Glancing Backward 1/26/2010

Published: January 26, 2010

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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 Backward Locally:

25 years ago - 1985

State Representative Scot Chadwick visited the Lehigh Valley Shops location in Sayre with representatives of Sayre Borough.

Christina "Kippy" Dawsey of Towanda was named to the fall 1984 semester dean's list at Penn State main campus with a 4.0 average.

Sen. Roger Madigan has opened a district office in Towanda.

50 years ago - 1960

The Bradford County Historical Society adopted a program with a very active schedule for the coming year, including six special programs.

Nine donkeys and a pony are scheduled to leave New Philadelphia, Ohio, this morning, arriving here tomorrow for a donkey basketball game at St. Agnes School. The game will pit a Sayre team against a Towanda team.

The Towanda Rifle team beat last year's league championship IBM team by a score of 1954 to 1938.

75 years ago - 1935

The Bradford Lodge No. 167 I.O.O.F. will hold a special anniversary program Monday evening.

Fresh Pork shoulders, cut picnic style, 16 cents per pound.

Earle E. Armstrong was elected president of the Sayre-Athens Lions Club.

Elsewhere on this date:

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

In 1861, Louisiana seceded from the Union.

In 1870, Virginia rejoined the Union.

In 1942, the first American expeditionary force to go to Europe during World War II went ashore in Northern Ireland.

In 1960, National Football League team owners chose Pete Rozelle to be the new commissioner, succeeding the late Bert Bell.

Ten years ago: The grandmothers of Elian Gonzalez hugged and kissed the six-year-old boy during a tense, 90-minute meeting in Miami Beach that had been arranged by the U.S. government.

Five years ago: A U.S. Marine helicopter crashed in western Iraq, killing 30 Marines and a Navy medic aboard. A man parked his SUV on railroad tracks in Glendale, Calif., setting off a crash of two commuter trains that killed 11 people. (The SUV's driver, Juan Alvarez, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 11 consecutive life terms.)

One year ago: Timothy Geithner was sworn in as the nation's 75th treasury secretary, less than an hour after winning Senate confirmation. The impeachment trial of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY'-uh-vich) opened in Springfield, with Blagojevich refusing to take part, saying the rules were biased against him.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Anne Jeffreys is 87. Sportscaster-actor Bob Uecker is 75. Singer Jean Knight is 67. Rock singer-musician Eddie Van Halen is 55. Actress-comedian-talk show host Ellen DeGeneres is 52. Hockey Hall-of-Famer Wayne Gretzky is 49. Actress Jennifer Crystal is 37. Rock musician Chris Hesse (Hoobastank) is 36.

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