The 1941 Atlantic hurricane season was a relatively inactive hurricane season, with only six known storms. Four of these attained hurricane status, and three became major hurricanes. The season had an abnormally late start; the first system formed on September 11, nearly three months after the official beginning date. The season was also short-lived, as all six storms developed in rapid succession (paths pictured). On September 23, three hurricanes existed simultaneously in the Atlantic basin. In total, the season resulted in about 63 fatalities and over $10 million in damages. The first and last storms of the season were largely insignificant, although the second, fourth, and fifth storms had considerable effects. Two hurricanes struck the United States: a major hurricane that struck Texas and Louisiana in late September, disrupting the Louisiana Maneuvers, and Hurricane Five, which made two landfalls in Florida, the first of which was near Miami at Category 2 intensity, inflicting widespread damage. Another major storm—Hurricane Four—traversed the Caribbean before striking the Nicaragua–Honduras border at Category 4 intensity, leaving 47 men dead at sea.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941_Atlantic_hurricane_season
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1001:
The Song Shi recorded a tributary mission from the Kingdom of Butuan (Golden Tara pictured) to the Song Dynasty of China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Butuan
1860:
The First Taranaki War began at Waitara, New Zealand, marking an important phase of the New Zealand land wars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Taranaki_War
1957:
A plane crash on the slope of Mount Manunggal killed Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash
1973:
Slava Veder took his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burst_of_Joy
2011:
Libyan Civil War: The United Nations Security Council adopted Security Council Resolution 1973, authorizing a military intervention to protect civilians in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1973
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
dudeen: A short-stemmed Irish pipe made out of clay. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dudeen
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
 Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts… A graphic representation of data abstracted from banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding… --William Gibson https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Gibson