An otter entertained crowds all winter at the mouth of the Ompompanoosuc River in Norwich, Vermont –
Apple Computer, Inc. introduced the Macintosh personal computer –
The Voyager 2 spacecraft sent back photographs from the planet Uranus –
Rover Opportunity landed on Mars –
A blizzard that took over New England with blinding snow and blustering wind kept the Cape Cod Times from publishing a print edition for the first time –
Weather
The temperature in Browning, Montana, plunged 100 degrees in 24 hours, from 44F to -56F, establishing a U.S. record for a 24-hour temperature drop. –
Fifteen degrees below zero F in Nashville, Tennessee –
4 inches of snow fell near Lake Jocassee in South Carolina –
North Myrtle Beach experienced a low temperature of 16 degrees F –
Thirty-eight inches of snow on Cape Cod after a 2-day winter blizzard –