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Glancing Backward, 10/27/09
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share thisToday is Tuesday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2009. There are 65 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 27, 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the U.S. Constitution, was published in New York.
Glancing Backward Locally:
25 years ago - 1984
Tonight is Towanda's Halloween Parade, which will feature marching bands, spooky floats, local government officials, and more.
Randy Miller of Monreoton get his first buck, a five-pointer, during archery season.
Tioga Central High School teachers Sue Whiting and Herbert Eike did signings of a calendar they created, called "The Make My Day Calendar," at the Franklin Book Store in Athens.
50 years ago - 1959
A new radio station in Towanda, to be known as WTTC, will be starting FM broadcasting in a few days, manager and co-owner Victor Michael told the Towanda Rotary Club.
Edmund Wolfe of Milan was one of 75 poultrymen who attended an industry meeting in Des Moines.
One of Canton's oldest residents, Mrs. Adda R. Hendrickson Calvert, is celebrating her 99th birthday today.
75 years ago - 1934
Seen about the borough: "Maxie Rosenbloom, 'light heavyweight champion of the world,' eating his dinner at the Kaufman hotel."
In the Towanda High School Shorthand II class, the students are being assigned to teachers as secretaries to do any secretarial work requested.
Two adult classes of the Warren Center M.E. Sunday School, the Loyal Sons and the Careful Gleaners, ended a several-week attendance contest between the two with the Careful Gleaners winning and being treated to a pancake dinner by the Loyal Sons.
Elsewhere on this date:
In 1795, the United States and Spain signed the Treaty of San Lorenzo (also known as "Pinckney's Treaty"), which provided for free navigation of the Mississippi River.
In 1858, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, was born in New York City.
In 1880, Theodore Roosevelt married his first wife, Alice Lee.
Ten years ago: In the first debate of the Democratic presidential race, Al Gore sought to stem his decline in the polls by attacking rival Bill Bradley's health care and spending plans.
Five years ago: The Boston Red Sox won their first World Series since 1918, sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 4, 3-0.
One year ago: Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted in Washington of seven corruption charges for lying about free home renovations and other gifts from a wealthy oil contractor. (A judge later dismissed the case, saying prosecutors had withheld evidence that might have been favorable to Stevens at trial.)
Today's Birthdays: Actress Nanette Fabray is 89. Baseball Hall-of-Famer and sportscaster Ralph Kiner is 87. Actress Ruby Dee is 85. Former Secretary of State Warren M. Christopher is 84. Actor-comedian John Cleese is 70.
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