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** An outbreak of tornadoes strikes the upper Midwest section of the United States ( in particular the Chicago area, including the suburbs of Belvidere and Oak Lawn, Illinois, where 33 people are killed and 500 injured ).
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** The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 88 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12 ; 37 tornadoes occur in Indiana, eclipsing the previous record of 21 during the Super Outbreak of April 1974.
** Delegates attending an American Legion convention at The Bellevue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, begin falling ill with a form of pneumonia: this will eventually be recognised as the first outbreak of Legionnaires ' disease and will end in the deaths of 29 attendees.
** The first known outbreak of Ebola virus occurs in Yambuku, Zaire.
** A cholera outbreak in eastern Slovakia causes Hungary to close its border with Czechoslovakia.
** Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese East Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a UDT coup and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
** Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado kills 115 in Flint, Michigan ( the last to claim more than 100 lives until the 2011 Joplin tornado ).
** Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts, killing 94.
** An outbreak of yellow fever kills 7, 790 in New Orleans.
** November – Caesar leaves for Farther Hispania to deal with a fresh outbreak of resistance.
** Greek battleship Salamis a dreadnought ordered from Germany by Greece in 1912 but not delivered due to the outbreak of World War I
** Women's champion: tournament scheduled for Beijing, China cancelled due to the outbreak of SARS.
** Continuous source – Common source outbreak where the exposure occurs over multiple incubation periods
** Point source – Common source outbreak where the exposure occurs in less than one incubation period
** XI The outbreak of war
** and tornadoes
** Major storms: thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes
** 70 tornadoes break out in the central United States, killing 17.
** Fifty tornadoes rage in Mississippi, killing 74 people.
** A tornado hits Wichita Falls, Texas, killing 42 people ( the most notable of 26 tornadoes that day ).
** List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
** List of Canadian tornadoes
** tornadoes ( category )
** and strikes
** Thai boxing or Muay Thai – the modern Thai martial art with strong emphasis on knee and elbow strikes.
** Burmese Lethwei, a traditional Burmese martial art of which has now grown into a popular kickboxing event with strong emphasis on knee, elbow strikes and headbutt.
** Allows knee strikes
** Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow – Aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U. S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
** NATO launches air strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
** In Kamen Rider Kabuto ( 2006 – 2007 ), 1999 is the year in which a meteor strikes the city of Shibuya and also spawns the Worm, an alien race that forms the main antagonist in the series.
** An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
** Flooding in the Rhine River strikes Cologne.
** 1948 Fukui earthquake strikes Fukui, Japan.
** The attempted assassination of Palmiro Togliatti, general secretary of the Italian Communist Party, incites numerous strikes all over the country.
** Sit-down strikes are outlawed by the Supreme Court of the United States.
** Terror strikes are carried out against British military bases in Palestine.
** A 14-meter high tsunami strikes Hilo and Laupāhoehoe on the Big Island of Hawaii ; 173 are killed, thousands injured.
** Prime Minister of Bulgaria Andrey Lukanov and his government of former Communists resign under pressure from strikes and street protests.
** A devastating category 4 Cyclone strikes Andhra Pradesh, India.
** An ice storm strikes the U. S., killing 26 directly, hundreds more from accidents.
** After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
** The USS Samuel B. Roberts ( FFG-58 ) strikes a naval mine in the Persian Gulf, while deployed on Operation Earnest Will, during the Tanker War phase of the Iran – Iraq War.
** A major heat wave strikes North America ; high temperature records are set and thousands die.
** Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins with air strikes against Iraq.
** Typhoon Wanda strikes Hong Kong, killing at least 130 and wounding more than 600.
** The infamous Columbus Day Storm strikes the U. S. Pacific Northwest with wind gusts up to 170 mph ( 270 km / h ); 46 are killed, 11 billion board feet ( 26 million m³ ) of timber is blown down, with $ 230 million U. S. in damages.
** The Spanish government declares a 3-month martial law in the Basque county of Guipuzco, over strikes and demonstrations.
** Earthquake strikes Himachal Pradesh, India
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