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Before becoming Funland in 1962, the park was known as The Rehoboth Beach Sports Center and owned by the Dentino family. On March 6, 1962, just nine days before the purchase was supposed to close, the Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962 started destroying Rehoboth Beach. The storm went on for three days before it finally subsided.
The Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962 occurred on March 5–9, 1962 along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States.Also known as the Great March Storm of 1962, it was considered by the U.S. Geological Survey to be one of the most destructive storms ever to affect the mid-Atlantic states.
March 2 – Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a single NBA basketball game. March 5–9 – Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962: One of the ten worst storms in the United States in the 20th century occurs, killing 40 people, injuring over 1,000, and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage in six states.
Rated by the U.S. Geological Survey as "The most destructive storm ever to hit the mid-Atlantic states" of the U.S., and as one of the ten worst U.S. storms in the 20th century, the Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962 began forming off the coast of North Carolina and continued for three days as it moved up the Eastern seaboard as far as New York. [43]
The storm’s tail canceled the sixth game of the World Series in San Francisco. Its torso bulled through Oregon, with wind speeds as high as 176 mph — an improbable speed recorded at Mount Hood ...
American Airlines Flight 1 (1962) Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962; G. 19th Golden Globe Awards This page was last edited on 27 January 2025, at 22:55 (UTC). ...
Parts of the pier were damaged or lost during the Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962. The Beatles were booked in 1964, but overwhelming demand for tickets forced them to move to Boardwalk Hall. The pier used to be much longer, but a December 1969 fire six months before the opening of the 1970 season shortened its size by about a third. [5]
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