20th Anniversary of Hurricane Bob
Hurricane Bob, as a category 2, made landfall on Long Island and then New England, before passing through Atlantic Canada as a strong tropical storm. Bob was the last hurricane force tropical cyclone to directly effect New England:
http://www.hurricanes-blizzards-noreasters.com/HURRICANEBOB.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Bob
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/hurricane/hurricaneBob.shtml
http://www.ec.gc.ca/hurricane/default.asp?lang=En&n=FD4D2BBE-1