2013 Event The death toll from Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines, is confirmed to be over 5,700 people; the number is expected to increase 2013 Event Pakistan's Balochistan province experiences a 6.8-magnitude earthquake four days after the area was struck by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that resulted in over 515 deaths 2013 Event A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck Tibet; no injuries were reported 2013 Event A portion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which protects minority voting rights, is struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, ruling that Congress has not taken into account the nation's racial progress when singling out certain states for federal oversight 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 Ireland is struck by another earthquake off of the County Mayo coast 2012 Event Tornadoes that struck the midwestern and southern United States claimed 39 lives 2011 Event Millions lose power after the northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic United States are struck by a rare October snow storm 2011 Event President Obama's health insurance mandate from his Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is struck down by the U.S. court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 2011 Event About 193,000 people are without power after severs storms struck the U.S. city of Atlanta, Georgia 2010 Event A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, devastating its capital city, Port-au-Prince, an estimated 150,000 were killed and buried later in mass graves 2006 Death Karin Struck, author, wrote women's literature, politically liberal, openly opposes abortion, converted to Catholicism, 1996 dies 1992 Event Nicaragua struck by earthquake/floodings; 118 die 1990 Event A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch 1988 Event Jailed black nationalist Nelson Mandela struck with tuberculosis 1986 Event Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law 1983 Event Supreme Court struck down state and local restrictions on abortion 1979 Event Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100 1977 Event Roy C. Sullivan of Virginia is struck by lightning for 7th time 1975 Event President Ford escapes injury when his limousine is struck broadside 1975 Event Expos' Jose Mangual struck out 5 times in a game 1975 Event Golfer Lee Trevino is struck by lightning at Western Open (Ill) 1975 Event Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India 1971 Event Orioles' Don Buford struck out 5 times in a game 1965 Event NL adopts emergency team replacement plan to restock any club struck by disaster 1963 Event 3 fuel tanks explodes when jetliner is struck by lightning crashing near Elkton, Maryland-Only case of lightning caused crash, 81 die 1963 Event Train struck makeshift bus full of migrant workers, killing 32 1961 Event U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God 1959 Death Abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi 1957 Event White Sox' James Landis struck out 5 times in a game 1956 Event East Pakistan struck by cyclone and tidal waves 1947 Event NY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow 1947 Birthday Karin Struck, born in Germany, author, wrote women's literature, politically liberal, openly opposes abortion, converted to Catholicism, 1996 1943 Event Braves manager Casey Stengel is struck by a taxi, fractures a leg 1942 Event U.S. bombers struck Italian mainland for 1st time in WW II 1933 Event National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law, later struck down 1908 Event Messina, Italy struck by an earthquake (nearly 80,000 died) 1907 Event Test tokens are struck in 1st production of Canadian coins 1899 Event Louisville's Henry Dowling struck out 5 times in a game 1894 Event Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court 1887 Event French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die 1870 Event Jem Mace and defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hour and 17 minutes, and neither is struck by a punch 1820 Death Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43 1805 Event Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die 1776 Birthday Paul Friedrich Struck, composer 1752 Event Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning-what a shock! 526 Event Antioch struck by Earthquake; about 250,000 die
