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2005 Hurricane Katrina causes sever damage to the Gulf Coast killing 1836
2004 Hurricane Frances hits Florida, causing $40 billion in damage. 1994 6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60, $30B in damage 1992 Nor'easter storm hits NY, doing 1 billion dollars worth of damage 1991 Supreme Court rules unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage fetus 1989 Hurricane Hugo causes extensive damage in Puerto Rico 1988 Widespread earthquake hits NE U.S., Canada; no damage reported 1988 Fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage 1983 Bomb explodes in U.S. Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries 1979 Hurricane Frederick hits Mobile Alabama; 5 die and $23 million damage 1977 Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 80 and causing $350 mil damage 1976 Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit against Bowie Kuhn begins 1976 Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage, 14 die 1975 Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage 1971 Quake in San Fernando Valley kills 64 and causes over $ B damage 1969 Don Drysdale retires because of damage to his right shoulder 1967 Moderate quake (6.5) strikes Caracas Venezuela causing severe damage 1964 During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home 1964 Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage 1964 Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage 1963 Rupert Graves, actor, Damage, Handful of Dust, Maurice 1958 Miranda Richardson, born in Southport England, actress in Damage, Crying Game 1955 Hurricane Diane kills 200 and 1st billion $ damage storm (N.E. U.S.) 1955 Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage 1954 Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits New York City, $50 million damage 1953 Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas and causes $39M damage 1951 Most expensive U.S. hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage and $14M property-Kansas) 1947 Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 and causes $850M in damage 1938 German and Austrian Jewish suffer 1 billion Mark damage in nazi 1926 Lake Denmark, New Jersey arsenal explodes, kills 21, $75m damage 1915 Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage 1899 Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage 1875 Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun and Toulouse, kills about 1,000 1829 Madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral afire, does 60,000 pounds damage |
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