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Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charge

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Weird history on September 13

1988 Oddly true
Hurricane Gilbert reached a minimum pressure of 888 mb (26.22 inHg) with sustained flight-level winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), making it the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record at the time.
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1988 Oddly true
Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
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1899 First ever
Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m – 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
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Vintage clipping · 1912

Omaha daily bee (Omaha [Neb.]), August 4, 1912, (SOCIETY)

Page 22 · mentions "meteorite"

“he Omaha 1 The Hunt tor a Meteor Which Hit Our Earth Ages Ago and Is Believed to Be One Huge Gem Worth Untold Billions of SEVEI of Bin iEVERAL years ago a syndicate mining men commenced sinking a shaft in Arizona to reac…”

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