Hurricane Gonzalo formed on October 12, 2014, and became the first Category 4 Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Ophelia in 2011. It made landfall on Antigua, Saint Martin, and Anguilla as a Category 1 hurricane. Antigua and Barbuda sustained US$40 million in losses, and three people died on Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy. Gonzalo intensified into a major hurricane, peaking on October 16 with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h). It struck Bermuda less than a week after the surprisingly fierce Hurricane Fay; the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season was the first in recorded history with two hurricane landfalls in Bermuda. Gonzalo battered the island with wind gusts as high as 144 mph (232 km/h), downing hundreds of trees and causing widespread roof damage and power outages, but no deaths or serious injuries were reported. A large storm system from the remnants of Gonzalo battered the British Isles and central Europe on October 21, killing three people in the United Kingdom.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Gonzalo

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1798:

The Peasants' War began in Overmere, Southern Netherlands, with peasants taking up arms against the French occupiers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants%27_War_%281798%29

1960:

Japan Socialist Party leader Inejirō Asanuma was assassinated during a live television recording by a man using a samurai sword. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inejir%C5%8D_Asanuma

1992:

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 or 5.9 struck south of Cairo, Egypt, killing 545 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Cairo_earthquake

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

mantilla: 1. A lace veil of Spanish origin worn over a woman's hair and shoulders. 2. A woman's light cloak or cape made of silk, velvet, lace, or other material. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mantilla

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

To practice black magic you have to violate every principle of science, decency, and intelligence. You must be obsessed with an insane idea of the importance of the petty object of your wretched and selfish desires. I have been accused of being a "black magician." No more foolish statement was ever made about me. I despise the thing to such an extent that I can hardly believe in the existence of people so debased and idiotic as to practice it.   --Aleister Crowley https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley