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April 8
[edit]1970: The Nimbus 4 weather satellite was launched.
1984: Cyclone Kamisy, the worst tropical cyclone to affect northern Madagascar since 1911, reached peak intensity as it approached the island, with wind gusts as high as 250 kilometres per hour (160 mph).
1998: An F5 tornado, the second in the area's history, killed 32 people near Birmingham, Alabama.