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April 17
- 1922 – Twenty people were killed across Illinois and Indiana by a tornado outbreak. An F4 tornado killed 11 people in Hedrick, Indiana after undergoing "rapid and unexpected growth" and two others near Ogden, Illinois. Another F4 tornado swept away homes in Madison and Delaware counties, Indiana, killing 3 people, and carried a postcard 124 miles (200 km).