2013 Event The Canterbury Region of New Zealand experiences the worst flooding in 20 years; Leeston and Lyttelton are the towns hardest hit 2011 Event Tests show radioactive cesium is present in small quantities in residents of Iitate and Kawamata, Fukushima, towns located 25 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant 2011 Event Residents in the U.S. towns of Eagar and Springerville, Arizona fully evacuate as the Wallow Fire wildfire rages on 2010 Event Kyrgyzstan unrest continues as over 1,000 people in Jala-Abad gather in the towns main square denouncing Otunbayeva's interim government and chanting pro-Bakiev slogans 1960 Event Virtually all coastal towns between 37th and 44th parallels severly damaged by tsunami that strikes Hilo, Hawaii at 01:04 AM 1944 Event Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns 1935 Event England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns and villages 1934 Birthday Edolphus Towns,born in Chadbourn, North Carolina, Representative-D-New York 1983 - 1584 Event 7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal 1531 Event Evangelical German monarchy/towns form Schmalkaldische Union 1316 Event Peace of Fexhe: prince-bishop Adolf II of Mark and Luikse towns 1167 Event Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League
