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1997 Tornado in Jarrell Texas kills at least 28
1997 Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami 1995 RAF-pilot Jo Salter is 1st woman to fly in a tornado 1994 Tornado and hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed 1994 Church in Piedmont Alabama collapses in tornado, 19 killed 1989 Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1 1987 30 killed in a Texas tornado 1983 Tornado tears through LA, injuring 33 people 1975 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska 1971 Roy Janse, born in Edmonton, Alberta, tornado yachter 1996 Olympics 1971 Marc Peers, born in Edmonton, Alberta, tornado yachter 1996 Olympics 1969 Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540 1968 A tornado strikes Jonesboro Arkansas at 10 PM, killing 36 1967 Charles Ogletree, Greenville, North Carolina, tornado yachter, Olympics-8th-1996 1967 John Lovell, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, tornado yachter, Olympics-8th-1996 1965 Mitch Booth, Australian tornado yachter 1996 Olympics 1964 Andrew Landenberger, Australian, tornado yachter, Bronze Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics 1959 Brian Douglas Jones, born in Auckland New Zealand, tornado class yachter 1996 Olympics 1959 Tornado in St. Louis kills 19 and injures 265 1958 Game in Kansas City between A's and Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado 1958 Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, Texas (record) 1953 Worcester County tornado, 94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless 1953 Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas and causes $39M damage 1950 Rex Samuel Sellers, Auckland New Zealand, Tornado class yachter 1996 Olympics 1942 Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City 1942 Tornado destroys Pryor, Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300 1936 Tornado, kills 203 and injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia 1936 Tupelo Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die 1927 Tornado hits Washington D.C. 1927 Tornado strikes St. Louis Missouri, 85 die 1924 Tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio and Lorain Ohio, killing 93 1916 Codell, Kansas hit by tornado (also on same date in 1917 and 1918) 1906 Bob Wills, born in Texas, actor, Lone Prairie, Tornado in the Saddle 1896 Tornado hit St. Louis, killing 255 and leaving thousands homeless 1896 Tornado kills 78 in Texas 1893 Tornado destroys coast of Savannah and Charleston, about 1000 die 1889 Single tornado kills 119, injures 146, New Richmond, Wisconsin 1884 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, South Dakota 1882 Tornado kills 130 in Iowa 1850 Mormon Temple in Nauvoo, Illinois destroyed by tornado 1842 Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die 1840 Tornado strikes Natchez Miss, kills 317 1812 Rare tornado hits Westchester County, New York 1805 1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley", Southern Illinois 1682 Tornado in Connecticut uproots a 3' diameter oak tree 1643 1st recorded tornado in U.S. (Essex County, Massachusetts) |
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