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Glancing Backward, 1/27/10
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share thisToday 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
The Tri-Boro Transportation Co. will end Waverly/Sayre/Athens bus service this weekend, it was learned yesterday.
Celebrating her birthday today is Mrs. Frank Bialek of Towanda, well-known Girl Scout leader who is a member of the Athens High School faculty.
There were 133 members and guests attending the annual meeting of the Wyalusing local Dairymen's League. They had a ham dinner served by the Young Co-ops at Wyalusing Valley High School.
Elsewhere on this date:
In 1756, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria.
In 1901, opera composer Giuseppe Verdi died in Milan, Italy, at age 87.
In 1943, some 50 bombers struck Wilhelmshaven in the first all-American air raid against Germany during World War II.
In 1944, the Soviet Union announced the complete end of the deadly German siege of Leningrad, which had lasted for more than two years.
In 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.
In 1951, an era of atomic testing in the Nevada desert began as an Air Force plane dropped a one-kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flat.
In 1967, astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo spacecraft. More than 60 nations signed a treaty banning the orbiting of nuclear weapons.
In 1973, the Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris.
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan greeted the 52 former American hostages released by Iran at the White House.
In 1985, the secret three-day military-satellite mission of the space shuttle Discovery ended with a smooth landing in Florida.
Ten years ago: President Bill Clinton proposed a $350 billion tax cut, big spending increases for schools and health care and photo ID licenses for handgun purchases in his final State of the Union address.
Five years ago: Condoleezza Rice, in her first day on the job as Secretary of State, reached out to European allies and partners in the war on terrorism and echoed President George W. Bush's inaugural charge to promote liberty across the globe.
One year ago: Saying, "The American people expect action," President Barack Obama held closed-door meetings with House and Senate Republicans on the eve of a key vote on an economic stimulus package.
Today's Birthdays: Singer Bobby "Blue" Bland is 80. Actor James Cromwell is 70. Actor John Witherspoon is 68. Rock musician Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) is 65. Rhythm-and-blues singer Nedra Talley (The Ronettes) is 64. Ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov is 62. Chief U.S. Justice John Roberts is 55. Country singer Cheryl White is 55. Country singer-musician Richard Young (The Kentucky Headhunters) is 55. Actress Mimi Rogers is 54. Rock musician Janick Gers (Iron Maiden) is 53.
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