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August 6

• 1879 – The easternmost significant tornado on record in North America struck Bouctouche, New Brunswick, killing five to eight people and injuring ten. About 80 homes and a church were destroyed. It was estimated at F3 intensity.
• 1969 – A major tornado outbreak hit Minnesota, resulting in 15 deaths and 109 injuries. Most of the casualties were from an F4 tornado that killed 12 people and injured 70 in Outing and along the shores of Roosevelt Lake. An F3 tornado killed two people in a cabin near Two Harbors and another killed one person near Jacobson.
• 1993 – Part of a larger outbreak across Virginia and North Carolina, an F4 tornado caused major damage in Petersburg and Colonial Heights, Virginia, killing four people and injuring 246. Three people were killed and nearly 200 were injured in the destruction of a Walmart in Colonial Heights. Damage from this tornado totaled $46.7 million. This was one of only two F4 tornadoes on record in Virginia.