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1780: The Great Hurricane of 1780, the deadliest tropical cyclone ever in the Atlantic Ocean, began its trek through the Caribbean Sea, which eventually led to the deaths of 27,500 people.
1817: C. H. D. Buys Ballot, one of the founding fathers of meteorology, was born in Kloetinge, Netherlands.
1989: Typhoon Dan struck the Philippines and passed over Manila, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless and killing 58 people.
2018: Hurricane Michael, the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the United States since Hurricane Camille in 1969, made landfall in Mexico Beach, Florida, destroying most of the town.