Atlantic hurricane season. The third tropical storm and second hurricane
of the season, Charley formed as a subtropical low on August 13 along
the Florida panhandle. It became a tropical storm on August 15 off the
coast of South Carolina, then as a hurricane traversed eastern North
Carolina. It weakened over the north Atlantic Ocean before transitioning
into an extratropical cyclone on August 20. Its remnants remained
identifiable until crossing the British Isles and dissipating on
August 30. In the U.S. Hurricane Charley caused an estimated
$15 million in damage (equivalent to $32.4 million in 2016). As an
extratropical cyclone, Charley brought heavy rainfall and strong winds
to Ireland and the United Kingdom, causing at least 11 deaths. Ireland
saw a record for the greatest daily rainfall total in the country,
7.8 inches (200 mm). In the Dublin area, 451 buildings were flooded,
some up to a depth of 8 ft (2.4 m). In the United Kingdom, the storm
flooded rivers and brought down trees and power lines.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Charley_(1986)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1244:
Following their successful siege of Montségur, French royal
forces burned about 210 Cathar Perfecti and unrepentant credentes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Monts%C3%A9gur>
1802:
The United States Congress authorized the establishment of the
US Army Corps of Engineers in order to operate the US Military Academy
at West Point, New York.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy>
1926:
American scientist Robert H. Goddard launched the world's first
liquid-fueled rocket, which flew for two-and-a-half seconds before
falling to the ground.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._Goddard>
1978:
Former Prime Minister of Italy Aldo Moro was kidnapped in Rome
by Mario Moretti and the Red Brigades.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Aldo_Moro>
1988:
Iran–Iraq War: Iraqi forces began attacking the Kurdish town
of Halabja with chemical weapons, killing up to 5,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halabja_chemical_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Scotch mist:
1. (Britain) A cold and penetrating mist, verging on rain.
2. (Britain, dialect, chiefly Lancashire and Yorkshire, idiomatic)
Something that is hard to find or does not exist.
3. A drink of Scotch whisky served with ice and lemon peel.
4. (botany) The perennial flowering plant Galium sylvaticum.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Scotch_mist>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
There are tremendous actual differences in values. Some value
systems, such as the ones that motivate "honor killings", deserve to be
morally condemned and rejected. But there are many other variations in
values within the bounds of decency.
--Richard Stallman
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman>
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