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.

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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

_____________________________ 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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