2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — America's wild weather year has hit yet another new high: a devastating dozen billion-dollar catastrophes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday that it has recalculated the number of weather disasters passing the billion dollar mark, with two new ones, pushing 2011's total to 12...

Here's a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1654 – Louis XIV becomes King of France (More info) 1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduces a resolution in the Continental Congress proposing a Declaration of Independence (More info) 1862 – The United States and Britain agree to suppress the slave trade (More info) 1896 - In Plessy v...