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May 9 is Peter Pan Day

Have a good trip!

https://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in_Weather_History_May_09 1990: The 1990 Machilipatnam Cyclone was the worst disaster to affect Southern India since the 1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone. This category four on the Saffir-Simpson scale had a severe impact on India, with over 967 people reported havin...

https://www.history.uscg.mil/research/chronology/ 1862 — USRC Miami landed President Abraham Lincoln on Confederate-held soil the day before the fall of Norfolk. The President had decided "to ascertain by personal observation whether some further vigilance and vigor might not be infused into th...

https://www.history.navy.mil/today-in-history/may-9.html 1860 — While off the Isle of Pines (now named Isla de la Juventud) near the south coast of Cuba, the screw gunboat Wyandotte captures the slaver William, which carries 570 Africans. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histori...

https://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in_Weather_History_May_08 1784: Deadly hailstorm in South Carolina hits the town of Winnsborough. The hailstones, measuring as much as nine inches in circumference, killed several persons, and a great number of sheep, lambs, and birds. 1902: On May 7th, Martiniq...

Great White Fleet Assists Following Messina Earthquake https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-01000/NH-1569/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1436222051890.jpg Ships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet called at Mess...

Googling (well, to be honest DuckDuckGo-ing) (-z) samite gave me: https://www.encyclopedia.com/sports-and-everyday-life/fashion-and-clothing/textiles-and-weaving/samite a rich silk fabric interwoven with gold and silver threads, used for dressmaking and decoration in the Middle Ages. In literary use...

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https://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in_Weather_History_May_07 1840: A powerful tornado wrecked many boats at the Natchez Landing in Mississippi then plowed through the city on the bluff. The tornado killed 317 people and injured 109 others. The storm is currently the second deadliest tornado on re...

https://www.history.navy.mil/today-in-history/may-7.html 1934 — The frigate Constitution completes her 3-year tour of 76 port cities along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts and then returns to Boston, Mass. Prior to her journey that began July 1931, the 137-year-old frigate undergoes a refit a...