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Tropical Storm Carrie was a tropical storm that affected the East Coast of the United States in early September 1972. The third tropical cyclone of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season, it formed on August 29 from a complex sequence of meteorological events starting with the emergence of a tropical wave into the Atlantic in the middle of August. Tracking generally northward, Carrie reached an initial peak intensity as a moderate tropical storm before nearly weakening back into tropical depression status. The storm began to reintensify in a baroclinic environment after turning toward the northwest; its winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) as it was transitioning into an extratropical system eclipsed the cyclone's previous maximum strength. The extratropical remnants of Carrie skirted eastern New England before making landfall in Maine on September 4 and dissipating over the Gulf of St. Lawrence over the next two days. Overall damage was light, with total losses valued at $1,780,000, and four deaths. (Full article...)
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- A UN report concludes that China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, including violence against the Uyghur people.
- Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (pictured) dies at the age of 91.
- Floods in Pakistan kill more than 1,300 people and over 700,000 livestock.
- The Man of the Hole, the last surviving member of a people eradicated in the genocide of indigenous peoples in Brazil, is found dead.
On this day
- 1800 – French Revolutionary Wars: Facing starvation and a death rate of 100 soldiers a day, the French garrison in Malta surrendered to British forces, ending a two-year siege.
- 1839 – First Opium War: British vessels opened fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community on the Kowloon Peninsula.
- 1843 – Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies and Pedro II of Brazil (both pictured) were married in an extravagant wedding at the Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro.
- 1934 – Evelyn Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust was first published in full.
- 1977 – A gang-related shooting took place in Chinatown, San Francisco, leaving five dead and spurring police to end Chinese gang violence in the city.
- Pope Boniface I (d. 422)
- Anna Anachoutlou (d. 1342)
- Beyoncé (b. 1981)
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Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia, is the capital city of the United States and the country's only federal district. It is located on the east bank of the Potomac River, which forms its southwestern and southern border with the state of Virginia, and it shares a land border with Maryland on its remaining sides. The city was named for George Washington, the first president of the United States, and the federal district is named after Columbia, a female personification of the nation. This illustration, created by Henry Mitchell for State Arms of the Union, published by Louis Prang in 1876, depicts the District of Columbia's historical coat of arms, featuring Columbia holding the Constitution of the United States and a Phrygian cap, with the motto Justitia omnibus ('Justice for all') below the shield. Illustration credit: Henry Mitchell; restored by Andrew Shiva
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