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Proclamation 3498—Columbus Day, 1962. October 03, 1962. By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. Whereas four hundred and seventy years ago Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain into an unknown sea on a voyage to increase the opportunities for commerce and on October 12, 1492, sighted the land of a new world; and.
Oct 12, 2022 · On Friday, October 12, 1962 — Columbus Day — a massive storm hit the coast of Northern California with the force of a Category 3 hurricane.
On the morning of Friday, October 12, 1962—Columbus Day—a massive storm hit the coast of northern California. The storm had originated several days earlier in the Pacific Ocean, about five hundred miles north of Wake Island.
Oct 19, 2024 · Columbus Day is a holiday in the United States (originally observed on October 12; since 1971 observed on the second Monday in October) to commemorate the landing of Christopher Columbus on October 12, 1492, in the Americas.
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Jun 6, 2019 · The Columbus Day Storm of 1962 was the largest, most violent windstorm in the recorded history of the West Coast. Starting on October 12, it swept from Northern California to southern British Columbia over the course of 24 hours, with winds gusting over 100 miles per hour.
Aug 5, 2012 · On October 12, 1962, Columbus Day, a windstorm ravages the Puget Sound region in what the National Weather service later designates as Washington's worst weather disaster of the twentieth century. More than 50 people are killed between Vancouver B.C. and San Francisco, nine in Washington.
Jan 4, 2010 · Columbus Day is a U.S. holiday that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas in 1492, and Columbus Day 2024 occurs on Monday, October 14. It was unofficially...
