Monday, August 06, 2012

August 6 1969: Sonic boom shatters hundreds of windows in Kelowna, B. C.

On August 6th 1969 a sonic boom from a U. S. Navy Blue Angel jet blew out hundreds of windows in downtown Kelowna, British Columbia..

After an investigation the U.S. Navy paid for the broken glass. The damage was estimated at $250,000 CDN -- worth about $1.3 million in 2004 dollars.

Watch a CBC report on the incident here.

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