1970 - A lightning bolt struck a group of football players at Gibbs High School in Saint Petersburg FL, killing two persons and injuring 22 others. All the thirty-eight players and four coaches were knocked off their feet.
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Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 69. East wind around 3 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. North wind around 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 74. North wind 5 to 9 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49. Northeast wind around 6 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 75. Northeast wind 3 to 9 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 81.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 81.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 78.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53.
Sat's High Temperature
110 at Death Valley, CA and Stovepipe Wells, CA and 16 Miles Southwest Of Tecopa, CA
Sun's Low Temperature
28 at 2 Miles East Southeast Of Hazen, ND
Fork Union is an unincorporated community in southern Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States, along U.S. Highway 15. Its ZIP code is 23055; the population within that ZIP code was 1148 according to the 2000 Census. It is known mainly as the home of Fork Union Military Academy, Fork Union Animal Clinic and formerly had one of the few surviving drive-in theatres in Virginia (1.5 miles south of town in an area known as Weber City). Fork Union is also home to a post office, a bank, a small grocery store, a supermarket, a dollar store and two independently owned restaurants. The Village of Fork Union is the location of Fluvanna County's only Presbyterian congregation, Fork Union Presbyterian Church. The James River is just a few miles from Fork Union.
Melrose and Western View are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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