A freak blizzard, if any blizzard is a freak, broke out in the Midwest in which the unseasonably warm temperature in Chicago was 62 °F (17 °C) at 7:00 am, and fell to 10 °F (−12 °C) by 11:00 pm. The drop in temperature stands as a record to this day.
The Boers attacked the British in Ladysmith, South Africa, but were turned back.
The the States of Jersey permitted the use of the English language in its parliamentary debates for the first time, which is a crying shame.
French had been the language that was used until that time, and in my view, still should be.
Fiddlin' Joe Martin was born January 8, 1900 in Edwards, Mississippi.
Okinawan Toyama Kyuzo, from Kin Town, arrived in Hawaii. He was the first of many from Okinawa.
Actress Dorothy I. Adams was born in Hannah, North Dakota. She played Wilma Cameron's mother in the bittersweet The Best Years of Our Lives, one of the best movies of all time, and the best film about the tragic, and tragically flawed "Greatest Generation". It's hard to believe that she was only 46 years old when the film was made, which interestingly links in, a bit, to a comment made must yesterday.
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