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The 2010 Baja California earthquake (also known as 2010 Easter earthquake, 2010 Sierra El Mayor earthquake, or 2010 El Mayor – Cucapah earthquake) occurred on April 4 ( Easter Sunday) with a moment magnitude of 7.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII ( Very strong ). The shock originated at 15:40:41 local time (3:40:41 PM PDT) south of ...
1965 Highway 101 sniper attack. Orcutt (nearby) 1965-04-25. 4. 10. Teenager shot at cars on highway. William Ray Bonner. Los Angeles.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of California since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. Since the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia , the following 13 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of California. [ 1 ]
Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1921 – June 6, 2013) was an American competitive swimmer and actress. She set regional and national records in her late teens on the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team. Unable to compete in the 1940 Summer Olympics because of the outbreak of World War II, she joined Billy Rose's Aquacade, where she took on the ...
In several cases, Easter falls onto the latest possible, 17th Sunday of the year. The first time that Easter will fall on April 24 in a leap year will be in 4292 which is also the 115th day of the year. The second latest date for Easter, April 24 or day 114, occurred in 2011. The last time this occurred before was in 1859 and it will not happen ...
And go ahead and prepare for an early Easter 2024: Next year, the date falls on March 31. ... because Christ's death and resurrection happened after the Jewish holiday, ...
Tornado outbreak of April 23, 2000: April 23, 2000: Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas: 33: 0: Tornado outbreak occurred on Easter Sunday. 2000 Brady, Nebraska tornado: May 17, 2000: Nebraska: 1: 0: Highly photographed F3 passed near Brady, Nebraska. The tornado was unusual, as it had traveled in a westerly direction, unlike most tornadoes ...
Since the three damaging earthquakes that occurred in the American Midwest and the United States East Coast ( 1755 Cape Ann, 1811–12 New Madrid, 1886 Charleston) were well known, it became apparent to settlers that the earthquake hazard was different in California. While the 1812 San Juan Capistrano, 1857 Fort Tejon, and 1872 Owens Valley ...