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https://www.weatherforyou.com/weather_history/5-10 1966 - Morning lows of 21 degrees at Bloomington-Normal and Aurora, IL, established a state record for the month of May. (The Weather Channel) 1988 - Thunderstorms produced hail and high winds over the Atlantic Coast Region and the Gulf Coast State...

1862 – Launch of USS New Ironsides, a wooden-hulled broadside ironclad built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/n/new-ironsides.html https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/New_ironsides_sails.jpg

B7 across PETER PAN

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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the thought!

J10 across HAWTHORN

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