Hurricane John formed during the 1994 Pacific season and became both the
longest-lasting and the farthest-traveling tropical cyclone ever
observed. John formed during the strong El Niño episode of 1991 to 1994
and peaked as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane
wind scale, the highest categorization. It was recognized as Tropical
Depression Ten-E on August 11, 300 nautical miles (560 km) south-
southeast of Acapulco, Mexico, and named Tropical Storm John later the
same day. In total, it followed a 7,165 mi (11,530 km) path from the
eastern Pacific to the western Pacific and back to the central Pacific,
lasting 31 days. Because it existed in both the eastern and western
Pacific, John was one of a small number of tropical cyclones to be
designated as both a hurricane and a typhoon. It was only the fifth
tropical cyclone to enter the central Pacific from the western Pacific.
John barely affected land, bringing only minimal effects to the Hawaiian
Islands (some minor flooding but no reported injuries or significant
damage) and a U.S. military base on Johnston Atoll, where damage to
structures was estimated at about $15 million. The storm's remnants
later affected Alaska.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_John_(1994)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
2492 BC:
According to legend, Armenian culture hero Hayk slew the
giant king Bel with a shot from a longbow near Lake Van (in modern
Turkey).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayk>
1492:
The first papal conclave held in the Sistine Chapel elected
Roderic Borja as Pope Alexander VI to succeed Pope Innocent VIII.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_conclave,_1492>
1786:
Captain Francis Light founded the British colony of Penang,
beginning more than a century of British involvement in Malaya.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang>
1942:
Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil received a
patent for their "Secret Communications System", an early technique of
frequency-hopping spread spectrum that later became the basis for many
forms of today's wireless communication systems.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Antheil>
2012:
At least 306 people were killed and 3,000 others injured in a
pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_East_Azerbaijan_earthquakes>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bevy:
1. A group of animals, in particular quail.
2. A large group or collection.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bevy>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
 I have made up my mind that if there is a God, he will be
merciful to the merciful. Upon that rock I stand. That he will not
torture the forgiving. Upon that rock I stand. That every man should be
true to himself, and that there is no world, no star, in which honesty
is a crime. Upon that rock I stand. The honest man, the good woman, the
happy child, have nothing to fear, either in this world or the world to
come. Upon that rock I stand.
--Robert G. Ingersoll
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_G._Ingersoll>