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2004 WNBA Championships, Seattle Storm beat Connecticut Sun 2 games to 1
2004 Tropical Storm Jeanne kills more than 550 during flooding in Haiti 1998 Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec and Ontario 1996 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup at Woodbine 1994 James Aubrey, actor (Riders of the Storm), dies of heart attack at 75 1993 Storm hits West Europe, 11 killed in England 1993 Tropical storm Bret ravages Venezuela, about 100 killed 1993 Tropical storm Brett ravages Venezuela, 118 killed 1993 Haitian ferry boat capsize in storm, 800-2,000 die 1993 Polish ferry boat capsizes in storm, 50 die 1992 Nor'easter storm hits NY, doing 1 billion dollars worth of damage 1992 Mud storm kills 30 in South France 1992 Heavy storm in South France, 34 die 1991 93 cars and 11 truck accident near San Francisco during a dust storm, 17 die 1991 Mud storm in Antofagasta Chile, kills 80 1991 Mother of All Parades - New York City welcomes desert storm troops 1991 Operation Desert Storm begins - U.S. led allies vs Iraq 1991 Operation Desert Storm: 1st U.S. pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn) 1991 Soviets storm buildings in Vilnius to block Lithuania independence 1990 Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait 1985 Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed 1985 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijack Egyptair jet in Malta 1984 12th minster of York destroyed in lightening storm 1983 Storm cuts short free Diana Ross concert in New York's Central Park 1982 Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm 1980 Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing 41 1979 Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000 1977 West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages and killing 3 of 4 hijackers 1975 Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior 1974 Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run 1972 Rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm and Hurricane), commits suicide 1970 Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history 1969 Greek DC-6B crashes in storm at Athens, 93 killed 1968 Virginia Valli, actress (Flames, Guilty?, Storm), dies of stroke at 70 1967 Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm Pentagon 1966 Snow storm in north east U.S. kills 165 1962 Hannah Storm, sports journalist, CNN, NBC 1962 Storm in Hamburg, kills 265 1961 James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63 1958 Carmel, McCourt, England, rocker, Storm, More More More 1957 Kate Burton, born in Geneva, Switzerland, actress, Ice Storm, August 1957 Heavy storm ravages Belgian coast 1956 Andre Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies 1955 Hurricane Diane kills 200 and 1st billion $ damage storm (N.E. U.S.) 1954 Ang Lee, director, Ice Storm, Wedding Banquet, Sense and Sensibility 1954 Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die 1954 200 pilgrims drown in Farahzad Iran rain storm flood 1954 1st TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres 1952 Snow storm in Sierra Nevada kills 26 1948 Storm Field, Elliot, New York, weatherman, WABC TV, WCBS TV 1945 During snow storm, school bus crashes, kills 15 (Washington) 1944 U.S. destroyers sink in storm off Philippines, 790 killed 1944 Germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy 1944 Heavy storm hampers British offensive at Caen 1944 Heavy storm hits the Channel 1943 Jada Rowland, New York City, actress, Penny-Hamptons, Amy-Secret Storm 1941 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India 1939 Michael Storm, American Actor 1938 Billy Storm, singer, Valiants-This is the Night 1934 Great dustbowl storm 1933 "Great Black Blizzard" 1st great dust storm in Great Plains 1932 Hurricane storm wave sweeps over Santa Cruz del Sur Cuba kills 2,500 1932 U.S. airship Columbia crashes during storm in Flushing, New York 1930 British airship crashes in storm at Beauvais France, 48 die 1930 Marion [Eleanor] Zimmer Bradley [Breen], sci-fi author, Storm Queen 1927 Tropical storm flooding kills 84 in Winooski River Valley (Vt) 1925 Mai Zetterling, Sweden, actress, Witches, Offbeat, Jet Storm 1922 Japanese cruiser Niitaka leaves in storm at Kamchatka, 300 killed 1922 Gale Storm, born in Bloomington, Texas, actress, My Little Margie, Gale Storm Show 1914 Turkish warships storm Black Sea 1913 Storm "Freshwater Fury" sinks 8 ore-carriers on Great Lakes 1912 SS Kichemaru disappears in storm off Japanese coast, 1,000 die 1910 2 trains crash in snow storm in Wellington Washington, 118 die 1907 English suffragettes storm British Parliament and 60 women are arrested 1906 Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast 1906 Heavy storm bursts dike flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands 1899 Battle at Storm Berge South Africa - Boers vs British army 1898 Dorothy Gish, born in Massillon, Ohio, film actress, Orphans of the Storm 1894 Scheveningse fishing boats destroyed by storm 1891 Storm Jameson, English novelist, The Green Man, Cousin Honore 1888 Theodor Storm, German judge/author (Schimmelreiter), dies at 70 1884 Frank Arthur Swinnerton, England, novelist, Summer Storm, Sanctuary 1882 Storm and floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die 1881 Ethel Mary Dell, English author, Storm Drift 1880 1st U.S. sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis 1879 Sara Allgood, Dublin Ireland, actress, Blackmail, Storm in a Teacup 1877 Storm flood ravages Dutch coastal provinces 1875 Thomas W. Ross, actor, Without Limit, Kings Row, 17, Mortal Storm 1866 Steamship London sinks in storm off Land's End England, kills 220 1864 300' (90 m) of Meigg's Wharf washed away in storm 1863 Storm flood ravages Netherlands coastal provinces 1861 Steeple of Chichester Cathedral blown down during a storm 1861 English Admiral Robert Ritzroy issues 1st storm warnings for ships 1857 Russian warship Leffort disappears in Finland Gulf in storm; 826 die 1850 Airship Elizabeth leaves in storm for Fire Island, crashes (42 die) 1850 Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die 1839 2 day storm off Irish and English coast immortalized as "Big Wind" 1828 More than 100 vessels destroyed in a storm, Gibraltar 1824 Storm causes St. Petersburg flood, killing 10,000 1817 Theodor Storm, German judge/author, Imense China 1812 Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish 1703 Heavy storm hits England 1000s killed 1675 Storm hits about West-Europe: flood in Amsterdam 1654 Fire after heavy storm destroys 2/3 of De Rijp, Netherlands, 1 dies 1651 South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm 1634 Beach Island in North sea destroyed by a heavy storm flood 1593 Storm hits Texel: 40 ships hit, 500 killed 1588 Spanish Armada heavily destroyed in storm at Coruna 1574 Storm breaks Leiden dike; drowns 20,000 Spanish soldiers 1559 5 Spanish ships sinks in storm off Tampa, about 600 die 1559 Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht and Woudrichem, Netherlands 1558 Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm 1552 Dutch coast hit by heavy storm 1552 Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed 1534 Zealand hit by heavy storm 1526 Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die 1520 Friesland hit by heavy hail storm 1509 Storm ravages Flemish/Dutch/Friese coast, 1000s killed 1502 Storm ravages Friese coast 1424 Storm flood ravages Dutch coast 1421 Holland/Zealand dikes break in storm, 1000s killed 1262 Flemish/Dutch coast ravaged by north western storm 1219 Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed 1134 Storm flood ravages Zeeland county 1120 English royal yacht "White Ship" leaves in storm |
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