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At least five in all, these included the Fort Smith tornado, which struck the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas. Retroactively rated a violent (F4) tornado on the modern-day Fujita scale, [note 2] it was part of a tornado family that formed 60 mi (97 km) to the southwest, [7] and struck the city around midnight, killing 55 people and injuring 113.
Fort Smith is the third-most populous city in Arkansas, United States, and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County. [4] As of the 2020 census, the population was 89,142. [5]
In 2015, he was sentenced to death for these murders. He died on death row in 2021. [8] Snell, 64, was executed by lethal injection in Arkansas on April 19, 1995. He was executed on the same day the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was bombed in Oklahoma City. Snell, Ellison, and another CSA member had previously plotted to bomb the Murrah ...
The Fort Smith National Historic Site, operated by the National Park Service, also has material recognizing Christie's death as an assassination. [ 5 ] Many articles about Christie were published in newspapers and western magazines, in addition to dime novels; most at the time sensationalized his life.
Smith was born in Fort Smith, [1] [2] Arkansas. [3] He was a CAT pilot. [4] [5] [6] Smith was director of operations for South Pacific Island Airways [1] during the 1970s/1980s. In 1993, Smith was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. [1] Smith died [1] [7] on October 3, 2018, at the age of 100.
McIntosh was born at Fort Brooke (at today's Tampa), Florida Territory, while his Georgia-born father was on active duty in the U.S. Army. His younger brother was future Union general John Baillie McIntosh. They were descended from a Revolutionary War commander, and their great-great uncle was General Lachlan McIntosh.
Parks, homes, and businesses in Fort Smith were overtaken by the river, leaving parts of the city accessible only by boat. [18] [22] In total, 500 homes in Fort Smith were affected. [18] Evacuations occurred in Faulkner County due to the rise of Lake Conway and the potential breach of the Lollie Levee.
The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2024. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.