Today in History for 12th August 2005

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Historical Events

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- An F1 tornado strikes Glen Cove, New York, a rare event on Long Island
- An F2 tornado strikes the coal mining town of Wright, Wyoming, destroying nearly 100 homes and killing two people.
- Civil unrest provoked in the Maldives
- Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is fatally shot by an LTTE sniper at his home.

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 1 of 1

- John Loder, co-founder of the anarcho-punk band CRASS (b. 1946)

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