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May 8

• 1882 – Deadly tornadoes touched down across Oklahoma and Arkansas. An F4 tornado destroyed much of McAlester, Oklahoma, killing 21 people. An F2 tornado destroyed much of a plantation near Silver, Arkansas, killing two people and hundreds of livestock. Another nine deaths were from other tornadoes.
• 1964 – A short-live but large and destructive F4 tornado struck the Anchor Bay area of Chester Township, Michigan, killing 11 people, injuring 224, and destroying 132 homes. Because of the high water table, few homes in the area had basements where people could take shelter, in spite of a 20-minute tornado warning.
• 1965 – An F4 destroyed 90% if Primrose, Nebraska, killing four people. The body of a truck was carried or rolled 2 miles (3.2 km). An F5 tornado completely swept away farms near Colome, South Dakota, resulting in one injury but no fatalities.