Pauline Friedman Phillips, pen name Abigail Van Buren(Dear Abby advice columnist)–
Russell Johnson(actor)–
Events
Ivan the Terrible crowned as first Russian czar –
Prohibition went into effect in the U.S. –
US Department of State issues a ban on travel to Cuba –
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians became the first tribe in the U.S. to issue tribal license plates –
Operation Desert Storm launched –
121.5-pound blue catfish caught, Lake Texoma, Texas –
Weather
Last day of “The Great Snowstorm” raged from Georgia to Maine: 30+ inches in New York, New Jersey, and New England, with unusually high tides –
Avalanche in northern Idaho –
-40 degrees F in Coggon, Iowa –
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 –
