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The Armistice Day Blizzard (or the Armistice Day Storm) took place in the Midwest region of the United States on November 11 (Armistice Day) and November 12, 1940. The intense early-season "panhandle hook" winter storm cut a 1,000-mile-wide (1,600-kilometer) swath through the middle of the country from Kansas to Michigan. [4] [5]
Armistice Day Blizzard surface map. The Armistice Day Blizzard was a winter storm that occurred on November 11–12, 1940 which brought heavy snow and winds up to 80 mph. The lake freighter SS William B. Davock sank with all 33 hands in Lake Michigan south of Pentwater, Michigan.
Fort Worth celebrated Armistice Day Nov. 11, 1946, with a mile-long parade of veterans of the two world wars. It was made a federal holiday in the U.S. in 1938.
Damage in 1945 United States dollars. This outbreak included a devastating tornado that struck Montgomery, Alabama, killing 26 people. The U.S. Weather Bureau would describe this tornado as "the most officially observed one in history". [52] 1940 Blizzard: 154 $2 million Armistice Day Blizzard: North and Central Midwest
In Pictures: Armistice Day marked with two-minute silence. PA. November 11, 2022 at 4:35 AM. A two-minute silence has been observed across the nation to mark Armistice Day. ... People. Edwin ...
The 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the first bridge at this location, was a suspension bridge in the U.S. state of Washington that spanned the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound between Tacoma and the Kitsap Peninsula. It opened to traffic on July 1, 1940, and dramatically collapsed into Puget Sound on November 7 of the same year. [1]
In the United States, President Woodrow Wilson hailed the first Armistice Day celebration on 11 November 1919, although it would not be formalised by Congress until 1926. France followed suit in ...
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1940 Ship State Description Anna C. Minch: Canada: Armistice Day Blizzard : The cargo ship broke in two and sank in Lake Michigan with the loss of all 24 crew. Ardmore United Kingdom: The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Great Saltee Island, County Wexford, Ireland with the loss of all eighteen crew ...