1928: An estimate F4 tornado touched down in Yankton County. An entire farm was swept away just as the family was about to enter the storm cellar. A man and his daughter were killed.

1922: The hottest temperature ever on Earth was recorded in Al Aziziyah, Libya: 136 degrees.

1928: The hurricane that struck Puerto Rico was called the San Felipe Hurricane because that is the saint's day on which it struck. One thousand people died.

1928: F4 tornadoes struck Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa. Three small country schools in eastern Nebraska were swept clean of their foundations, but many lives were saved thanks to local farmers rushing to the schools to warn of the approaching storms.

1988: A reconnaissance plane measured Hurricane Gilbert as the strongest Atlantic hurricane (up to that time) at 888 millibars.

1993: Denver experienced a record 5-inch early season snow. The day before this, it had been 90 degrees F.