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 Storm Davis, Dallas Texas, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals
1961 Storm Davis, baseball player
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 US 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 Nethe coastal provinces
1861 Steeple of Chichester Cathedral blown down during a storm
1861 English Adm 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 Neth, 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, Neth
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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