Today is Tuesday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2010. There are 325 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History
On Feb. 9, 1960, Adolph Coors Co. chairman Adolph Coors III, 44, was shot to death during a botched kidnapping attempt while on
Today is Monday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2010. There are 326 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History
On Feb. 8, 1910, the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated.
Glancing Backward Locally:
25 years ago - 1985
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Today is Sunday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2010. There are 327 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Feb. 7, 1984, space shuttle Challenger astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart went on the first untethered space wal
Today is Friday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2010. There are 329 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Feb. 5, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a Judiciary Reorganization Bill that would have increased the number of Supreme
Today's Highlight in History:
On Feb. 4, 1783, Britain's King George III proclaimed a formal cessation of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War.
Glancing Backward Locally:
25 years ago - 1985
Fifty aerobic dancers from the Valley area helped
Today is Wednesday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2010. There are 331 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Feb. 3, 1943, during World War II, the U.S. transport ship Dorchester, which was carrying troops to Greenland, sank after being hit
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2010. There are 332 days left in the year. This is Groundhog Day.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Feb. 2, 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican-American War, was signed
Today is Monday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2010. There are 333 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Feb. 1, 1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest at a whites-only Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro,
Today is Sunday, Jan. 31, the 31st day of 2010. There are 334 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 31, 1950, President Harry S. Truman announced he had ordered development of the hydrogen bomb.
Glancing Backward
Today is Friday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2010. There are 336 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 29, 1860 (according to the New Style calendar), Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov was born in the port city of Taganrog
Today is Thursday, Jan. 28, the 28th day of 2010. There are 337 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 28, 1980, in what became known as "the Canadian Caper," six U.S. diplomats who had avoided being taken hostage at their embassy
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2010. There are 338 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 27, 1880, Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.
Glancing Backward Locally:
50 years ago - 1960
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 26, the 26th day of 2010. There are 339 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 26, 1950, India officially proclaimed itself a republic as Rajendra Prasad took the oath of office as president.
Glancing
Today is Monday, Jan. 25, the 25th day of 2010. There are 340 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 25, 1890, reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) of the New York World completed a round-the-world journey in 72 day
Today is Sunday, Jan. 24, the 24th day of 2010. There are 341 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in northern California, a discovery that led to the gold ru
Today is Saturday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2010. There are 342 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 23, 1960, the Swiss-Italian-made bathyscaphe (BATH'-ih-skahf) Trieste, owned and operated by the U.S. Navy, carried two m
Today is Friday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2010. There are 343 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 22, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson pleaded for an end to war in Europe, calling for "peace without victory." (By April, however,
Today is Thursday, Jan. 21, the 21st day of 2010. There are 344 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 21, 1910, shortly before 11 a.m., the Great Paris Flood began as the rain-swollen Seine River burst its banks, sending water in
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2010. There are 345 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the nation's 44th, as well as first African-American, president.
Glancing Backward Loc
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 19, the 19th day of 2010. There are 346 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 19, 1960, the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America was signed by both countr
Today is Monday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2010. There are 347 days left in the year. This is the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 18, 1949, Charles Ponzi, engineer of one of the most spectacular swindles in hi
Today is Sunday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2010. There are 348 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 17, 1950, the Great Brink's Robbery took place as seven masked men held up a Brink's garage in Boston, stealing $1.2 m
Today is Saturday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2010. There are 349 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 16, 1920, Prohibition began in the United States as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took effect, o
Today is Friday, Jan. 15, the 15th day of 2010. There are 350 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 15, 2009, US Airways Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River after a flock of birds disable
Today is Thursday, Jan. 14, the 14th day of 2010. There are 351 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 14, 1784, the United States ratified a peace treaty with England, ending the Revolutionary War.
Glancing Backward Locally:
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Today is Wednesday, Jan. 13, the 13th day of 2010. There are 352 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 13, 1794, President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2010. There are 353 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 12, 1910, at a White House dinner hosted by President William Howard Taft, Baroness Rosen, the wife of the Russian ambassador, c
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