TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Tuesday  July 25, 2006.
 This is the 206th day of the year, there are 159 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1891 The mercury hit 109 degrees at Los Angeles CA marking the
            peak of a torrid heat wave.
    In 1956 The Andrea Doria sank in dense fog near Nantucket
            Lightship MA.  The ship was rammed by the Swedish-
            American liner, Stockholm, forty-five miles off the coast
            of Massachusetts.  Fifty-two persons drowned, or were
            killed by the impact.
    In 1986 Tremendous hailstones pounded parts of South Dakota
            damaging crops, buildings and vehicles.  Hail piled two
            feet deep at Black Hawk and northern Rapid City.  Hail an
            inch and a quarter in diameter fell for 85 minutes near
            Miller and Huron, piling up to depths of two feet. 
    In 1987 Sixteen cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high
            temperatures for the date.  Beckley WV equalled their all-
            time record high of 91 degrees, established just the
            previous day.  It marked their fourth day in a row of
            90 degree heat, after hitting 90 degrees just twice in
            the previous 25 years of records.  The water temperature
            of Lake Erie at Buffalo NY reached 79 degrees,
            the warmest reading in 52 years of records.
    In 1988 Thunderstorms produced severe weather from central Kansas
            to western Kentucky and southern Illinois during the day.
            Thunderstorms produced tennis ball size hail at Union MO,
            and winds gusts to 65 mph at Sedalia MO.  Five cities in
            Washington and Oregon reported record high temperatures
            for the date.  Medford OR hit 107 degrees.
    In 1989 Early afternoon thunderstorms over west central Missouri
            drenched the town of Ferguson with four inches of rain.
            Early evening thunderstorms in Pennsylvania produced more
            than two inches of rain north of Avella in one hour.
    In 2000 An F-4 tornado devastated much of Granite Falls, MN.
            1 was killed, 14 were injured, with 350 structures
            either damaged or destroyed along a 12 mile path.

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