On May 3, 1810, English poet Lord Byron swam across the dangerous Hellespont Strait in Turkey. (The modern day Dardanelles.)
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May 3,1952: The first airplane landed on the ice pack at the geographic North Pole.
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And on May 3, 1999: A category F5 tornado hit parts of Oklahoma City and caused the record wind speed of about 301 mph (484 km/h). 45 people were killed, and 665 injured. This was the highest tornado wind speed ever recorded.
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Today’s feature article is a timely re-post from the SurvivalBlog archives.