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Shipwreck-collision in fog

On June 19, 1889, the steel, passenger and package freight Charles J. Sheffield was rammed broadsides, just forward of her stack, in heavy fog by the steel freighter North Star, which kept her bow in the hole until Sheffield's crew clambered aboard. When she backed away, Sheffield sank in 8 minutes, a total loss of $160,000. She went down in 900 feet of water 60 miles west of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior. Both vessels were later found to be at fault. First collision between two steel ships. When built, she was a highly innovative bulk freighter, with a modern hatch plan and iron decks.

Hot weather

On June 19, 1988, the high temperature of 91F was the 5th day of temperatures greater than 90F in June at NWS Marquette. 7 daily record high temperatures for June still remain from that year.

Record cold weather

On June 19, 1992, the high temperature at WFO Marquette was only 45F, the coldest high temperature observed on that date and the low was 37F.

Record heat

On June 19, 1995, WFO Marquette had a record high temperature of 93F and a warm record high low temperature of 70F.

Severe thunderstorms

On June 19, 2001, numerous reports of trees and power lines down around Rudyard, Sugar Island, Sault Ste. Marie and Paradise. Numerous reports of trees and power lines down around Eckerman, Engadine, St. Ignace and Cedarville. Storms developed ahead of a cold front which moved into the region during the early morning hours.

Severe thunderstorms

On June 19, 2012, severe thunderstorms caused damaging wind over portions of Menominee County in the morning. Two large trees were knocked down on road G12 one mile southwest of Cedar River. Several clusters of severe thunderstorms moved across western Lake Superior from the evening of the 19th into the morning of the 20th. The Cason J. Callaway measured wind gusts to 69 mph over western Lake Superior 30 miles north of Ontonagon. A 50 knot wind gust was measured by Lake Superior buoy 45001 and a 76 mph gust was later measured there in the mid evening. A 50 knot wind gust was also measured at the Rock Of Ages C-man station on Lake Superior late in the evening.

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Today in History 06-19

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Fun Facts 0240 BC Eratosthenes estimates circumference of earth 1586 English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island NC 1756 146 English people imprisoned in Black Hole of Calcutta 1778 Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge 1812 US declares war on England 1846 1st baseball game-NY Nines 23 Knickerbockers 1 --Hoboken - NJ 1861 Anaheim PO established 1862 Slavery outlawed in US territories 1867 Mexican Emperor Maximilian executed - Mexican republic restored 1875 Formal opening of US Marine Hospital at Presidio 1910 Father's Day celebrated for 1st time in Spokane Wash 1917 After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles & surnames They took the name Windsor 1931 1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct 1932 1st concert given in SF's Stern Grove 1934 Federal Communications Commission --FCC created 1946 1st TV sports spectacular - Joe Louis VS. Billy Conn 1947 1st plane to exceed 600 mph - Albert Boyd Muroc Ca 1953 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg executed at Sing Sing Prison Ossining NY --Julius takes 3 tries - Ethel 5 1955 Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100 1961 Kuwait gains independence from Britain 1961 US Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to belief in existence of God 1963 Charter members of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame chosen 1963 Valentina Tereshkova 1st woman in space returns to earth 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 survived an 83-day filibuster in Senate 1970 A Nikolayev and V Sevastyanov return after 18 days in Soyuz 9 1973 Pete Rose & Willie Davis both get career hit # 2000 1976 US Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from earth 1977 Red Sox set record of 16 HRs in 3 games All against Yanks 1977 Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cent bishop John Neumann 1st US male saint 1981 Boeing Commercial Chinook two-rotor helicopter gets certified 1981 European Space Agency's Ariane carries two satellites into orbit 1986 Artificial heart recipient Murray P Haydon died in Louisville Ky 1986 Len Bias 1st pick of Celtics suffers fatal cocaine-induced seizure 1987 Wee Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak ends

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