Glancing Backward, 1/26/12

Published: January 26, 2012

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Today is Thursday, Jan. 26, the 26th day of 2012. There are 340 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Jan. 26, 1942, the first American Expeditionary Force to go to Europe during World War II arrived in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Glancing Backward Locally:

25 years ago - 1987

Winners of the 1986 Conservation Photo Contest were recently selected by a panel of judges for the Bradford County Conservation District. Ted Keir of Athens received first place, June Crawford of New Albany received second place and Nadine Brinton of Granville Summit was selected for third place.

The Orwell Township Board of Supervisors held their reorganization meeting recently with the following officers elected for 1987: chairman, Calvin Brink; vice chairman Lyle Cooley; third member and road foreman Elmer Moore; and Doris S. Moore was appointed secretary-treasurer.

Celebrating his 92nd birthday today is R.D. Fitch of Canton.

50 years ago - 1962

Effective Jan. 30, the Towanda sub-station of the Pennsylvania State Police will be relocated on U.S. Route 220 near the intersection of Routes 6 and 220 directly across the highway from the Orchard Park Motel.

Kenneth Taylor has been named Wyalusing Valley High School's 1962 winner of the Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award as evidence of superior scientific aptitude.

Kenneth Williams, principal of Wyalusing Valley High School, this past week was named to the executive committee of the Pennsylvania Branch of Secondary School Principals.

75 years ago - 1937

Celebrating his birthday today is Clarence Fish, manager of the American store in Wyalusing.

Dr. David E. Kaufman of Towanda has purchased a winter home near Miami Beach, Fla.

Basketball teams representing the Northern Pennsylvania Power Co. and Wysox rule the roost in the City League this morning as the result of conquests they achieved last evening in another round of tournament games played on the SCI court before the largest crowd of the season to date.

Elsewhere on this date:

In 1788, the first European settlers in Australia, led by Capt. Arthur Phillip, landed in present-day Sydney.

In 1837, Michigan became the 26th state.

In 1841, Britain formally occupied Hong Kong, which the Chinese had ceded to the British.

In 1962, the United States launched Ranger 3 to land scientific instruments on the moon - but the probe ended up missing its target by more than 22,000 miles. Charles "Lucky" Luciano, a leading Mafia figure in the U.S., died in Naples, Italy, at age 64.

In 1992, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton, appearing with his wife, Hillary, on CBS' "60 Minutes," acknowledged "causing pain in my marriage," but said past problems were not relevant to the campaign.

In 1998, President Bill Clinton forcefully denied having an affair with a former White House intern, telling reporters, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky."

Today's Birthdays: Actress Anne Jeffreys is 89. Actress Joan Leslie is 87. Cartoonist Jules Feiffer is 83. Sportscaster-actor Bob Uecker is 77. Actor Scott Glenn is 73. Singer Jean Knight is 69. Activist Angela Davis is 68. Rock musician Corky Laing (Mountain) is 64. Actor David Strathairn is 63. Alt-country singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams is 59. Rock singer-musician Eddie Van Halen is 57. Reggae musician Norman Hassan (UB40) is 54. Actress-comedian-talk show host Ellen DeGeneres is 54. Hockey Hall-of-Famer Wayne Gretzky is 51. Musician Andrew Ridgeley is 49. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jazzie B. (Soul II Soul) is 49. Actor Paul Johansson is 48. Gospel singer Kirk Franklin is 42. Actress Jennifer Crystal is 39. Rock musician Chris Hesse (Hoobastank) is 38. Actor Gilles Marini is 36. NBA player Vince Carter is 35. Actress Sarah Rue is 34. Country musician Michael Martin (Marshall Dyllon) is 29.

Thought for Today: "Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves." - Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian statesman (1889-1964).

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