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€2 commemorative coins are a special kind of €2 coin that can be minted and issued by the individual member states of the Eurozone since 2004. While they are legal tender in the whole Eurozone, they are also collectibles. Typically, they commemorate anniversaries of historical events or draw attention to current events of special importance. Up to now, fourteen €2 commemorative coins have been minted—six in 2004 and eight in 2005. Eight more are currently planned to be minted in 2006. (more...)

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A male dance fly (Empis livida), of the family Empididae, a family of flies with over 3,000 described species. Empidids are mainly predatory flies and exhibit a wide range of forms but are generally small to medium sized, non-metallic and rather bristly. Distribution is worldwide but the majority are found in northern temperate areas.

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Paths of all hurricanes to hit the peninsula from 1949-2000

The list of Baja California hurricanes includes all of the tropical cyclones that impacted the Baja California Peninsula, which includes the Mexican states of Baja California and Baja California Sur.

Sometime in between June and October 1884: a tropical cyclone of unknown intensity made landfall in the peninsula.^[1]
July 1902: A tropical cyclone made landfall in Baja California.^[2]
August 1915: A tropical cyclone impacted the northern part of Baja California.^[2]
September 13, 1918: Twenty five deaths and heavy damage in La Paz and elsewhere were a result of a tropical cyclone of unknown intensity making landfall on this date.^[3]^[4]
August 1921: A tropical cyclone impacted the central part of the Baja California peninsula.^[2]
September 1921: A tropical cyclone's remnants tracked across the Baja California Peninsula.^[2]
September 1921: The remnants of a tropical cyclone dissipated moved inland after dissipating on this date.^[2]
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^ Stephen Visher (June 1922). "Tropical Cyclones in the northeast Pacific, between Hawaii and Mexico" (PDF). Monthly Weather Review. Bloomington, Indiana: American Meteorological Society. pp. 295–97. http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/050/mwr-050-06-0295.pdf. Retrieved 2006-11-09.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Jack Williams (2005-05-17). "Background: California’s tropical storms". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/whhcalif.htm. Retrieved 2006-11-09.
^ Willis Edwin Hurd (February 1929). "Tropical cyclones of the eastern north Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Monthly Weather Review. American Meteorological Society. pp. 45–49. http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/057/mwr-057-02-0043.pdf. Retrieved 2006-11-09.
^ F. G. Tingley (December 1918). "Tropical cyclone of September 14–17, in the Pacific Ocean just west of Mexico" (PDF). Monthly Weather Review. American Meteorological Society. pp. 568–70. http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/046/mwr-046-12-0568b.pdf. Retrieved 2006-11-09.

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[Visher-0] Stephen Visher (June 1922). "Tropical Cyclones in the northeast Pacific, between Hawaii and Mexico" (PDF). Monthly Weather Review. Bloomington, Indiana: American Meteorological Society. pp. 295–97. http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/050/mwr-050-06-0295.pdf. Retrieved 2006-11-09.

[Williams-1] Jack Williams (2005-05-17). "Background: California’s tropical storms". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/whhcalif.htm. Retrieved 2006-11-09.

[Hurd-2] Willis Edwin Hurd (February 1929). "Tropical cyclones of the eastern north Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Monthly Weather Review. American Meteorological Society. pp. 45–49. http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/057/mwr-057-02-0043.pdf. Retrieved 2006-11-09.

[Tingley-3] F. G. Tingley (December 1918). "Tropical cyclone of September 14–17, in the Pacific Ocean just west of Mexico" (PDF). Monthly Weather Review. American Meteorological Society. pp. 568–70. http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/046/mwr-046-12-0568b.pdf. Retrieved 2006-11-09.

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