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- 1989: A tornado in Victoria, Australia tracked 43 miles of destruction, even burying some birds head first into the ground.
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- 1986: The year's deadliest tornado killed 3 as it destroyed 10 and damaged 20 mobile homes in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
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- 1966: The beginning of Dog Days ushered in all-time record highs of 105 degrees at Allentown, PA and 107 degrees in NYC.
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- 1776: Thomas Jefferson bought his first thermometer and signed the Declaration of Independence. It was cloudy and 76 degrees.
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- 1900: A spectacular 3 day fire resulted when lightning struck an oil refinery in Bayonne, New Jersey. The smoke column rose 13,000'.
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- 1985: A lightning bolt struck a Utah power station sending a 200' fireball into the air, blacking out nearly the entire state.
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- 1915: A severe wind and thunderstorm in Ohio demolished many older buildings and overturned the "Dick Fulton" steamship.
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- 1886 (8th-9th): Nearly every house in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota was moved off its foundation by a disastrous hailstorm.
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- 1987: A tornado destroyed part of a dog kennel in Munising MI. One dog was found unharmed a half mile away in a tree top.
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- 1926: The most costly lightning in US history struck an ammunition depot in New Jersey. The explosions caused $70 million damage.
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- 1987: Strong afternoon thunderstorm winds collapsed a circus tent at Howard, Wisconsin. 44 people were injured.
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- 1989: Nearly 70 cows were killed when lightning struck a tree in Jones County, Texas.
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- 1977: A lightning bolt struck a key electrical transmission line in Westchester County plunging NYC into "The Great Blackout."
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- 1955: Lightning forked into the crowd at England's Ascot race track, bowling people over "like nine-pins." 2 died, 44 injured.
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- 1954: The temperature at Balcony Falls, Virginia soared to a state record 110 degrees.
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- 1987: Rapid City, SD reported a record high temperature of 106 degrees, 3 days after a record low of 39 degrees.
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- 1934: One of the worst heat waves in the history of the nation began, killing 679 in MI during the last 2 weeks of the month.
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- 1986: A photogenic tornado touched down in Minneapolis, MN, moving slowly enough to appear live on the evening news.
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- 1960: Cow Creek & Greenland Ranch in Death Valley CA reported morning lows of 102 degrees with afternoon highs of 126 and 124.
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- 1588 (5/30-Fall): The Spanish Armada lost more ships to sea storms (50 wrecked ships, 4000 drowned men) than to the English.
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- 1911: The temperature at Painter, WY dropped to 10 degrees, equaling the record low for July for the continental US.
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- 1987 (21st-22nd): Barrow, Alaska, set its all-time 24-hour precipitation record when 1.32" rain fell.
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- 1898: A 2-hour thunderstorm soaked Atlanta with 4.32 inches of rain, flooding out street car motors.
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- 1942: Las Vegas, Nevada hit an all-time record high of 117 degrees.
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- 1956: The Andrea Doria sank near Nantucket Lightship MA in dense fog after being rammed by the Stockholm. 52 people died.
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- 1873: A Maine tornado took a life indirectly by knocking out a bridge during the day. Later, a train plunged into the river at dark.
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- 1943: On a whim, Lt. O'Hair and Col. Duckworth flew a single engine AT-6 into a hurricane, the 1st ever to fly into a hurricane.
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- 1898: A severe hailstorm pummeled Chicago with 11 oz. stones. Many people were injured not by hail, but by runaway horses.
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- 1981: Lightning struck a tree, spread along the ground and killed 50 cattle, each weighing 800 lbs.
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- 1877: Hail as large as a man's fist perforated teepees of Crow Indians in the Yellowstone Valley and killed many ponies.
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- 1949: Lightning hit a baseball game in FL, digging a 20' trench in the infield and instantly killing the shortstop & 3rd baseman.
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