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Glancing Backward, 11/8/09
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share thisToday is Sunday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2009. There are 53 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 8, 1909, the original Boston Opera House first opened with a performance of "La Gioconda" by Amilcare Ponchielli.
Glancing Backward Locally:
25 years ago - 1984
Seventy-nine percent, or 26,726, of Bradford County's registered voters went to the polls this year.
The Towanda Public Library is holding classes to teach people how to make holiday greeting cards using an Apple IIe computer.
The Valley JayNcees are again offering kids the chance to get a hand-written letter from Santa's desk.
75 years ago - 1934
Celebrating her birthday today is Miss Barbara Welles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fisher Welles Jr. and well known trumpet player.
Popular Towanda High School senior Jack Sullivan was elected president of the FFA, filling the vacancy left by Raymond Coyles when he resigned.
A meeting is to be held in the gym in Orwell in hopes of forming a brass band in northeastern Bradford County.
Elsewhere on this date:
In 1859, philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered a lecture in Boston in which he described abolitionist John Brown, condemned for his raid on Harpers Ferry, Va., as "the new saint awaiting his martyrdom."
In 1889, Montana became the 41st state.
In 1923, Adolf Hitler launched his first attempt at seizing power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich that came to be known as the "Beer-Hall Putsch."
In 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated incumbent Herbert Hoover for the presidency.
In 1939, the play "Life with Father," based on the stories of Clarence Day, opened on Broadway.
In 1942, Operation Torch, resulting in an Allied victory, began during World War II as U.S. and British forces landed in French North Africa.
In 1960, Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the presidency.
Ten years ago: Israeli and Palestinian negotiators launched landmark talks, giving themselves an ambitious 100-day deadline to craft the broad outlines of a peace agreement.
Five years ago: Thousands of U.S. troops attacked the toughest strongholds of Sunni insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq, launching a long-awaited offensive aimed at ending guerrilla control of the city.
One year ago: Indonesia executed three Islamic militants for helping to plan and carry out the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, many of them foreign tourists.
Today's Birthdays: Actress June Havoc is 97. Actor Norman Lloyd is 95. Singer Patti Page is 82. CBS newsman Morley Safer is 78. Singer-actress Bonnie Bramlett is 65. Singer Bonnie Raitt is 60. TV personality Mary Hart is 59. Former Playboy Enterprises chairman and chief executive Christie Hefner is 57. Actress Alfre Woodard is 57.
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