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On This Day In Weather History - April 24
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1910	It was an unusually cold day in Kansas City with a low of 30 degrees and a high of just 44 degrees. The afternoon high three days earlier was 84 degrees, and three days later was back up to 81 degrees.
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1880	An F5 (estimated) tornado struck Christian County, IL, causing farms to vanish. Between 6 and 11 people were killed, with some bodies carried for half a mile.
1980	Three of eight helicopters were damaged in a sandstorm during a failed attempt to rescue 52 American hostages held in Iran. The hostages were later released on January 20, 1981.
1908	18 tornadoes were the result of severe thunderstorms along the central Gulf coast. The tornadoes claimed the lives of 310 people.

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