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Glancing Backward, 1/29/10
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share thisToday is Friday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2010. There are 336 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 29, 1860 (according to the New Style calendar), Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov was born in the port city of Taganrog (TAG'-uhn-rahg).
Glancing Backward Locally:
25 years ago - 1985
David A. Bertauski, vice president of nursing at Robert Packer Hospital and senior vice president of the Robert Packer Hospital School of Nursing has been named the interim chief executive officer at Troy Community Hospital.
Two Sayre students will be participating in the District VIII Band Festival in Berwick, Pa.: Jill McConnell and Amy Evans.
Michael E. Gambal of Towanda RD 1 has been named to the Dean's List for the fall semester at Keystone Junior College.
50 years ago - 1960
The block at 409 Main Street, Towanda, formerly occupied by The Barney Loewus Style Shop, has been purchased by Attorney M.L. Epstein of Sayre and Abe Chernosky of Towanda, proprietor of Superior Paint and Wallpapers store, which he plans to move into the space formerly kept by the style shop.
The senior choir members of the Windfall Methodist Church raised the funds for new robes, and the junior choir members made them.
William Bowman of Williamsport will start teaching mathematics and science at Northeast Bradford Joint High School.
75 years ago - 1935
Burgess A.T. Morse received a letter from a newspaper editor in Burlington, N.C., asking for information as to the origin of the name of Burlington Borough, its population, industries, etc., for a feature story about the history of various Burlingtons around the nation.
The Bradford County Historical Society received several gifts recently, including: a lantern used by the grandfather of Joseph McCabe in Ireland; a handmade hoe brought from Ireland used by Larman H. Elliot, one of the pioneers of Rome; and a collection of World War II relics.
Seen About the Borough: Attorney W.P. Wilson wearing a coat and muffler with the temperature only 10 below zero.
Elsewhere on this date:
In 1820, Britain's King George III died at Windsor Castle.
In 1843, the 25th president of the United States, William McKinley, was born in Niles, Ohio.
In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" was first published, in the New York Evening Mirror.
Ten years ago: Delegates meeting in Montreal reached an international agreement on the trade of genetically modified food and other products.
Five years ago: Jetliners from China landed in rival Taiwan for the first time in 56 years. Serena Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 in the Australian Open final.
One year ago: The Illinois Senate voted, 59-0, to convict Gov. Rod Blagojevich of abuse of power and throw him out of office, nearly two months after his arrest on charges of trying to sell Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat.
Today's Birthdays: Actor John Forsythe is 92. Actor Noel Harrison is 76. Author Germaine Greer is 71. Actress Katharine Ross is 70. Actor Tom Selleck is 65. Rhythm-and-blues singer Bettye LaVette is 64. Actor Marc Singer is 62. Actress Ann Jillian is 60. Rock musician Tommy Ramone (Ramones) is 58. Rock musician Louie Perez (Los Lobos) is 57.
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