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1995 Yank Lawson, U.S. jazz trumpeteer (Stormy weather), dies at 84
1986 Double-decker ferry sinks in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200 1986 STS-61-C mission scrubbed T -9m because of bad weather at Kennedy 1986 STS-61-C mission scrubbed at T -9m because of weather problems 1985 STS-51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather 1981 3 members of Weather underground arrested for armored truck robbery 1980 Willard Scott becomes the weather forcaster on the Today Show 1978 Tiros N, U.S.'s 1st 3rd generation weather satellite, is launched 1977 European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral 1977 Ethel Waters, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather), dies at 76 1970 U.S. launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1 1969 Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched 1966 Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched 1966 1st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched U.S. 1965 U.S. launches TIROS 9 weather satellite 1964 U.S. weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched 1960 Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched 1960 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1) 1960 RCA TIROS (TV and Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched 1959 1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg 1959 Omar Hakim, drummer, Dire Straits, Weather Report 1956 Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England 1954 Peter Erskine, jazz drummer, Weather Report 1946 Alfred G Jodl, Colonel General/German staff chief weather authority, hanged 1934 Willard Scott, weather forecaster, Today Show 1933 Wayne Shorter, rocker, Weather Report 1932 Josef Zawinal, singer/pianist, Weather Report 1926 Weather map televised for 1st time 1924 Harold Nicholas, U.S. actor, Tap, 5 Heartbeats, Stormy Weather 1917 Lena Horne, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress and singer, Stormy Weather, Wiz 1909 Katherine Dunham, dancer and choreographer, Casbah, Stormy Weather 1904 1st daily wireless weather forecasts published (London) 1896 Ethel Waters, Chester, Pennsylvania, actress, Beulah, singer, Stormy Weather 1890 Congress creates Weather Bureau 1878 Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, actor, Stormy Weather, Little Colonel 1878 1st weekly Weather report published in UK 1870 U.S. Weather Bureau begins operations (24 locations) 1870 U.S. Army establishes U.S. National Weather Service 1838 Cleveland Abbe, U.S., meteorologist, Father of Weather Bureau 1831 Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather |
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