2013 Event County Wicklow, Ireland holds funeral services for Irish mountaineer, Ian McKeever, who was killed by lightning on Mount Kilimanjaro 1997 Event Carolina Hurricanes 1st game vs Tampa Bay Lightning 1992 Event Tampa Bay Lightning become 1st NHL expansion team to win opener (7-2) 1992 Event 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period 1992 Event Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft 1991 Event NHL grants permanent membership to Tampa Lightning and Ottawa Senators 1991 Event A spectator is killed by lightning at U.S. Open Golf tournament 1990 Event NHL grants conditional membership to Tampa Bay Lightning 1984 Event Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire 1982 Death Lightning Hopkins, rocker, dies of cancer at 69 1977 Event Roy C. Sullivan of Virginia is struck by lightning for 7th time 1976 Birthday Jason Wiemer, born in Kimberley, NHL left wing, Tampa Bay Lightning 1975 Birthday Chris Gratton, Brantford, NHL center, Tampa Bay Lightning 1975 Event Golfer Lee Trevino is struck by lightning at Western Open (Ill) 1974 Birthday Derek Wilkinson, born in Lasalle, NHL goalie, Tampa Bay Lightning 1974 Death Lightning Slim, blues singer (Nothing But the Devil), dies at 61 1974 Birthday Roman Hamrlik, born in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman, Lightning, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1974 Birthday Aaron Gavey, Sudbury, NHL center, Tampa Bay Lightning 1973 Event Ozark AL plane knocked out of air by lightning, St. Louis-36 die 1973 Birthday Patrick Poulin, born in Vanier, NHL left wing, Tampa Bay Lightning 1972 Birthday Mikael Renberg, Pitea Swe, NHL right wing, Philadelphia Flyers, TB Lightning 1971 Birthday Alexander Selivanov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning 1971 Birthday Chris Lipuma, born in Oak Lawn, NHL defenseman, Tampa Bay Lightning 1971 Birthday Cory Cross, Lloydminster, NHL defenseman, Tampa Bay Lightning 1969 Birthday Igor Ulanov, Krasnokamsk Rus, NHL defenseman, Tampa Bay Lightning 1969 Birthday Rob Zamuner, NHL forward, Tampa Bay Lightning, Team Canada 1998 1969 Death Fred Sherman, actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at 64 1967 Birthday Jeff Cotler, born in Long Beach, California, actor, Brian-Struck by Lightning 1967 Birthday Bill Houlder, born in Thunder Bay, NHL defenseman, Tampa Bay Lightning 1966 Death Richard Whorf, actor (Chain Lightning), dies of heart attack at 60 1966 Birthday Rudy Poeschek, Kamloops, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning 1966 Birthday Shawn Burr, Sarnia, NHL left wing, Tampa Bay Lightning 1966 Birthday Paul Ysebaert, Sarnia, NHL left wing, Tampa Bay Lightning 1966 Birthday Mikael Andersson, Malmo Swe, NHL left wing, Tampa Bay Lightning 1965 Birthday Jeff Reese, Brantford, NHL goalie, Tampa Bay Lightning 1965 Birthday Daren Puppa, Kirkland Lake, NHL goalie, Tampa Bay Lightning 1965 Birthday Brian Bradley, Kitchener, NHL center, Tampa Bay Lightning 1964 Birthday Petr Klima, born in Chaomutov, Czechoslovakia, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning 1964 Birthday John Tucker, Windsor, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning 1964 Birthday John Cullen, Puslinch, NHL center, Tampa Bay Lightning 1964 Birthday David Shaw, St. Thomas, NHL defenseman, Tampa Bay Lightning 1964 Birthday Michel Petit, St. Malo, NHL defenseman, Tampa Bay Lightning 1963 Event 3 fuel tanks explodes when jetliner is struck by lightning crashing near Elkton, Maryland-Only case of lightning caused crash, 81 die 1955 Event 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England 1954 Event Boscombe Down 1st flight of supersonic P-1 Lightning 1950 Birthday Ron "Louisiana Lightning" Guidry, Yankee pitcher, Cy Young 1978 1949 Event Lightning strikes a baseball field in Florida, kills SS and 3rd baseman 1945 Birthday Jeffrey Kramer, born in New York City, actor, Ted Stein-Struck by Lightning 1943 Birthday Lou Christie, Lugee Sacco, Penn, vocalist, Lightning Striking Again 1939 Event Yankees beat Red Sox 4-1 in 7, game called because of lightning 1939 Birthday Don "Sugarcane" Harris, rocker/actor, Soup for 1, Greeased Lightning 1932 Event 1st demonstration of artificial lightning Pittsfield Mass 1930 Birthday Paul Hogan, born in Australia, actor, Crocodile Dundee, Lightning Jack 1925 Birthday Camille Flammarion, French astronomer/writer, Thunder and Lightning 1919 Event Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning 1918 Event Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park 1914 Event Giants outfielder Red Murray is knocked unconscious by lightning after catching a flyball, ending 21 inning game, Giants win 3-1 1807 Event Lightning hits gunpowder warehouse in Luxembourg; 230 die 1752 Event Benjamin Franklins 1st tests the lightning rod 1539 Event St. Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning
