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K.J. Choi has won The Players Championship
By Golfweek Staff May 15, 2011 7:25 p.m. PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – K.J. Choi has won The Players Championship, defeating David Toms with a par on the first playoff hole to cap a dramatic final day at TPC Sawgrass. Toms (70) drove into a divot on the final hole of regulation, then sank a 20-foot birdie putt to force a playoff. On the first playoff hole – at the par-3 17th – Toms three-putted from 22 feet while Choi two-putted from the back of the green. It was the eighth career title for Choi, who last won in 2008 (Sony Open). Choi, who closed with 70 to finish at 12-under 276, pocketed…
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May 15, 1890: Katherine Anne Porter is born
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The Seven Years War begins May 15, 1756
May 15, 1756: The Seven Years War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War, officially begins when England declares war on France. However, fighting and skirmishes between England and France had been going on in North America for years. In the early 1750s, French expansion into the Ohio River valley repeatedly brought France into armed conflict with the British colonies. In 1756–the first official year of fighting in the Seven Years War–the British suffered a series of defeats against the French and their broad network of Native American alliances. However, in 1757, British Prime Minister William Pitt (the older) recognized the potential of imperial expansion that would…
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May 15, 1896: Tornado decimates Texas town
May 15, 1896: A particularly intense tornado hits Sherman, Texas, on this day in 1896, and kills 73 people. It is estimated that the tornado was a rare F5 tornado, in which winds exceeded 260 miles per hour. Storms of that strength happen, on average, less than once a year. The strength of tornadoes is measured on the Fujita Scale, named after University ofChicago physicist Tetsuya Theodore Fujita. He was the first scientist to devote extensive study to tornadoes and how they operate. He discovered that the average tornado is 150 feet wide, travels one mile moving 40 mph in a northeasterly direction and tends to pick up strength the longer…
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Deadliest Tornadoes in Texas History
Q: What are the worst tornadoes in Texas’ history in regards to death and damages? A: The one at the top of the list has to be the Wichita Falls tornado of April 10, 1979, says Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University. “It did an estimated $400 million damage in 1979 dollars, destroying over 3,000 homes, 1,000 apartment units and over 100 businesses were damaged,” he reports. “About 20,000 residents were left homeless, meaning between 10 to 20 percent of the city’s population was displaced. It killed 45 people, and another tornado the same day killed 11 in nearby Vernon. No tornado since then has done such extreme damage.”…