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** Typhoon Wanda strikes Hong Kong, killing at least 130 and wounding more than 600.
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** Typhoon Vera hits central Honshū, Japan, killing an estimated 5, 098, injuring another 38, 921, and leaving 1, 533, 000 homeless.
** Near Guam, Typhoon Tip reaches a record intensity of 870 millibars, the lowest pressure recorded at sea level.
** Typhoon hits a body avalanche and keeps the opponent / s cornered while Earthquake splashes his back, crushing the opponent with the impact of both of their weights
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** Holocaust: In Warsaw, 2 women, Zofia Kossak and Wanda Filipowicz, risk their lives by setting up the Council for the Assistance of the Jews.
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** 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.
** 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.
** 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.
** The attempted assassination of Palmiro Togliatti, general secretary of the Italian Communist Party, incites numerous strikes all over the country.
** 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.
** 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.
** 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.
** 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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