The first Groundhog Day celebration in 1887.

On February 2, 1887, Groundhog Day, featuring a rodent
meteorologist, was celebrated for the first time at Gobbler’s
Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

According to tradition, if a groundhog comes out of its hole
on this day and sees its shadow, it gets scared and runs
back into its burrow, predicting six more weeks of winter
weather; no shadow means an early spring.

Groundhog Day has its roots in the ancient Christian tradition
of Candlemas (below) when clergy would bless and distribute
candles needed for winter.       

At midday, a 40-foot wave of fiery hot molasses flooded the
streets of Boston on January 15, 1919, killing 21 people and 
injuring scores of others. 

A 58-foot high tank filled with 2.5 million gallons of crude
molasses burst under pressure due unseasonably hot
weather at the U.S. Industrial Alcohol Company plant in
the north end of the city.

The flood crushed buildings, moved a firehouse, and
knocked an elevated train off its tracks.

On December 31, 1988, the Chicago Bears defeated the
Philadelphia Eagles, 20-12, in a playoff game plagued
by a thick fog starting late in the first half.

Playing conditions at Soldier Field in Chicago become
problematic, and fans in attendance and television
viewers struggled to see the game, dubbed the "Fog
Bowl" by media.

Without warning, a powerful Category 3 hurricane slammed
into Long Island and southern New England, causing 600
total deaths and devastating coastal cities and towns.

Also called the Long Island Express, the Great New England
Hurricane of 1938 was the most destructive storm to strike
the region in the 20th century.

The officially unnamed hurricane was born out a tropical
cyclone that developed in the eastern Atlantic on September
10, 1938, near the Cape Verde Islands.

WASHINGTON (TND) — Bitterly cold temperatures that have
swept across America this week have brought headaches for
electric vehicle owners to make their mileage range last or for
those in need of a charge with instances of drivers being
stranded or being stuck at charging stations without getting
any juice.