Hurricane Vince was an unusual hurricane that developed in the
northeastern Atlantic basin. Forming in October during the 2005 Atlantic
hurricane season, the waters over which it developed were considered too
cold for tropical development. Vince was the twentieth named tropical
cyclone and twelfth hurricane of the extremely active season. Vince
developed from an extratropical system on October 8, becoming a
subtropical storm southeast of the Azores. The National Hurricane Center
(NHC) did not officially name the storm until the next day, shortly
before Vince became a hurricane. The storm weakened at sea and, on
October 11, made landfall on the Iberian Peninsula as a tropical
depression. Vince was the first tropical system to do so since the 1842
Spain hurricane. It dissipated over Spain, bringing much needed rain to
the region, and its remnants passed into the Mediterranean Sea.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Vince>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1540:
King Henry VIII of England had his chief minister Thomas
Cromwell executed for treason and heresy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell>
1932:
U.S. President Herbert Hoover ordered the eviction of the
"Bonus Army"—a group of veterans who were occupying government
property to demand immediate payment for money owed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army>
1935:
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber aircraft, which
dropped more bombs than any other U.S. aircraft in World War II, made
its first flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress>
1976:
An earthquake measuring at least 8.2 on the Richter magnitude
scale, one of the deadliest in history, flattened Tangshan, China,
killing at least 240,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Tangshan_earthquake>
1996:
The remains of the prehistoric Kennewick Man were discovered on
a bank of the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington, US.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennewick_Man>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
doula:
A support person, usually female, who may not have medical or midwifery
training, who provides emotional assistance to a mother or pregnant
couple before, during or after childbirth.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doula>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you
cannot be misunderstood: there will always be some who misunderstand
you.
--Karl Popper
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Karl_Popper>