Hurricane Bob was a weak hurricane that affected the southeast United States in July 1985. The second tropical storm and first hurricane of the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season, the system developed from a tropical wave on July 21 in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Bob began moving east, striking southwestern Florida as a weak tropical storm. The storm then turned to the north and quickly intensified to hurricane status on July 24. The next day, it made landfall near Beaufort, South Carolina, becoming one of a record-tying six hurricanes to hit the United States during a single season. Bob caused $20 million in damage and five indirect deaths. In Florida, the storm produced heavy rainfall, peaking at over 20 inches (500 mm) in Everglades City. In most areas, the rainfall was beneficial due to dry conditions that had persisted throughout the year. Damage was minimal in South Carolina, where the hurricane made its final landfall. In Virginia, the storm spawned three tornadoes, one of which destroyed two houses.
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1850:
German composer Richard Wagner's romantic opera Lohengrin, containing the Bridal Chorus, was first performed under the direction of Hungarian composer Franz Liszt in Weimar, present-day Germany. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohengrin_%28opera%29
1901:
Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines, became the first American private school to be founded in the country. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silliman_University
1914:
In the first naval battle of World War I, British ships defeated the German fleet in the Heligoland Bight area of the North Sea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Heligoland_Bight
1955:
African-American teenager Emmett Till was murdered near Money, Mississippi, for flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Emmett_Till
1963:
During a large political rally in Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, describing his desire for a future where blacks and whites would coexist harmoniously as equals. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream
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exuberant (adj): 1. (of people) Very high-spirited; extremely energetic or enthusiastic. 2. (of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exuberant
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