1559 - Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht & Woudrichem, Netherlands
1862 – Was born Wilhelm Bjerknes, founder of the science of meteorology.
1986 European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km)
1910 - Lakeview Gusher, the largest United States oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vented to atmosphere.
1995 1st time 13 people in space
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR RIVERS
