Typhoon Nancy Strikes Osaka, Japan, Killing 173, September 16, 1961
Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.
Date: September 16, 1961
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