Tropical Storm Brenda (tracking map pictured) was the second named storm of the 1960 Atlantic hurricane season. It developed in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico on July 28, and became a tropical storm after moving ashore over the Florida Peninsula. Accelerating northeast along the U.S. East Coast, it peaked north of Wilmington, North Carolina, as a moderate storm with winds of 60 mph (97 km/h). After crossing the Mid-Atlantic States and New England, it dissipated on July 31 over southern Canada. The storm inflicted moderate damage in Florida, the worst since Hurricane Easy of 1950, and dropped heavy rainfall as far north as New York City. Total damage was estimated at $5 million, and at least one traffic-related death was blamed on the cyclone. Brenda was the last tropical cyclone to hit the U.S. mainland before the devastating Hurricane Donna, which killed at least 364 and did close to a billion dollars in damage (in 1960 dollars).
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Brenda_(1960)
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1815:
Aboard HMS Bellerophon, Napoleon surrendered to Royal Navy Captain Frederick Lewis Maitland to finally end the Napoleonic Wars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bellerophon_(1786)
1870:
Manitoba and the Northwest Territories were established following the transfer of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory from the Hudson's Bay Company to Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Territories
1910:
In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gave a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease
1983:
Armenian extremist organization ASALA bombed the Turkish Airlines check-in counter at Orly Airport as part of its campaign for the recognition of and reparations for the Armenian Genocide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orly_Airport_attack
2009:
Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashed in northwestern Iran, killing all 168 people aboard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Airlines_Flight_7908
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
effluvium: A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/effluvium
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
In every era the attempt must be made anew to wrest tradition away from a conformism that is about to overpower it. The Messiah comes not only as the redeemer, he comes as the subduer of Antichrist. Only that historian will have the gift of fanning the spark of hope in the past who is firmly convinced that even the dead will not be safe from the enemy if he wins. And this enemy has not ceased to be victorious. --Walter Benjamin https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walter_Benjamin