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1753: Georg Wilhelm Richmann an early researcher into electricity and related phenomena, was struck by lightning and killed while conducting experiments in Saint Petersburg.

1879: The easternmost major tornado ever recorded in North America struck Bouctouche, New Brunswick, killing 5 people.

1959: Hurricane Dot made landfall on the island of Kauaʻi, the first known hurricane in history to strike Hawaii.

2010: A flash flood killed 255 people in the Ladakh region of northern India.