Girl Scouts started by Juliette Low in Savannah, Georgiaβ
First transatlantic radio broadcast madeβ
Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi began his second civil disobedience campaign to protest the British government’s salt taxβ
President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first fireside chatβ to the nationββ
Germany invaded and annexed Austria (WW II)β
Pope Pius XII crownedβ
Less than a year after signing the bill that made the New Hampshire Lottery the first state-run lottery in America, New Hampshire Governor John W. King purchased the first New Hampshire Lottery Sweepstakes ticketβ
Beatle Paul McCartney married photographer Linda Eastmanβ
Boston Celticsβ Larry Bird scored 60 points in a basketball game against Atlanta Hawksβ
Janet Reno became the first woman to serve as attorney general of the U.S.β
Lance Mackey won his second consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Raceβ
Fifty-three year old Mitch Seavey became the oldest winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. In 2012, Seavey’s son Dallas became the youngest winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.β
Weather
Blizzard of β88 dumped 50 inches of snow on Middletown, Connecticutβ
All-New England Flood, the costliest and most widespread everβ
Wichita Falls, Texas, reported a record high of 95F; but only six days earlier, the town had reported a record low of 8F.β