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2012 Event - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces the cancellation of the New York City Marathon due to the damage and devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy

2012 Event - Half of the population of New York City, and millions of others in the Northeastern United States continue to deal with power outages, gas shortages and limited public transportation after Hurricane Sandy struck; the death toll rises to 90

2012 Event - In the U.S., over 60 people die in the Mid-Atlantic states as the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy leaves millions without electricity and cripples its mass transportation system

2012 Event - The New York Stock Exchange is reopened after a two-day closure due to Hurricane Sandy; this was the market's first weather-related two-day closure since the late 19th century

2012 Event - The U.S. East Cost prepares for Hurricane Sandy, which caused damage throughout the Caribbean and resulted in 67 deaths

2012 Event - Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Cuba and Jamaica and heads towards The Bahamas

2012 Event - Mexico's state, Veracruz, experiences a natural disaster when Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall, killing at least three people

2012 Event - According to the U.S. Hurricane Center, Hurricane Bud has formed off of the Pacific Ocean's coast of Mexico, and has reached category two strength

2011 Event - Hurricane Irene lands in North Carolina, near Cape Lookout

2011 Event - New York City braces for Hurricane Irene, announcing plans to shut down subways buses and commuter trains

2011 Event - Tropical Storm Arlene, the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season's first tropical storm, lands near Cabo Rojo and brings heavy rain to Mexico and southern Texas

2010 Event - Hurricane Julia becomes the fifth hurricane in the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane season

2010 Event - Hurricane Earl shifts toward the east coast of the U.S., placing most of North Carolina's coast on hurricane watch

2005 Event - Hurricane Katrina causes sever damage to the Gulf Coast killing 1836

2004 Event - Hurricane Ivan hits Alabama and Florida killing nearly 30

2004 Event - Hurricane Frances hits Florida, causing $40 billion in damage.

1997 Event - Hurricane kills 123 in Acapulco Mexico

1997 Event - Carolina Hurricane's 1st exhibition game beat New York Islanders 4-1

1992 Event - Hurricane Inuki pounds Hawaii

1992 Event - Hurricane Iniki hits Kauai Hawaii; 3 die and 8,000 injured

1992 Event - Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die

1991 Event - Hurricane Bob hits U.S.

1991 Event - Hurricane Bob hits North Carolina with 115 MPH wind

1990 Event - West-Europe's strongest hurricane

1989 Event - Hurricane Hugo causes extensive damage in Puerto Rico

1989 Event - Hurricane Hugo, kills 85 in Charleston, South Carolina

1989 Event - Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62

1989 Event - Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500

1988 Event - Gilbert is strongest (26.13 barometer) hurricane in Western Hemisphere

1988 Event - Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica

1988 Event - Hurricane Gilbert, kills 300 in Jamaica, Texas and Yucatan

1985 Event - Hurricane Juan ravages U.S. Gulf states and east coast, 49 die

1985 Event - Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits Atlantic coast

1983 Event - Hurricane Alicia battered Houston and Galveston, Texas

1983 Event - Hurricane Alicia, kills 17 in Texas

1980 Event - Allen, most powerful hurricane in Caribbean hits Brownsville, Texas

1980 Event - Hurricane Allen ravages Caribisch area, about 70 killed

1980 Event - Hurricane Aline, kills 272 in Texas and Caribbean

1979 Event - Hurricane Frederick hits Mobile Alabama; 5 die and $23 million damage

1979 Event - Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000

1978 Event - Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female

1976 Event - Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried

1975 Event - Hurricane Eloise, kills 71 in Caribbean and U.S.

1974 Event - Hurricane Fifi hits coast of Honduras; about 5,000 die

1974 Event - Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die

1974 Event - Hurricane/floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed

1972 Death - Rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm and Hurricane), commits suicide

1972 Event - Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history

1972 Event - Hurricane Agnes, kills 118 in New York and Florida

1972 Event - Hurricane Agnes kills 117

1970 Event - Hurricane Dorothy, kills 42 in Martinique

1970 Event - Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history

1969 Birthday - Helen Kelesi, born in Victoria, Canada, professional tennis player, dubbed 'Hurricane Helen', ranked 13th in the World, November 1989

1967 Event - Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38

1967 Event - Hurricane Beuleah, kills 54 in Caribbean, Mexico and Texas

1966 Event - Hurricane Inez, kills 293 in Caribbean, Florida and Mexico

1966 Event - Hurricane Alma, kills 51 in Honduras

1965 Event - Hurricane hits north east US/Canada

1965 Event - Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana kills 75

1965 Event - Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana and Florida

1965 Event - Hurricane Betsy, kills 74 in Florida, Miss and La

1964 Event - Hurricane Hilda, kills 38 in La, Miss and Ga

1963 Event - Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba and Haiti, kills 6,000

1963 Event - Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190

1963 Event - Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti

1963 Event - Hurricane hits Haiti; about 5,000 die and 100,000 injured

1961 Event - Hurricane Hattie, kills 400 in British Honduras

1961 Event - Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph

1960 Event - Hurricane ravages East-Pakistan (6,000 die)

1960 Event - Hurricane Donna, kills 148 in Caribbean and US

1959 Event - Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico

1957 Event - Hurricane Audrey, kills 526 in Louisiana and Texas

1955 Event - Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia and Maryland

1955 Event - Hurricane Hazel, kills 68 in Haiti

1955 Event - Hurricane Janet, kills 500 in Caribbean

1955 Event - Hurricane Hilda, kills 200 in Mexico

1955 Event - Hurricane Diane kills 200 and 1st billion $ damage storm (N.E. U.S.)

1955 Event - Hurricane Diane, kills 400 in US

1955 Event - Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage

1955 Event - Hurricane Connie begins pounding U.S. for 11 days

1954 Event - Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US

1954 Event - Hurricane Hazel strikes U.S. and Canada, 348 die

1954 Event - Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern U.S.

1954 Event - Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits New York City, $50 million damage

1954 Event - Hurricane Edna batters NE U.S., killing 20

1954 Event - Hurricane Carol strikes Long Island/New England, kills 68

1954 Event - Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die

1954 Event - Hurricane Carol, kills 68

1951 Event - Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica

1949 Birthday - Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, Irish snooker player, 2X world-champ

1944 Event - Hurricane hits New England: 389 die

1944 Event - Hurricane, kills 389 in NC

1944 Event - Very strong hurricane hits Netherland

1944 Event - Strongest Hurricane of century in Netherlands (wind force 12)

1938 Event - Hurricane (183 MPH winds) in New England kills 700

1935 Event - 1st test flight of British Hurricane aircraft

1935 Event - Maiden flight by Canada's Hawker Hurricane military plane

1935 Event - A hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423

1933 Event - Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane

1932 Event - Hurricane storm wave sweeps over Santa Cruz del Sur Cuba kills 2,500

1930 Event - Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic)

1928 Event - Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500

1928 Event - Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die

1928 Event - Hurricane in Florida, kills 6,000

1926 Event - Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600

1926 Event - Hurricane hits Miami, kills 250

1926 Event - Hurricane hits Miami and Palm Beach Florida; about 450 die

1926 Event - Hurricane in Florida and Alabama, kills 372

1925 Event - Hurricane strikes Borculo, 4 die

1921 Event - Hurricane hits Washington and Oregon

1919 Event - Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast

1915 Event - Hurricane claims 275 in Mississippi Delta

1915 Event - Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage

1915 Event - Hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas (275 killed)

1900 Event - 6,000 killed when a hurricane and tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas

1894 Event - Dutch coast hit by hurricane

1893 Event - Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Georgia and Charleston SC

1893 Event - 3rd worst hurricane in U.S. history kills 1,800 (Mississippi)

1891 Event - Hurricane hits Martinique, about 700 die

1886 Event - Hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola, Texas

1881 Event - Hurricane hits Florida and Carolinas; about 700 die

1877 Event - Hurricane strikes Curaeao and Bonaire kills 200

1871 Event - Hurricane kills 300 in Labrador

1862 Event - Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die

1856 Event - Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana

1837 Event - "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico)

1831 Event - Hurricane hits Barbados; about 1,500 die

1825 Event - Unseasonable hurricane hits New York City

1780 Event - Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in Caribbean

1780 Event - Barbados hurricane begins

1776 Event - Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French and Dutch ships sinks; 600 die

1772 Event - Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica

1715 Event - 10 Spanish treasure galleons sinks off Florida coast by hurricane

1703 Event - Bristol England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships

1694 Event - Hurricane hits Carlisle Bay Barbados; 27 British ships sink and 3,000 die

1667 Event - Earliest recorded hurricane in U.S., Jamestown, Virginia

1666 Event - Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique and St. Christopher; thousands die

1635 Event - 1st recorded U.S. hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony

1551 Event - Dutch west coast hit by hurricane

1528 Event - Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die

1163 Event - Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods













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