The Siuslaw news. (Florence, Lane County, Or.) 1960-current, August 26, 2020, WEDNESDAY EDITION, Page 13, Image 13

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 269, 2020 | 5B
Siuslaw News
AUG
CURRENT
25
a ﬂow of electricity
• 1609: GALILEO
GALILEI DEMONSTRATES
HIS FIRST TELESCOPE TO
LAWMAKERS IN VENICE.
• 1875: MATTHEW WEBB
BECOMES THE FIRST
PERSON TO SWIM
ACROSS THE ENGLISH
CHANNEL.
ENGLISH: Storm
ITALIAN: Tempesta
FRENCH: Orage
GERMAN: Gewitter
LAKE MARACAIBO IN VENEZUELA IS
RECEIVES MORE LIGHTNING STRIKES
THAN ANY PLACE ON EARTH.
THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF
STRIKES CAN OCCUR
IN ONE NIGHT.
SPONSORED BY
EXPERIENCE BETTER BANKING TODAY
2077 HWY 101 | FLORENCE
541.902.9599
MYFIRSTCCU.ORG
• 1950: PRESIDENT
HARRY TRUMAN ORDERS
THE SEIZURE OF U.S.
RAILROADS TO AVERT
A STRIKE.
ANSWER: LIGHTNING STRIKE
SPANISH: Tormenta