Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak Kills 266 in Midwest, April 11, 1965
The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-five tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states of the United States, killing 266 people.
Date: April 11, 1965
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