The 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane was a powerful tropical cyclone that devastated much of the East Coast of the United States, starting with Florida's Cedar Keys, near the end of September. The storm's rapid movement allowed it to maintain much of its intensity after landfall, becoming one of the costliest United States hurricanes at the time. The fourth tropical cyclone of the 1896 Atlantic hurricane season, it washed out the railroad connecting the Cedar Keys to the mainland with a 10.5 ft (3.2 m) storm surge, and submerged much of the island group (Cedar Key flooding pictured). The hurricane killed at least 70 people in mainland Florida, and razed 5,000 sq mi (13,000 km2) of dense pine forests in the northern part of the state. In Savannah, Georgia, fierce winds unroofed thousands of structures. In Washington, D.C., the White House grounds were left in disarray. Monuments at the Gettysburg Battlefield were damaged. Along the storm's path, it caused at least 202 deaths.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1852:

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe was first published, profoundly affecting attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin

1923:

The Arts Club of Chicago hosted the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_Club_of_Chicago

1939:

Germany issued an ultimatum to Lithuania, demanding they return the Klaipėda Region under threat of invasion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_German_ultimatum_to_Lithuania

1993:

The Troubles: The second of two bomb attacks by the Provisional IRA in Warrington, England, killed two children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrington_bomb_attacks

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

teething troubles: (idiomatic) Also teething trouble: small problems such as are to be expected with any new and untried product, system, or venture. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/teething_troubles

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Fas est et ab hoste doceri. It is right to learn even from an enemy.   --Metamorphoses https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Metamorphoses