2015 Event Search and rescue efforts continue for missing passengers of a cruise ship that capsized on Monday in the Yangtze River during a tornado; there are 14 survivors to date, with most of the 456 passengers still missing 2012 Event Part of the April 3, 2012 tornado outbreak, tornadoes impact the Dallas, Texas area 2011 Event Tornado warnings are issued for Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri; the Joplin, Missouri death toll rises to 126 people with 1,150 injured by the May 22 tornado 2011 Event The Mid-April 2011 Southern United States tornado outbreak results in over 30 deaths; North Carolina is the state worst affected 2011 Event Iowa's Monona County, located in the midwestern United States, is hit by a tornado 1997 Event Tornado in Jarrell Texas kills at least 28 1997 Event Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami 1995 Event RAF-pilot Jo Salter is 1st woman to fly in a tornado 1994 Event Tornado and hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed 1994 Event Church in Piedmont Alabama collapses in tornado, 19 killed 1989 Event Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1 1987 Event 30 killed in a Texas tornado 1983 Event Tornado tears through LA, injuring 33 people 1975 Event 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska 1971 Birthday Roy Janse, born in Edmonton, Alberta, tornado yachter 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Marc Peers, born in Edmonton, Alberta, tornado yachter 1996 Olympics 1969 Event Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540 1968 Event A tornado strikes Jonesboro Arkansas at 10 PM, killing 36 1967 Birthday Charles Ogletree, Greenville, North Carolina, tornado yachter, Olympics-8th-1996 1967 Birthday John Lovell, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, tornado yachter, Olympics-8th-1996 1965 Birthday Mitch Booth, Australian tornado yachter 1996 Olympics 1964 Birthday Andrew Landenberger, Australian, tornado yachter, Bronze Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics 1959 Birthday Brian Douglas Jones, born in Auckland New Zealand, tornado class yachter 1996 Olympics 1959 Event Tornado in St. Louis kills 19 and injures 265 1958 Event Game in Kansas City between A's and Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado 1958 Event Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, Texas (record) 1953 Event Worcester County tornado, 94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless 1953 Event Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas and causes $39M damage 1950 Birthday Rex Samuel Sellers, Auckland New Zealand, Tornado class yachter 1996 Olympics 1942 Event Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City 1942 Event Tornado destroys Pryor, Oklahoma killing 100, injuring 300 1936 Event Tornado, kills 203 and injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia 1936 Event Tupelo Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die 1927 Event Tornado hits Washington D.C. 1927 Event Tornado strikes St. Louis Missouri, 85 die 1924 Event Tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio and Lorain Ohio, killing 93 1916 Event Codell, Kansas hit by tornado (also on same date in 1917 and 1918) 1906 Birthday Bob Wills, born in Texas, actor, Lone Prairie, Tornado in the Saddle 1896 Event Tornado hit St. Louis, killing 255 and leaving thousands homeless 1896 Event Tornado kills 78 in Texas 1893 Event Tornado destroys coast of Savannah and Charleston, about 1000 die 1889 Event Single tornado kills 119, injures 146, New Richmond, Wisconsin 1884 Event 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, South Dakota 1882 Event Tornado kills 130 in Iowa 1850 Event Mormon Temple in Nauvoo, Illinois destroyed by tornado 1842 Event Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die 1840 Event Tornado strikes Natchez Miss, kills 317 1812 Event Rare tornado hits Westchester County, New York 1805 Event 1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley", Southern Illinois 1682 Event Tornado in Connecticut uproots a 3' diameter oak tree 1643 Event 1st recorded tornado in U.S. (Essex County, Massachusetts)
