1942 Event - Battle of Java Sea began 13 U.S. warships sunk - 2 Japanese 1942 Death - Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52 1941 Birthday - Geoffrey Davies, English actor, Doctor at Sea, Doctor on the Go 1941 Death - James Stephenson, actor (Sea Hawk, River's End), dies at 52 1941 Event - Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy 1941 Death - Frank Bridge, English violinist and composer (Sea), dies at 61 1940 Death - Ben[jamin] Turpin, U.S. comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies 1939 Birthday - Frankie Ford, Frank Guzzo, Gretna, Louisiana, rock vocalist, Sea Cruise 1933 Event - Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane 1931 Birthday - Billy Vaughn, born in Glasgow, Kentucky, singer, Chapel by the Sea 1931 Birthday - Phil Phillips [Baptiste], rock vocalist, Sea Of Love 1930 Event - North Sea floodgate at Ijmuiden (biggest in world) officially opens 1930 Event - 1st U.S. radio broadcast from a ship at sea 1929 Death - Charles Van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God on Sea), dies 1929 Birthday - Hugo Raes, Flemish writer, Horses Jump and Fresh Sea 1928 Birthday - David Hedison, actor, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1927 Event - Sea battle at Navarino (Greece freed of Ottoman occupation) 1927 Birthday - Roland Verhavert, Flemish screen writer, Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor 1926 Birthday - David Hedison, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Colbys, Voyage to Bottom of Sea 1925 Birthday - Pieternella "Nel" van Arem, Dutch actress, Sea Gull 1925 Birthday - Rik Kuijpers, Belgian director, Sea gulls die in the harbor 1923 Death - Pierre Loti, Julien Viaud, French sea officer/writer, dies 1922 Event - 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in New York City 1922 Birthday - Paul Acket, Dutch publisher/organizer, Music Express, North Sea Jazz 1920 Death - Nestor de Tiere, Flemish playwright (Bride of the Sea), dies 1920 Birthday - Jan Walravens, Flemish writer, Motionless at Sea 1918 Event - Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea 1917 Event - Russian Black Sea fleet mutiny at Sebastopol 1916 Birthday - Adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer, Sister at Sea 1916 Birthday - Ivan Tors, TV producer, Sea Hunt, Flipper 1916 Event - Battle of Skagerrak: Brit-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead) 1916 Event - German-British sea battle off Belgian coast 1916 Event - Dutch South Sea dike cracks 1915 Birthday - Brenda Marshall, Philippines, actress, Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark 1915 Event - Dutch accidents at sea law enforced 1915 Event - Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea 1915 Event - German-British sea battle at Doggersbank and Helgoland 1914 Event - British fleet forfeits chance to destroy German fleet in North Sea 1914 Event - Turkish warships storm Black Sea 1914 Event - German battle cruiser Goeben enters Black Sea 1914 Birthday - Richard Basehart, Zanesville, Ohio, actor, Voyage to Bottom of Sea 1914 Birthday - Richard Basehart, actor, Voyage to Bottom of the Sea 1914 Birthday - Marguerite Duras, born in France, novelist and playwright, Sea Wall 1913 Event - Roland Garros is 1st to fly over Mediterranean Sea 1913 Event - Turkish-Greek sea battle near Troy 1913 Birthday - Lloyd Bridges, born in San Leandro, California, actor, Sea Hunt, Roots, Airplane 1912 Death - Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61 1912 Event - Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power 1911 Birthday - John Sturges, U.S., director, Old Man and Sea, Magnificent 7 1910 Death - John YWJ Eilerts de Cock, sea officer (Suriname), dies at 44 1910 Birthday - Nicholas Monsarret, born in England, writer, Cruel Sea 1909 Event - 1st radio rescue at sea 1908 Event - Denmark, Germany, England, France, Netherlands and Sweden sign North Sea accord 1906 Birthday - Charles J B Jonckheere, Flemish poet and writer, Mirror of the Sea 1905 Event - Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima 1904 Birthday - Paul D Stoop, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II-Coral Sea 1904 Event - J. M. Synge's "Riders to the Sea" opens at Irish National Theater Society 1904 Event - J. M. Synge's "Ruders to the Sea," premieres in Dublin 1900 Event - German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power 1900 Birthday - Willem F K Hussem, Dutch painter and poet, Coastline, Lookout on Sea 1898 Birthday - Helen Flint, Chicago, actress, Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast 1896 Birthday - Agnes Ayres, Hinkle, U.S., actress, Sheik, Souls at Sea 1896 Birthday - Irene Browne, born in England, actress, All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart 1895 Event - SS Elbe sinks after collision in North Sea, 332 killed 1893 Event - 11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea, 22 killed 1893 Death - Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian, dies at 68 1893 Birthday - Jan M Romein, Dutch historian, Low Countries at Sea 1893 Event - U.S. no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea 1892 Event - Britian and U.S. sign treaty on seal hunting in Bering Sea 1887 Birthday - Samuel Eliot Morison, historian, Admiral of the Ocean Sea 1886 Event - Hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola, Texas 1884 Birthday - Noah Beery, U.S. actor, Mark of Zorro, Sea Wolf 1883 Event - Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hours after explosion 1882 Event - Cyclone in Arabian Sea, Bombay, India, drowns 100,000 1879 Birthday - Walter Long, actor, Moby Dick, Sheik, Sea Devils, Dragnet Patrol 1878 Death - George Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River), dies at 81 1878 Birthday - James M. Kilroe, priest of St. Mary Star of the Sea, in the Bronx 1878 Birthday - Karel van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet, God at Sea 1876 Event - King Willem III opens North Sea Canal (Amsterdam-IJmuiden) 1876 Birthday - John Alden Carpenter, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, Sea Drift 1873 Birthday - Henry M Tomlinson, British writer, Sea and Jungle 1871 Birthday - John Millington Synge, Ireland, dramatist/poet, Riders to the Sea 1870 Event - British SS Cambria leaves for Noth sea coast, 196 killed 1870 Event - "City of Boston" vanishes at sea with all 177 aboard 1866 Event - Sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy 1865 Birthday - Johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer, Lucie R, Suriname 1864 Event - Union General William T Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War 1864 Event - Kingston, Georgia burned during Sherman's March to Sea 1864 Event - Sherman issues preliminary plans for his "March to the Sea" 1864 Death - Antonio Gonalves Dias, Brazilian national poet, dies at sea 1862 Birthday - Henry John Newbolt, English sea historian/poet 1862 Event - Galena, 1st U.S. iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Connecticut 1851 Birthday - Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer, Sea Bride princess of Herberg 1850 Birthday - Pierre Loti, Julien Viaud, French sea officer/writer, Pacheur 1840 Birthday - Alfred Thayer Mahan, U.S., naval officer, Influence of Sea Power 1840 Event - 1st deep sea sounding 1834 Birthday - Horatio Alger, Jr., Revere Massachusetts, author, Lost at Sea, Work and Win 1825 Birthday - Jacobus J Backer, German sea historian 1825 Event - Dutch North Sea coast floods 1817 Event - Gloucester, Massachusetts, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore 1796 Birthday - George Back, English sea officer/explorer, North Canada 1790 Event - Lifeboat 1st tested at sea, by Mr. Greathead, the inventor 1787 Birthday - James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer, Weddell Sea 1782 Event - British-French sea battle at Negapatam (South-Indies) 1776 Event - Captain Cook begins 3rd and last trip to Pacific (South Sea) 1776 Event - Charleston, South Carolina repulses British sea attack 1765 Birthday - Charles Dibdin, England, composer/author, Sea Songs 1759 Event - 2nd sea battle of Lagos: England vs France 1738 Event - England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea and West-Indies 1721 Event - Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War 1704 Event - Sea battle at Malaga 1702 Death - Jean Bart, French captain and sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51 1693 Event - 1st sea battle of Lagos: England and Holland vs France 1690 Event - Netherlands-French sea battle at Beachy Head (Cornelis Evertsen) 1673 Event - Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English and French fleet 1673 Death - John de Love I, Vice-Admiral, dies in sea battle at about 54 1666 Event - Sea battle between Netherlands and England 1666 Event - Vierdaagse Sea battle (Ruyter-Monk vs Prince Ruprecht) 1665 Event - Sea battle at Lowestoft: English fleet beats Dutch 1653 Event - Sea battle at Heijde, English fleet beats Dutch 1652 Event - Sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet 1652 Event - English-Dutch sea battle at Kentish Knock 1652 Event - Sea battle at Plymouth: Ayscue vs De Ruyter 1651 Event - South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm 1650 Birthday - Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero, Escape from Plymouth 1644 Event - Sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Admiral Thijssen beats Denen 1639 Event - Sea battle at Dunes: Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp beats Spanish Armada 1634 Event - Beach Island in North sea destroyed by a heavy storm flood 1629 Event - Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs Dunkerk Cape 1599 Birthday - Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher, Consolation of the Sea 1588 Event - Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada 1576 Event - Muitende Spanish soldiers conquer Zierik Sea 1576 Event - Spanish army under Mondragon conquerors Zierik sea 1574 Event - Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot) 1574 Event - Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet 1534 Event - Lubeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea 1500 Death - Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns 1492 Event - Columbus' fleet about 400 sea miles from Puerto Rico 1444 Event - Battle at Varna, Black Sea: Sultan Murad II beats crusaders 1421 Event - Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing est 10,000 in Netherlands 1375 Event - Westfriese sea wall breaks flooding northern Netherlands 1351 Event - Sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen and English 1304 Event - Sea battle of Zierikzee 1304 Event - Battle at Zierik Sea: Dutch and French fleet beat Flemish fleet 1185 Event - Sea battle at Dan-no-ura: Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family |
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