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The Columbus Day storm of 1962 (also known as the big blow of 1962, [2] and originally in Canada as Typhoon Freda) was a Pacific Northwest windstorm that struck the West Coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States on October 12, 1962.
The Columbus Day Storm was a monster the size of a coastline. Today, meteorologists call it the most severe nontropical storm in the history of the lower 48 states. It blew down 15 billion board ...
Date time, TV Rank # Opponent # Result Record Site city, state Non-Conference Regular season December 2 *: No. 1 : Florida State: W 72–57 : 1–0: St. John Arena Columbus, OH
ABC first broadcast college basketball games in 1962, when the network aired the NCAA Championship Game on a day-behind delayed basis, as part of its Wide World of Sports anthology series. On December 15, 1973, ABC aired what is considered to be the first [ 2 ] telecast of a regular season college basketball game by a major broadcast network.
Typhoon Freda (1962) (T6223, 72W) – a typhoon which formed and remained in the open ocean but later struck the west coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States as a potent extratropical cyclone, and became known as the Columbus Day Storm of 1962.
The infamous Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with wind gusts up to 170 mph (270 km/h); 46 are killed, 11 billion board feet (26 million m 3) of timber is blown down, with $230 million U.S. in damages. Jazz bassist/composer Charles Mingus presents a disastrous concert at Town Hall in New York City. It will gain a reputation ...
ABC first signed a deal with the National Basketball Association to become the league's primary television partner in 1964; the network's first game telecast aired on January 3, 1965 (a game between the Boston Celtics and Cincinnati Royals). [3] For much of the 1960s, ABC only televised Sunday afternoon games, including during the NBA Playoffs.
The 1962 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1962 NCAA University Division basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1961-62 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The game was played on March 24, 1962, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.