1997 Carolina Hurricanes 1st game vs Tampa Bay Lightning
1992 Tampa Bay Lightning become 1st NHL expansion team to win opener (7-2)
1992 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period
1992 Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft
1991 NHL grants permanent membership to Tampa Lightning and Ottawa Senators
1991 A spectator is killed by lightning at U.S. Open Golf tournament
1990 NHL grants conditional membership to Tampa Bay Lightning
1984 Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire
1982 Lightning Hopkins, rocker, dies of cancer at 69
1977 Roy C. Sullivan of Virginia is struck by lightning for 7th time
1976 Jason Wiemer, born in Kimberley, NHL left wing, Tampa Bay Lightning
1975 Chris Gratton, Brantford, NHL center, Tampa Bay Lightning
1975 Golfer Lee Trevino is struck by lightning at Western Open (Ill)
1974 Derek Wilkinson, born in Lasalle, NHL goalie, Tampa Bay Lightning
1974 Lightning Slim, blues singer (Nothing But the Devil), dies at 61
1974 Roman Hamrlik, Gottwaldov Cze, NHL defenseman, Lightning, Oly-gold-98
1974 Aaron Gavey, Sudbury, NHL center, Tampa Bay Lightning
1973 Ozark AL plane knocked out of air by lightning, St. Louis-36 die
1973 Patrick Poulin, born in Vanier, NHL left wing, Tampa Bay Lightning
1972 Mikael Renberg, Pitea Swe, NHL right wing, Philadelphia Flyers, TB Lightning
1971 Alexander Selivanov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning
1971 Chris Lipuma, born in Oak Lawn, NHL defenseman, Tampa Bay Lightning
1971 Cory Cross, Lloydminster, NHL defenseman, Tampa Bay Lightning
1969 Igor Ulanov, Krasnokamsk Rus, NHL defenseman, Tampa Bay Lightning
1969 Rob Zamuner, NHL forward, Tampa Bay Lightning, Team Canada 1998
1969 Fred Sherman, actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at 64
1967 Jeff Cotler, born in Long Beach, California, actor, Brian-Struck by Lightning
1967 Bill Houlder, born in Thunder Bay, NHL defenseman, Tampa Bay Lightning
1966 Richard Whorf, actor (Chain Lightning), dies of heart attack at 60
1966 Rudy Poeschek, Kamloops, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning
1966 Shawn Burr, Sarnia, NHL left wing, Tampa Bay Lightning
1966 Paul Ysebaert, Sarnia, NHL left wing, Tampa Bay Lightning
1966 Mikael Andersson, Malmo Swe, NHL left wing, Tampa Bay Lightning
1965 Jeff Reese, Brantford, NHL goalie, Tampa Bay Lightning
1965 Daren Puppa, Kirkland Lake, NHL goalie, Tampa Bay Lightning
1965 Brian Bradley, Kitchener, NHL center, Tampa Bay Lightning
1964 Petr Klima, Chaomutov Cze, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning
1964 John Tucker, Windsor, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning
1964 John Cullen, Puslinch, NHL center, Tampa Bay Lightning
1964 David Shaw, St. Thomas, NHL defenseman, Tampa Bay Lightning
1964 Michel Petit, St. Malo, NHL defenseman, Tampa Bay Lightning
1963 3 fuel tanks explodes when jetliner is struck by lightning crashing near Elkton, Maryland-Only case of lightning caused crash, 81 die
1955 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England
1954 Boscombe Down 1st flight of supersonic P-1 Lightning
1950 Ron "Louisiana Lightning" Guidry, Yankee pitcher, Cy Young 1978
1949 Lightning strikes a baseball field in Florida, kills SS and 3rd baseman
1945 Jeffrey Kramer, born in New York City, actor, Ted Stein-Struck by Lightning
1943 Lou Christie, [Lugee Sacco], Penn, vocalist, Lightning Striking Again
1939 Yanks beat Red Sox 4-1 in 7, game called because of lightning
1939 Don "Sugarcane" Harris, rocker/actor, Soup for 1, Greeased Lightning
1932 1st demonstration of artificial lightning Pittsfield Mass
1930 Paul Hogan, born in Australia, actor, Crocodile Dundee, Lightning Jack
1925 Camille Flammarion, French astronomer/writer, Thunder and Lightning
1919 Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning
1918 Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park
1914 Giants outfielder Red Murray is knocked unconscious by lightning after catching a flyball, ending 21 inning game, Giants win 3-1
1807 Lightning hits gunpowder warehouse in Luxembourg; 230 die
1752 Benjamin Franklins 1st tests the lightning rod
1539 St. Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning
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