2015 Event A powerful blizzard covers Boston and nearby New England areas with over two feet of snow under winds that reach over 70 miles per hour; New York City had expected the same weather effects but was spared 2013 Event 'Hareetz', Israel's oldest daily newspaper, publishes a story in which Israel admits it has administered birth-control injections to Ethiopian Jewish immigrants, without fully educating recipients of its effects 2011 Event Australia's enormous flood effects 13,000 properties in rural Victoria 2003 Death Paul Zindel, playwright/YA author, The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, dies at 66 1995 Death Derek Meddings, special Effects technician, dies at 64 1970 Event "Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon Marigolds," premieres in New York City 1965 Event President Johnson signs a bill requiring cigarette makers to print health warnings on all cigarette packages about the effects of smoking 1950 Birthday Rick Baker, Binghamton, New York, special effects makeup artist, Exorcist 1948 Event Dr. Frank G Back (New York City) patents lens to provide zoom effects 1947 Event Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated in New York City 1940 Birthday H R Giger, artist, special effects designer, Alien 1936 Birthday Paul Zindel, playwright, Effects of Gamma Rays on Marigolds 1935 Birthday Kevin O'Connor, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actor, Bogie, Special Effects 1934 Birthday John Stears, Middlesex England, special effects expert, Dr. No 1931 Birthday Derek Meddings, special effects technician 1906 Birthday Albert Hofmann, born in Baden, Switzerland, scientist, first to synthesize, examine, study, the psychedelic effects of LSD 1797 Event Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil!
