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Glancing Backward 3/14/2010

Today is Sunday, March 14, the 73rd day of 2010. There are 292 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 14, 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, an invention that revolutionized America's cotton industry. Glanci

Glancing Backward 3/13/2010

Today is Saturday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2010. There are 293 days left in the year. A reminder: Daylight-Saving Time begins Sunday at 2 a.m. local time. Clocks go forward one hour. Today's Highlight in History: On March 13, 1781, the seventh planet

Glancing Backward, 3/12/10

Today is Friday, March 12, the 71st day of 2010. There are 294 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 12, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the first of his 30 radio "fireside chats," telling Americans what was bein

Glancing Backward, 3/11/10

Today is Thursday, March 11, the 70th day of 2010. There are 295 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 11, 1985, Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed the late Soviet President Konstantin U. Chernenko. Glancing Backward Lo

Glancing Backward 3/10/2010

Today is Wednesday, March 10, the 69th day of 2010. There are 296 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 10, 1876, the first successful voice transmission over Alexander Graham Bell's telephone took place in Boston as his a

Glancing Backward 3/9/2010

Today is Tuesday, March 9, the 68th day of 2010. There are 297 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 9, 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimac) clashed for five hours to a d

Glancing Backward, 3/8/10

Today is Monday, March 8, the 67th day of 2010. There are 298 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 8, 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) rammed and sank the USS Cumberland and heavily

Glancing Backward, 3/7/10

Today is Sunday, March 7, the 66th day of 2010. There are 299 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 7, 1850, in a three-hour speech to the U.S. Senate, Daniel Webster of Massachusetts endorsed the Compromise of 1850 as a means o

Glancing Backward, 3/4/10

Today is Thursday, March 4, the 63rd day of 2010. There are 302 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 4, 1789, the Constitution of the United States went into effect as the first Federal Congress met in New York. (The lawmakers

Glancing Backward, 3/3/10

Today is Tuesday, March 2, the 61st day of 2010. There are 304 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 2, 1836, the Republic of Texas formally declared its independence from Mexico. Glancing Backward Locally: 50 years ago - 1960

Glancing Backward 2/2/2010

Today is Tuesday, March 2, the 61st day of 2010. There are 304 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 2, 1836, the Republic of Texas formally declared its independence from Mexico. Glancing Backward Locally: 25 years

Glancing Backward, March 1, 2010

Today is Monday, March 1, the 60th day of 2010. There are 305 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 1, 1932, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was kidnapped from the fami

Glancing Backward, Feb. 28, 2010

Today is Sunday, Feb. 28, the 59th day of 2010. There are 306 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 28, 1960, a day after defeating the Soviets at the Winter Games in Squaw Valley, Calif., the United States won its first Olympic

Glancing Backward, 2/27/10

Today is Saturday, Feb. 27, the 58th day of 2010. There are 307 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 27, 1960, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets, 3-2, at the Winter Games in Squaw Valley, Calif. (The U.S. team we

Glancing Backward 2/26/2010

Today is Friday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2010. There are 308 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 26, 1940, the United States Air Defense Command was created. Glancing Backward Locally: 25 years ago - 1985 Bob Ree

Glancing Backward, 2/25/10

Today is Thursday, Feb. 25, the 56th day of 2010. There are 309 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 25, 1940, a hockey game was televised for the first time, by New York City station W2XBS, as the New York Rangers defeated the

Glancing Backward, 2/24/10

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 24, the 55th day of 2010. There are 310 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 24, 1868, the House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson following his attempted dismissal of Secretary of Wa

Glancing Backward, 2/23/10

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 23, the 54th day of 2010. There are 311 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 23, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised the American flag twice. (Th

Today in History

Today is Monday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2010. There are 312 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 22, 1980, the "Miracle on Ice" occurred in Lake Placid, N.Y. as the United States Olympic hockey team upset the Soviet

Today in History

Today is Sunday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2010. There are 313 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 21, 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated. Glancing Backward Locally: 25 years ago - 1985 All four mayors of

What's Happening Today

Today is Saturday, Feb. 20, the 51st day of 2010. There are 314 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard the Mercury spacecraft Frien

Glancing Backward, 2/19/10

Today is Friday, Feb. 19, the 50th day of 2010. There are 315 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 19, 1945, during World War II, some 30,000 U.S. Marines began landing on Iwo Jima, where they commenced a successful month-long b

Glancing Backward, 2/18/10

Today is Thursday, Feb. 18, the 49th day of 2010. There are 316 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 18, 1885, Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was published in the U.S. for the first time (it had been published in

Today in History

Today is Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, the 48th day of 2010. There are 317 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 17, 1897, the forerunner of the National PTA, the National Congress of Mothers, convened its first meeting, in Washin

Glancing Backward, 2/16/10

Today is Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2010. There are 318 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 16, 1960, the nuclear-powered radar picket submarine USS Triton departed New London, Conn. on the first-ever totally subm


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