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August 28

• 1884 – An F4 tornado moved across Sanborn, Miner, and Hanson Counties, South Dakota, killing one person. This tornado was photographed near Forestburg in what is widely reported as the first ever photo of a tornado. However, another tornado was photographed earlier that year near Garnett, Kansas.
• 1973 – An F4 tornado touched down near Canaan, New York and moved into West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, killing four people. Three of the deaths were in the destruction of a large truck stop, where fully-loaded semi trailers were rolled and a car was found 20 feet (6 m) up a tree.
• 1990 – A devastating F5 tornado hit Plainfield, Illinois, killing 29 people and injuring more than 350. Ted Fujita assigned an F5 damaged based on severe ground scouring and extreme damage to vegetation. Three people died at Plainview High School one day before classes were scheduled to start.