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October 6
 * 1900 – A F3 tornado hit the northern and northwestern parts of Biwabik, Minnesota, killing ten people and injuring 70. Six people died in one family when their home was blown away northwest of town.
 * 1941 – A tornado outbreak affected portions of Iowa and Missouri. The most significant member of the outbreak was an F3 tornado that killed four people and injured 135 on the east side of Kansas City, Missouri. One small house was carried 700 ft and destroyed; two occupants, a mother and infant, were carried another 500 ft and killed.
 * 1981 – NLM CityHopper Flight 431 flew into a tornado while passing through clouds 8 minutes after takeoff from Rotterdam Airport in The Hague, Netherlands. Part of a wing detached and the plane crashed, killing all 17 passengers and crew.