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A 28-year-old man succumbed to his injuries three years after the disaster, bringing the final death toll to 23. All of the victims were male, and most were children. [2] No physical memorial to the disaster exists, save for a cross at one 12-year-old boy's grave. The site of the disaster is now occupied by a UCSF building. [5]
The 1966 New York City smog was a major air-pollution episode and environmental disaster, coinciding with that year's Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Smog covered the city and its surrounding area from November 23 to 26, filling the city's air with damaging levels of several toxic pollutants.
The corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West (photographed in 2008), site of the near-fatal lamppost collision. The 71st Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 27, 1997, under high winds, which led to multiple mishaps involving the parade's signature balloons.
1994 Thanksgiving Weekend tornado outbreak: November 27, 1994: Southeastern United States: 19: 6 fatalities: Produced several strong tornadoes across the South. (32 significant, 6 violent, 5 killer) Tornado outbreak sequence of May 6–27, 1995: May 5–27, 1995: Central United States: 351: 13 fatalities
The Late November 1984 Nor'easter occurred on the United States' Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 1984.A deep extratropical cyclone located just off the shore of Florida led to significant beach erosion and the grounding of the freighter Mercedes I for several months along the coastal town of Palm Beach. [1]
On Sunday morning of Thanksgiving weekend, the eastern half of the United States experienced severe weather, with high winds, snow, and rain. [8] [9] The flight was scheduled for arrival at Washington National Airport, but was diverted to Dulles when high crosswinds, east at 28 knots (32 mph; 52 km/h) and gusting to 49 knots (56 mph; 91 km/h), prevented safe operations on the main north ...
[10] [11] To this day, the "Thanksgiving Day Disaster" remains the deadliest accident to kill spectators at a U.S. sporting event. [12] Violence and switch to rugby
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