HOW THE NEWS COVERED THE NEWS

The snow that hit the New York area this weekend was mild compared to the freak blizzard that brought the city to a standstill on Jan. 19, 1936.

The scene below shows just how bad this winter storm was, with a nearly deserted Times Square at W. 45th St. blanketed in snow while streetcars — yes, streetcars — are stuck thanks to a frozen switch.

As the Daily News counts down to its 100th birthday on June 26, New York’s hometown paper – the first daily tabloid in the U.S. when it debuted in 1919 – is giving loyal readers a look into our famed archives to help celebrate the centennial.

Check in every week to see how The News covered the top stories of the day.

The New covered the inaugurations of two young and dynamic Democratic Presidents four decades apart who blazed new trails — Barack Obama, who came the first African-American chief executive on Jan. 20, 2009, and John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic President, captured by News photographer Fred Morgan while walking in the Washington snow on his inauguration day in 1961.