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1860: Iowa's "Commanche Tornado" with wind speeds estimated in excess of 300 mph was unquestionably one of the worst experienced by early settlers, with nearly a million dollars in damage.

1871: The U.S.'s 15 minute rainfall record was set at Galveston, TX with 3.95".

1944: Weather conditions forced Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower to postpone the invasion of France that had been scheduled for June 5.

1958: Severe storms swept through northwest Wisconsin. A half-mile wide F5 tornado moved at 52 mph from south of Woodville to east of Colfax. 20 people were killed. Also, an F4 tornado took four lives at Chippewa Falls, and another F4 killed four people near the small communities of Boyd and Stanley.