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1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak. On April 5–6, 1936, an outbreak of 14 (or more) tornadoes struck the Southeastern United States, killing at least 454 people (with 419 of those deaths caused by just two tornadoes) and injuring at least 2,500 others. Over 200 people died in Georgia alone, making it the deadliest disaster ever ...
Tupelo (/ ˈtuːpəloʊ / TOO-pə-loh) is a city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1860, [4] the population was 37,923 at the 2020 census. It is the 7th most populous city in Mississippi and is considered a commercial, industrial, and cultural hub of northern Mississippi. Tupelo was incorporated in 1870.
In early 1936, after a visit with local banking officials, Chapman decided to sell the 16-acre campus to the city of Tupelo to be used as a state-sponsored junior college. On April 5, 1936, the campus was not damaged and the cadets were unharmed by the 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak , one of the most destructive in state history.
On April 5, 1936, an F5 tornado struck Tupelo, Mississippi, killing 216 people. The tornado was part of a tornado outbreak that spawned more than a dozen tornadoes on April 5 and 6 of that year.
April 18, 1936 (Saturday) Leeds defeated Warrington 18-2 in front of 51,250 at Wembley Stadium to win the Challenge Cup of rugby. [ 29] Rangers F.C. defeated Third Lanark in the 1935–36 Scottish Cup Final. The Irwin Shaw anti-war play Bury the Dead premiered at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway.
Yocona, or "Yakni," is a Choctaw Indian name for "the earth." In 1926, the Yocona Area Council consisted of Tate, Panola, Lee, Yalobusha, Marshall, Lafayette, Calhoun, Benton, Tippah, Union, Pontotoc, Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo, and Itawamba counties. The first application for charter for the local council was dated June 25, 1926, and was ...
Jun. 17—TUPELO — Ongoing construction and improvement projects at Church Street Elementary and the surrounding property will bring new life to the former school-turned district office while ...
In at least a few ways the 1936 Gainesville, est. F4 (+), tornadic event is similar to to both the 1965 Dunlap/Elkhart, Indiana event (s) and the 2014 Pilger, Nebraska event. All events caused damage that was at minimum rated F/EF4, all were killer tornadic events, and all involved twin funnels/tornadoes.