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1994: An F4 tornado killed three people on the first day of a 3-day tornado outbreak.
1997: The GOES 10 weather satellite was launched. Part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program, GOES 10 would provide weather forecasting data for North and South America until its retirement in 2009.
2003: Typhoon Kujira made landfall on Kyushu as a weak tropical depression. Kujira was the earliest tropical cyclone on record to strike Japan.
2014: An outbreak of 11 tornadoes struck North Carolina, damaging more than 300 homes and killing one person.