Event:
Record-low temperatures are expected in the U.S. due to a 'polar vortex'; forecasters anticipate this tunnel of cold air funneling all the way from the North Pole to the U.S. could bring temperatures as low as 15 degrees in Chicago and 25 below zero in Fargo, North Dakota
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1995 Newt Gingrich becomes speaker of the House
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1970 Beatles last recording session at EMI studios
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