Glancing Backward 1/14/2009

Published: January 24, 2010

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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 rush of '49.

25 years ago - 1985

Athens attorney Jonathan P. Foster was hired yesterday as the new county solicitor.

Receiving top honors in the 1984 Conservation Photo Contest was Sue Leonard for her photo "Girl at Pond."

The Bradford County Commissioners approved the installation of a new electronic key telephone system at the Bradford County Manor.

75 years ago - 1935

Mrs. Benita Becker has been substituting at the North Woods school in Windfall, owing to the illness of the teacher, Miss Dorothy VanHorn.

Stanley Roy and family have moved from the Frank Harness tenant house in Big Pond to Little Meadows, where he has work in a sawmill.

Captain and Mrs. William Dick of the Salvation Army arrived in Towanda from Shamokin early last evening to take over the duties relinquished by Capt. Robert Bennett.

Elsewhere on this date:

In 1908, the Boy Scouts movement began in England under the aegis of Robert Baden-Powell.

In 1924, the Russian city of Petrograd (formerly St. Petersburg) was renamed Leningrad in honor of the late revolutionary leader. (However, it has since been renamed St. Petersburg.)

In 1978, a nuclear-powered Soviet satellite, Cosmos 954, plunged through Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated, scattering radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada.

In 1989, confessed serial killer Theodore Bundy was executed in Florida's electric chair.

In 2003, Tom Ridge was sworn in as the first head of the new Department of Homeland Security.

Ten years ago: Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore posted victories in the Iowa caucuses.

Five years ago: Authorities in Iraq said Sami Mohammed Ali Said al-Jaaf, an al-Qaida lieutenant in custody, had confessed to masterminding most of the car bombings in Baghdad. The United Nations broke with years of protocol and commemorated the 60-year anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camps, directly linking its own founding with the end of the Holocaust in some of the strongest language ever.

One year ago: Pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who safely landed a crippled US Airways jetliner in the Hudson River, received a hero's homecoming in Danville, Calif. President Barack Obama met with his economic advisers after asking Americans to support his economic package as a way to better schools, lower electricity bills and health coverage for millions who lose insurance.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Ernest Borgnine is 93. Singer-songwriter Ray Stevens is 71. Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond is 69. Olympic gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton is 42. R Actor Matthew Lillard is 40. Actress Tatyana Ali is 31. Actress Mischa Barton is 24.

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