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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...
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    the 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard that killed 145 people in the Midwestern United States: The strong winds in the Tacoma Narrows on 7 November 1940 were...
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    27–28, 1922 Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940 November 10–12, 1940. Took place in the Midwest region of the United States on Armistice Day. This "Panhandle...
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    in Lauzon, Quebec. The scrapping was completed in late 1979. 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard Great Lakes Storm of 1913 List of storms on the Great Lakes Mataafa...
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    had sunk, about 400 miles (640 km) southeast of Newfoundland. 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard Great Lakes Storm of 1913 Jones and Laughlin Steel Company List...
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    11, 1940, the southeast half of Minnesota was surprised by the Armistice Day Blizzard. Temperatures in the 60s °F (16 °C) on the morning of November 11...
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  • flying his Piper aircraft in 50-60 mph winds during and after the 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard to locate and help rescue stranded duck hunters throughout the...
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    Minnesota before further progress was stopped by the infamous 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard. To the outrage of the remaining Greek Catholics of Browerville...
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    Retrieved December 21, 2022. Jones, Sheritha (January 10, 2022). "Back in the day, Jan. 10, 1976: Fremont's Pathfinder Hotel explodes, killing 20". Omaha World-Herald...
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    served with other National Guard units in Wisconsin during the 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard, assisting in rescue efforts for survivors trapped in 27 inches...
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    case which has remained a staple of first year torts classes 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard Great Lakes Storm of 1913 Great Storms of the North American...
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    64th Wisconsin Legislature (category 1940 in Wisconsin)
    Taranto. November 11–12, 1940: The 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard resulted in 154 deaths, including 13 in Wisconsin. December 29, 1940: At one of his fireside...
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    location. Famous storms that were panhandle hooks are the Armistice Day Blizzard of November 11, 1940, and the storm which sank the Edmund Fitzgerald on November...
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    SS Anna C. Minch (category Maritime incidents in November 1940)
    foundered, broke in two, and sank in Lake Michigan during the Armistice Day Blizzard on 11 November 1940. The Anna C. Minch was a steam-powered, steel-hulled bulk...
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    November 1976. Her enrollment was surrendered in August 1977. 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard Great Lakes Storm of 1913 List of storms on the Great Lakes Mataafa...
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  • Command from the SS Automedon, and sends it to Japan. Armistice Day Blizzard: An unexpected blizzard kills 144 in the Midwestern United States. November...
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  • Better Understanding Between Canada and the United States Through Its Armistice Day Program WBAP Radio, Fort Worth, Texas Series of Prison Broadcasts WBNX...
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  • were found the next day floating in mid-lake, only identified by their life vests bearing the name Merida. The Armistice Day Blizzard was a winter storm...
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  • November 11 – Armistice Day Blizzard: An unexpected blizzard kills 144 in the Midwest. November 12 – Case of Hansberry v. Lee, 311 U.S. 32 (1940), decided...
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  • the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history. The Armistice Day Blizzard occurred in the Midwestern United States, causing a total of 145...
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  • they employed Hibernal root stock and top-work grafting. The Armistice Day Blizzard in 1940 wiped out most of Iowa's apple orchards, but it validated the...
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    Anzac Day, the most significant commemoration of military casualties and veterans in the two countries, surpassing Remembrance Day (Armistice Day). On...
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    power. The Armistice of Compiègne was quickly signed, stopping hostilities on the Western Front on 11 November 1918, later known as Armistice Day. The German...
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    archipelago began dropping sharply in the 1930s, and after the Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940, the remaining Odawa moved to Beaver Island. The DNR has a couple...
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    this forest is known as "second growth." On November 11, 1940, the Armistice Day Blizzard badly damaged the Hartwick Pines old-growth pine grove. 36...
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    debris cleanup project in Minnesota history. On November 11, 1940, the Armistice Day Blizzard affected all of southeast Minnesota, killing 60 people in Minnesota...
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    as several winter storms and blizzards. One of the most severe was the historic Armistice Day blizzard of November 11, 1940, which killed 154 people throughout...
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    suffered severe exposure in Union Square, during the famous blizzard which gripped the city on that day. As a result, his health rapidly declined, and he died...
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    their remaining troops from Latvia, and on July 3 intervened to impose an armistice between Estonia, Latvia, and the Landeswehr and Iron Division when the...
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    and Wisconsin. In 1940, Grant and two friends were duck hunting on Yellow Lake in northern Wisconsin when the Armistice Day Blizzard occurred. Grant survived...
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