These days in history April 12/13 2019
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Started by metmike - April 13, 2019, midnight

Can you find a good one to paste below? OK, just read em and learn some history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_12

1927   – Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.

1934 – The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire.  It has since been surpassed.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_13

1992 – Basements throughout the Chicago Loop are flooded, forcing the Chicago Board of Trade Building and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to close.

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By carlberky - April 13, 2019, 9:17 a.m.
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2002 – A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.

2007 – A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

2013 – Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.


Hope history doesn't repeat today.