TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Saturday  November 24, 2012.   
    This is the 329th day of the year, there are 37 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1812 Southwesterly winds of hurricane force sank ships and   
               unroofed buildings at Philadelphia and New York City.   
       In 1863 The "battle above the clouds" was fought on Lookout   
               Mountain near Chattanooga.  Pre-frontal clouds obscured   
               the upper battlefield aiding a Union victory.   
       In 1923 Yale beat Harvard during a rain-soaked football game in   
               Cambridge, Massachusetts.   
       In 1950 The temperature at Chicago IL dipped to 2 below zero   
               to equal their record for the month established on the   
               29th in 1872.  On the first of the month that year   
               Chicago established a record high for November with a   
               reading of 81 degrees.   
       In 1982 Hurricane Iwa lashed the Hawaiian Islands of Niihau,   
               Kauai, and Oahu with high winds and surf.  Winds gusting   
               to 120 mph caused extensive shoreline damage.  Damage   
               totalled 150 million dollars on Kauai, and fifty million   
               dollars on Oahu.  The peak storm surge on the south shore   
               was six to eight feet.  It marked the first time in 25   
               years that Hawaii had been affected by a hurricane.   
       In 1987 Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in southern   
               Missouri, southeast Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma.   
               Flooding was reported in Greene County of southwestern   
               Missouri.  Springfield MO was drenched with more than six   
               inches of rain.  Thunderstorms over southern Texas   
               produced more than eight inches of rain in Caldwell   
               County and Hayes County, and thunderstorms over south   
               central Oklahoma produced one inch hail at Temple twice   
               within an hour.   
       In 1988 Low pressure brought heavy snow and high winds to the   
               Northern and Central Rockies.  Snowfall totals in   
               Colorado ranged up to 40 inches at Wolf Creek Pass, with   
               27 inches falling in 24 hours.  Telluride CO received 32   
               inches of snow, and winds atop Mines Peak gusted to 95 mph.   
       In 1989 "Mother Nature" completed a one-two punch in the   
               northeastern U.S., as record cold temperatures followed   
               in the wake of record snows.  A dozen cities reported   
               record low temperatures for the date.  Morning lows of   
               one above zero at Hartford CT, 3 at Portland ME, and 6 at   
               Providence RI, were records for November.  Houlton ME was   
               the cold spot in the nation with a morning low of 14   
               degrees below zero.   
      
      
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