cyclones affected land. Records of other storms are incomplete, since
the Atlantic hurricane database goes back only to 1851. The first system
struck North Carolina in July, causing significant damage before
battering the Mid-Atlantic states. Rivers were flooded from Baltimore to
northern New England, and 20 people were killed along the Schuylkill
River. In August, a strong hurricane hit Havana, Cuba, before making
landfall on the Florida Panhandle with an enormous storm surge. Coastal
flooding was severe around Apalachicola. Abundant precipitation fell
from Georgia through Virginia; one river swelled more than 20 feet (6 m)
above its normal height. The storm toppled a railroad bridge near
Halifax, North Carolina. Offshore, a pilot boat collided with a larger
ship in the rough seas and sank. Considered the worst storm in nearly 30
years in the tidewater region of Virginia, the cyclone briefly reentered
the Atlantic off New Jersey before making landfall over New England,
with strong winds and moderate to heavy rains. In September, a hurricane
brushed the coastline from New York to Cape Cod with gusty winds and
appreciable rainfall, and later struck Atlantic Canada.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1850_Atlantic_hurricane_season>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
961:
The Muslim Emirate of Crete was conquered by the Byzantine
Empire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Crete>
1665:
The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry
Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of
the Royal Society, the world's longest-running scientific journal.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Crete>
1853:
Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata premiered at Venice's La Fenice,
but the performance was considered so bad that it caused the Italian
composer to revise portions of the opera.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_traviata>
1945:
Petru Groza of the Ploughmen's Front became the first Prime
Minister of the Communist Party-dominated governments of Romania.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petru_Groza>
1975:
Iran and Iraq signed the Algiers Agreement to settle a border
dispute, only to begin fighting again five years later in the
Iran–Iraq War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Algiers_Agreement>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
begorra:
(Ireland) A mild minced oath; a euphemism for "by God".
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/begorra>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Even if a king defeats his enemy in battle, that still doesn't
settle anything. There are other, less numerous armies of philosophers
and scientists, and their contests determine the true triumph or defeat
of nations. One scholar is matched with another; one creative mind with
another; and one judicious temperament with his counterpart. A victory
won on that field counts for three won by force of arms.
--Cyrano de Bergerac
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cyrano_de_Bergerac>
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