Glancing Backward, 1/27/12

Published: January 27, 2012

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Today is Friday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2012. There are 339 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Jan. 27, 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.

Glancing Backward Locally:

25 years ago - 1987

Ronald Davenport of Berwick was hired last night as the custodial maintenance supervisor for the Wyalusing Area School District at a meeting held last night.

The Valley had its share of New York Giants fans and went all out in celebration of their Super Bowl victory.

With a 5-1 vote, Sayre Borough has its 1987 budget adopted and on line. The $1.1 million spending plan calls for a 4-mil or 42 percent increase to 13.5 mils, or $13.50 per $1,000 assessed property valuation.

50 years ago - 1962

Celebrating her birthday today is Mrs. Phyllis Reinhart Patten, automobile-racing companion of her husband, Stanley Patten, of Towanda.

Stephen Mitchell has been awarded the Don McCathern Percussion Award and a scholarship to the Stand Kenton Jazz Workshop this summer. The presentation was made at the Northeastern District Band Festival at Athens High School.

George Gobel, noted TV personality, will star in the coming John Deere Day program to be held at Northeast Bradford School Jan. 31, it was announced by Olyn Chaffee & Sons, host for the event.

75 years ago - 1937

In Springfield, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Abbey have purchased a new car and Mr. and Mrs. Grover Abbey have purchased a new radio.

The Northern Pennsylvania Power Co. has completed the line through Granville Center that was started last fall and Granvilleites are enjoying electricity now.

Celebrating his birthday today is Robert W. Searfoss of Ulster. He and Mrs. Searfoss are also celebrating their third wedding anniversary today.

Elsewhere on this date:

In 1756, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria.

In 1880, Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.

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 over 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, more than 60 nations signed a treaty banning the orbiting of nuclear weapons.

In 1972, "Queen of Gospel" Mahalia Jackson, 60, died in Evergreen Park, Ill.

In 1973, the Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris.

In 1977, the Vatican issued a declaration reaffirming the Roman Catholic Church's ban on female priests.

In 1984, singer Michael Jackson suffered serious burns to his scalp when pyrotechnics set his hair on fire during the filming of a Pepsi-Cola TV commercial at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Today's Birthdays: Singer Bobby "Blue" Bland is 82. Actor James Cromwell is 72. Actor John Witherspoon is 70. Rock musician Nick Mason is 67. Rhythm-and-blues singer Nedra Talley (The Ronettes) is 66. Ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov is 64. Chief U.S. Justice John Roberts is 57. Country singer Cheryl White is 57. Country singer-musician Richard Young is 57. Actress Mimi Rogers is 56. Rock musician Janick Gers (Iron Maiden) is 55. Commentator Keith Olbermann is 53. Rock singer Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) is 51. Rock musician Gillian Gilbert is 51. Actress Bridget Fonda is 48. Actor Alan Cumming is 47. Country singer Tracy Lawrence is 44. Rock singer Mike Patton is 44. Rapper Tricky is 44. Rock musician Michael Kulas (James) is 43. Actor-comedian Patton Oswalt is 43. Actor Josh Randall is 40. Country singer Kevin Denney is 36. Tennis player Marat Safin is 32.

Thought for Today: "The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself." - Wallace Stevens, American poet and author (1879-1955).

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