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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 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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