August 15
On This Day: August 15! The first known tornado outbreak in America occurred in 1787, The “Potomac Gale” caused the death of as many as 30 people in 1818, and an EF2 hits near Whitestown, IN! Get your daily dose of history!
On This Day: August 15! The first known tornado outbreak in America occurred in 1787, The “Potomac Gale” caused the death of as many as 30 people in 1818, and an EF2 hits near Whitestown, IN! Get your daily dose of history!
On This Day: August 14! An F4 tornado moved through Deuel County, SD in 1898, Five tornadoes ripped through Grant County, MN in 2020, and a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in SW Haiti in 2021 kills over 2200 people! Get your daily dose of history!
On This Day: August 13! An F3 tornado hits parts of Stark County, OH in 1943, Tropical Storm Bonnie spawns an F2 near Rocky Point, NC in 2004, and Alfred Hitchcock is born! Get your daily dose of history!
On This Day: August 12! An F2 tornado moved near Winona, KS in 1893, an F2 at Wright, WY in 2005, and an EF3 pushed through parts of Burke & Ward Counties in ND in 2010! Get your daily dose of history!
On This Day: August 11! An F2 tornado moved north of Caribou, ME in 1954 killing two, a brief but violent F4 hit near Medina, ND in 2002, and the movie American Graffiti premiered in 1973! Get your daily dose of history!
On This Day: August 10! An F4 tornado leveled a farm killing 10 people at Thurman, CO in 1924, An EF2 tossed a grain bin near Holmes, ND in 2010, and a violent derecho moved through parts of IA in 2020! Get your daily dose of history!
On This Day: August 9! An F4 tornado at Wallingford, CT in 1878, an EF1 near Sycamore, IL in 2021, and an F2 hits Chester, SD in 1992! Get your daily dose of history!
On This Day: August 8! An F4 at Kalamazoo, MI in 1939, A swarm of millions of locusts carried by a thunderstorm gust front invaded Denver in 1874, and Dustin Hoffman is born! Get your daily dose of history!
On This Day: August 7! An F4 tornado moved from Osseo, WI to Black River Falls in 1924, an EF3 near Boscobel, WI in 2021, and an EF3 near Scarth, Manitoba in 2020! Get your daily dose of history!
On This Day: August 6! An F4 tornado kills 3 members of one family at Hanlontown, IA in 1907, an EF2 hits Tulsa, OK in 2017, and Hurricane Dot strikes Hawaii in 1959! Get your daily dose of history!
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