1926: A search for Aimee Semple McPherson, a colorful Los Angeles evangelist, ends when she staggers into Douglas with a tale of kidnapping, torture, ransom demands and imprisonment somewhere in the desert. The tale is later thought by many to be false.
1974: An F1-magnitude (73 to 112 mph) tornado hits a trailer park northwest of the San Xavier del Bac Mission, killing one person and injuring 31 others. The state averages at least four reported tornadoes each year, but all three Arizona tornado fatalities from tornadoes since 1950 have occurred in Pima County.
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