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January 26

1967: The ESSA-4 weather satellite was launched.

1967: A major blizzard dumped 23 inches (58 cm) of snow in Chicago, a record amount for a single storm.

1978: The Great Blizzard of 1978 struck the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley with several feet of snow and winds gusting to 100 mph. Seventy people died in the storm.

1980: Cyclone Hyacinthe dropped 1,095 millimetres (43.1 in) of rain in just 12 hours on Réunion, part of a historic 15-day period where up to 6,083 millimetres (239.5 in) of rain fell on parts of the island.