1982: A winter storm dropped 10-20 inches of heavy wet snow across the northern two-thirds of South Dakota. Five persons were killed and eight others injured in indirect accidents. Downed power lines caused isolated power outages. A half dozen newborn calves died of exposure near Lemmon in Perkins County. In addition, 5% of the pheasant population in Brown, Edmunds and Faulk Counties were killed. The weight of the snow collapsed a canopy of a grocery store in McLaughlin, Corson County, tearing out part of the brick front and breaking windows in the store.

1875: A massive tornado outbreak tore through the Southeast, with Georgia the hardest hit. Several of the tornadoes were of F4 strength, up to a mile wide, and took a total of 93 lives.

1995: Dense fog along Interstate 10 near Mobile caused a 167-car pileup that killed one and injured 71.

2003: Intense sand storms did not stop the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom, as United States and British planes dropped bombs on Baghdad.