1995 Yank Lawson, U.S. jazz trumpeteer (Stormy weather), dies at 84
1987 John F "Jaco" Pastorius, rock guitarist (Weather Report), dies at 35
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
1951 Jaco Pastorius, U.S. jazz guitarist, Weather Report-Word of Mouth
1946 Alfred G Jodl, Col-Gen/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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