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1947: A category 4 hurricane struck Fort Lauderdale, Florida, killing more than 50 people and causing more than $100 million in damage.
1986: The NOAA-10 weather satellite was launched into a polar orbit.
2001: Typhoon Nari brought up to 800 millimetres (31 in) of rain in a single day to parts of Taiwan, causing major flooding which killed more than 100 people.
2010: Hurricane Karl, the strongest hurricane on record in the Bay of Campeche, made landfall near Veracruz, Mexico, killing 22 people.