1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani
1910 - Start of South Africa's 1st F-C game in Aust (v S Aust). It rained
1968 - WTOG TV channel 44 in St Petersburg-Tampa, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
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