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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_17
1915 – A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217 km/h).
1969 – Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
metmike: These hurricanes occurred during....global cooling.
1998 – Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.
2008 – American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Camille
Hurricane Camille was the second most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the United States. The most intense storm of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season,
| Rank | Hurricane | Year | Intensity | Size | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most severe landfalling Atlantic hurricanes in the United States Based on size and intensity for total points on the Hurricane Severity Index[13] | |||||
| 1 | Carla | 1961 | 17 | 25 | 42 |
| 2 | Betsy | 1965 | 15 | 25 | 40 |
| 3 | Camille | 1969 | 22 | 14 | 36 |
| Opal | 1995 | 11 | 25 | 36 | |
| Katrina | 2005 | 13 | 23 | 36 | |
| 6 | Audrey | 1957 | 17 | 16 | 33 |
| Wilma | 2005 | 12 | 21 | 33 | |
| 8 | Ivan | 2004 | 12 | 20 | 32 |
| 9 | Ike | 2008 | 10 | 20 | 30 |
| 10 | Andrew | 1992 | 16 | 11 | 27 |
Making landfall in Waveland, Mississippi, as a Category 5 hurricane,[7] Camille caused damage and destruction across much of the Gulf Coast of the United States. Because it moved quickly through the region, Hurricane Camille dropped only moderate precipitation in most areas. Areas in and around Pass Christian, its point of landfall, reported from 7 to 10 inches (180 to 250 mm).[14] The area of total destruction in Harrison County, Mississippi was 68 square miles (180 km2).[15] The total U.S. estimated cost of damage was $1.42 billion (1969 USD).[3] This made Camille tied (with Hurricane Betsy) as the most expensive hurricane in the United States, up to that point.[16] The storm directly killed 143 people along Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. An additional 153 people perished as a result of catastrophic flooding in Nelson County, Virginia and other areas nearby. In all, 8,931 people were injured, 5,662 homes were destroyed, and 13,915 homes experienced major damage, with many of the fatalities being coastal residents who had refused to evacuate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915_Galveston_hurricane
The 1915 Galveston hurricane was a tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage in the Galveston area in August 1915. Widespread damage was also documented throughout its path across the Caribbean Sea and the interior United States. Due to similarities in strength and trajectory, the storm drew comparisons with the deadly 1900 Galveston hurricane. While the newly completed Galveston Seawall mitigated a similar-scale disaster for Galveston, numerous fatalities occurred along unprotected stretches of the Texas coast due to the storm's 16.2 ft (4.9 m) storm surge. Overall, the major hurricane inflicted at least $30 million in damage and killed 403–405 people.[nb 1] A demographic normalization of landfalling storms suggested that an equivalent storm in 2018 would cause $109.8 billion in damage in the United States.
| Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
 Surface weather analysis of the hurricane on the evening of August 16, roughly six hours before landfall | |
| Formed | August 5, 1915 |
|---|---|
| Dissipated | August 23, 1915 |
| (Extratropical after August 20) | |
| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 145 mph (230 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | ≤ 940 mbar (hPa); 27.76 inHg |
| Fatalities | 403–405 direct |
| Damage | ≥ $30 million (1915 USD) |
| Areas affected | Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Louisiana, South Central United States, Midwestern United States |
| Part of the 1915 Atlantic hurrica | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Diane
Hurricane Diane was the costliest Atlantic hurricane of its time, causing $813.7 million in damage.[nb 1] The inclusion of loss of business and personal revenue increased the total to over $1 billion. One of three hurricanes to hit North Carolina during the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season, it formed on August 7 from a tropical wave between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde. Diane initially moved west-northwestward with little change in its intensity, but began to strengthen rapidly after turning to the north-northeast. On August 12, the hurricane reached peak sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h), making it a Category 2 hurricane. Gradually weakening after veering back west, Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, as a strong tropical storm on August 17, just five days after Hurricane Connie struck near the same area. Diane weakened further after moving inland, at which point the United States Weather Bureau noted a decreased threat of further destruction. The storm turned to the northeast, and warm waters from the Atlantic Ocean helped produce record rainfall across the northeastern United States. On August 19, Diane emerged into the Atlantic Ocean southeast of New York City, becoming extratropical two days later and completely dissipating by August 23.
| Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
 Weather map of Hurricane Diane on August 19 as it neared North Carolina | |
| Formed | August 7, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Dissipated | August 23, 1955 |
| (Extratropical after August 21) | |
| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 105 mph (165 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 969 mbar (hPa); 28.61 inHg |
| Fatalities | ≥184 |
| Damage | $831.7 million (1955 USD) |
| Areas affected | North Carolina, Mid-Atlantic states, New England |
| Part of the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season | |
Hurricane Diane was the costliest Atlantic hurricane of its time, causing $813.7 million in damage.[nb 1] The inclusion of loss of business and personal revenue increased the total to over $1 billion. One of three hurricanes to hit North Carolina during the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season, it formed on August 7 from a tropical wave between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde. Diane initially moved west-northwestward with little change in its intensity, but began to strengthen rapidly after turning to the north-northeast. On August 12, the hurricane reached peak sustained winds of 105 mph
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/08/15/hurricane-trend-detection/
"Because a change in the frequency (number/year) of hurricanes could be a result of climate change, we analyzed the historical record of Atlantic basin and US landfalling hurricanes, as well as US continental accumulated cyclone energy to evaluate issues related to trend detection.
Hurricane and major hurricane landfall counts exhibited no significant overall trend over 167 years of available data, nor did accumulated cyclone energy over the continental USA over 119 years of available data, although shorter-term trends were evident in all three datasets."