mar 7, 1543 - Massive flooding of the Mississippi River and the Arkansas River begins in southeastern North America over a 40 day period while Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto and his team are passing through.[5] The event is noted by the chronicler of the DeSoto Expedition, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
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