Pauline Friedman Phillips, pen name Abigail Van Buren(Dear Abby advice columnist)鈥
Russell Johnson(actor)鈥
Events
Ivan the Terrible crowned as first Russian czar鈥
Prohibition went into effect in the U.S.鈥
US Department of State issues a ban on travel to Cuba鈥
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians became the first tribe in the U.S. to issue tribal license plates鈥
Operation Desert Storm launched鈥
121.5-pound blue catfish caught, Lake Texoma, Texas鈥
蜜桃恋人
Last day of 鈥淭he Great Snowstorm鈥 raged from Georgia to Maine: 30+ inches in New York, New Jersey, and New England, with unusually high tides鈥
Avalanche in northern Idaho鈥
-40 degrees F in Coggon, Iowa鈥
An arctic blast dropped temperatures across the Midwest and Northeast: -50 degrees F at Big Black River, Maine; -46 degrees F at Embarrass, Minnesota; -39 F at Berlin, New Hampshire; and -38 F at Monticello, Iowa鈥
