A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern USA, causing 14 inches (359mm) of snow at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 19 inches (487mm) at Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago, temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C), and 68 deaths are reported.

Today Popular

Alizée's 'J'en Ai Marre' Music Video: A French Pop Sensation

Kevin Skinner: From Chicken Catcher to America's Got Talent Sensation

Mouse And Cat

Just For Laughs Gags - Accidental Shooting Prank

DoubleMint Twins: Tia and Tamera Mowry's Iconic 90's Commercial

Quote

The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.

Joseph Wood Krutch

Today In History

1991

Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.