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The 1900 Galveston hurricane makes landfall on the city of Galveston, Texas, USA, and will cause around 8,000 deaths. The song Wasn't
That A Mighty Storm, inspired by the disaster, will first be recorded in 1934. Originally a spiritual, it will be revived and popularised by Eric Von Schmidt and Tom Rush in the 1960s.
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