Glancing Backward
Glancing Backward, 5/22/12
Today is Tuesday, May 22, the 143rd day of 2012. There are 223 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 22, 1972, President Richard Nixon began a visit to the Soviet Union, during which he and Kremlin leaders sig (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/21/12
Today is Monday, May 21, the 142nd day of 2012. There are 224 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 21, 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean as she landed in Northern Ire (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/20/12
Today is Sunday, May 20, the 141st day of 2012. There are 225 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 20, 1712, the first version of Alexander Pope's satirical mock-heroic poem "The Rape of the Lock" was published (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/19/12
Today is Saturday, May 19, the 140th day of 2012. There are 226 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 19, 1962, actress Marilyn Monroe sang a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday to You" to guest-of-honor Presiden (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/18/12
Today is Friday, May 18, the 139th day of 2012. There are 227 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 18, 1926, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished while visiting a beach in Venice, Calif. (McPherson reappeared more than a mo (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/17/12
Today is Thursday, May 17, the 138th day of 2012. There are 228 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 17, 1937, Teddy Hill and His Orchestra recorded "King Porter Stomp" for RCA Victor's Bluebird label in New York; making his reco (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/16/12
Today is Wednesday, May 16, the 137th day of 2012. There are 229 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 16, 1868, the U.S. Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/15/12
Today is Tuesday, May 15, the 136th day of 2012. There are 230 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 15, 1972, Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot and left paralyzed by Arthur H. Bremer while campaigning in Laurel, Md., for th (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/14/12
Today is Monday, May 14, the 135th day of 2012. There are 231 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 14, 1912, the first movie inspired by the Titanic disaster was released just a month after the British liner sank (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/13/12
Today is Sunday, May 13, the 134th day of 2012. There are 232 days left in the year. This is Mother's Day. Today's Highlight in History: On May 13, 1992, the Falun Gong movement had its beginning as the sect's founder, Li Hongzhi, bega (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/12/12
Today is Saturday, May 12, the 133rd day of 2012. There are 233 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 12, 1937, Britain's King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey; his wife, Elizabeth, was crowned as queen consor (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/11/12
Today is Friday, May 11, the 132nd day of 2012. There are 234 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 11, 1862, during the Civil War, the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia was scuttled by its crew off Craney Island, Va., to prevent (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/10/12
Today is Thursday, May 10, the 131st day of 2012. There are 235 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the Un (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/9/12
Today is Wednesday, May 9, the 130th day of 2012. There are 236 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 9, 1712, the Carolina Colony was officially divided into two entities: North Carolina and South Carolina. Glancing Backward Loc (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/8/12
Today is Tuesday, May 8, the 129th day of 2012. There are 237 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 8, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced on radio that Nazi Germany's forces had surrendered, and that "the flags of free (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/7/12
Today is Monday, May 7, the 128th day of 2012. There are 238 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 7, 1812, English poet Robert Browning was born in London. Glancing Backward Locally: 25 ye (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/5/12
Today is Saturday, May 5, the 126th day of 2012. There are 240 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 5, 1862, the Battle of Puebla took place in Mexico as forces loyal to Benito Juarez defeated troops that had been sent by Nap (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/4/12
Today is Friday, May 4, the 125th day of 2012. There are 241 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 4, 1942, the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began in the Pacific during (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/3/12
Today is Thursday, May 3, the 124th day of 2012. There are 242 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 3, 1937, Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, "Gone With the Wind." Glancing Backward Locally: 50 (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/2/12
Today is Wednesday, May 2, the 123rd day of 2012. There are 243 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was killed in a fire (read more)
Glancing Backward, 5/1/12
Today is Tuesday, May 1, the 122nd day of 2012. There are 244 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 1, 1982, the World's Fair in Knoxville, Tenn., was opened by President Ronald Reagan. The fair's theme: "Energy Turns the Wor (read more)
Glancing Backward, 4/30/12
Today is Monday, April 30, the 121st day of 2012. There are 245 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 30, 1812, Louisiana (formerly the Territory of Orleans) became the 18th state of the Union. Glancing Bac (read more)
Glancing Backward, 4/29/12
Today is Sunday, April 29, the 120th day of 2012. There are 246 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 29, 1992, rioting erupted in Los Angeles after a jury in Simi Valley, Calif., acquitted four Los Angeles poli (read more)
Glancing Backward, 4/28/12
Today is Saturday, April 28, the 119th day of 2012. There are 247 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 28, 1789, there was a mutiny on the Bounty as rebelling crew members of the British ship led by Fletcher (read more)
Glancing Backward, 4/27/12
Today is Friday, April 27, the 118th day of 2012. There are 248 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 27, 2011, powerful tornadoes raked the South and Midwest. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratio (read more)
Glancing Backward, 4/26/12
Today is Thursday, April 26, the 117th day of 2012. There are 249 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 26, 1937, German and Italian warplanes raided the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War, resulting in widespr (read more)
Glancing Backward, 4/24/12
Today is Tuesday, April 24, the 115th day of 2012. There are 251 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 24, 1962, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology achieved the first satellite relay of a television signal, using NAS (read more)