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Glancing Backward 11-16-09
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share thisToday is Monday, November 16, the 320th day of 2009. There are 45 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
In 1941, Nazi Germany launches second failed assault on Moscow in World War II.
Glancing Backward Locally:
25 years ago - 1984
Miss Anna Cox, daughter of Mrs. Delilah Cox of Dushore, has been given the prominent role of Mrs. Zedorah Chapman in the East Stroudsburg State Teachers College's production of Elmer Rice's "Counsellor at Law."
The Sullivan County Potato Growers group was the guest of Elkland Township's newly organized FFA chapter.
Entries are being accepted for a harmonica and old fiddlers contest, to be held at the upcoming country fair at St. Agnes Hall.
50 years ago - 1959
At Towanda Valley High School during their lunch hours, students are now allowed to dance in the hall in front of the gym.
Canton resident Dennis May has taken over the automotive service station in Towanda, at the corner of Main and Lombard streets, and the business will be called May's Amoco Station.
LeRaysville is losing its only doctor, Dr. Henry P. Brown, and is looking for a replacement.
75 years ago - 1934
Penelec officials released an architect's rendering of the new proposed headquarters intended to be built in Towanda.
On display in several Valley businesses are paintings by Valley Art Society members.
Two new directors were appointed to the Bradford County Humane Society Board of Directors: Martin Rinebold of Gillett and Jessie Goeltz of Sayre.
Elsewhere on this date:
1999 - The United Nations says it failed to help save thousands of Bosnian Muslims from mass murder by Serbs in 1995 because of errors and misjudgment. Over 2,500 bodies have been found and experts predict thousands more will be discovered.
2002 - Spain's King Juan Carlos II and his wife, Queen Sofia, arrive in Mexico City for a four-day state visit. The itinerary includes a session at the Mexican Congress and a visit to President Vicente Fox's northern ranch.
2004 - A prominent Jewish group presses Croatia to seek the extradition and prosecution of Milivoj Aschnera, a 91-year-old Nazi-era war crimes suspect who recently fled to Austria.
2005 - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urges citizens to be calm and reasonable, after a Kurdish demonstrator is seriously injured from gunfire - the latest casualty in weeklong clashes between angry Kurds and security officials.
2006 - Pakistan says it has successfully test-fired a new version of its nuclear-capable medium-range missile, a show of power a day after peace talks with India.
2007 - North and South Korea agree to launch cross-border rail service for the first time in more than half a century, the latest sign of improving relations between the two sides.
2008 - Iraq's Cabinet overwhelmingly approves a security pact with the United States, ending prolonged negotiations to allow American forces to remain for three more years in the country they first occupied in 2003.
Today's Birthdays: Jose Saramago, Portuguese writer, is 87; Diana Krall, Canadian jazz singer, is 45.
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