Tropical Storm Bill hit the Gulf Coast of the United States in the summer of 2003. The second storm of that Atlantic hurricane season, Bill developed from a tropical wave on June 29 to the north of the Yucatán Peninsula. It slowly organized as it moved northward, and reached a peak of 60 mph (95 km/h) shortly before making landfall in south-central Louisiana. It produced a moderate storm surge, causing tidal flooding. In Montegut in the northeastern portion of the state, a levee was breached, flooding many homes, and in Florida, two swimmers drowned. As Bill accelerated to the northeast, moisture from the storm, combined with cold air from an approaching cold front, produced an outbreak of 34 tornadoes. Moderate winds and wet soil combined to topple trees onto houses and power lines, leaving hundreds of thousands without electric power. By the time Bill became extratropical on July 2, it was responsible for four deaths and around $50 million in damage.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Bill_(2003)

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1444:

In their rebellion against the Ottoman Empire, Albanians led by Skanderbeg routed the Ottoman forces in the Battle of Torvioll. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Torvioll

1613:

The original Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground after a cannon employed for special effects misfired during a performance of William Shakespeare's Henry VIII and ignited the theatre's roof. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_Theatre

1914:

During the second day of the anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo, numerous buildings owned by ethnic Serbs were vandalized and looted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Serb_riots_in_Sarajevo

1967:

Actress Jayne Mansfield, her boyfriend Sam Brody, and their driver were killed in a car accident outside of New Orleans, while her children Miklós, Zoltán, and Mariska Hargitay escaped with only minor injuries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Mansfield

2007:

Apple Inc. released the first generation iPhone, which revolutionized the smartphone industry and made the company one of the world's most valuable publicly traded companies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

chunder: (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To throw up, to vomit. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chunder

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded. These prison walls that this age of trade has built up round us, we can break down. We can still run free, call to our comrades, and marvel to hear once more, in response to our call, the impassioned chant of the human voice.   --Antoine de Saint Exupéry https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Antoine_de_Saint_Exup%C3%A9ry