TODAY'S  ALMANAC

          
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JULY 24

PLACE              YEAR                  EVENT
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Tucson, AZ         1952    60-mph winds ripped roofs off an apartment
                           complex and an airplane hangar, sweeping dust
                           and sand through the city and leaving 200
                           persons homeless.

New York           1975    Severe thunderstorms in western and central NY:
                           lightning struck a city park in Rochester 
                           injuring 12 children, all were playing on
                           a metal jungle gym. One patrolman described the
                           scene as if "someone threw a stick of dynamite
                           in the middle of the crowd and it blew."