My Dad's 93 year birthday!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_16
1732 – In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two thirds of its inhabitants.
Typhoon Nancy information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Nancy_(1961)
| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 345 km/h (215 mph) |
|---|---|
| Lowest pressure | 882 hPa (mbar); 26.05 inHg PLease note that 1961 was during global cooling 57 years ago. |
2004 – Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.
Happy birthday to Mike’s Dad!
Thanks Larry! Dad is 93 years old today. Here he was a couple of years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mg5a2DYyXQ
more than likely 2018 but who cares ...happy birthday metmikes DAD...well done
Mike, I was stationed 14 miles from Osaka in 1953, and luckily missed Nancy by 8 years. Traffic in Osaka was so wild and congested that you felt like taking a cab to cross the street.
Happy birthday, Dad. I'm trying to catch up with you.
1992 – Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
George Soros saw this one coming, to the tune of a couple of billion dollars. There, mc, I opened the door for you.