Glancing Backward, 2/8/12

Published: February 8, 2012

Article Tools
Font size: [A] [A] [A]
Sign Up newsletter

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2012. There are 327 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Feb. 8, 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.

Glancing Backward Locally:

50 years ago - 1962

The Jones Home Bakery is scheduled to open for business tomorrow morning at 402 Main Street, Towanda. This is the quarters formerly occupied by the Sample Shop.

Dr. John M. Higgins of Sayre was elected president of the First National Bank of Sayre recently.

The Wyalusing Borough Council, at the request of the Borough School Board, agreed to remove the 35 mile per hour signs on Route 6 from the northern entrance to Wyalusing to the intersection of Church and State streets and to cover the large "35" on the sign at the north end of State Street with a "School Zone" sign.

75 years ago - 1937

Sixteen members of Troop 1, Towanda Boy Scouts, spent Saturday and Saturday night at Camp Brule. The boys enjoyed skating, coasting and hiking through the woods as well as other winter sports.

Furniture selection and arrangement will be discussed by Miss Elizabeth Baxter, home economics extension representative, at the home of Mrs. Henry Motyer tomorrow.

Miss Olive Weigester, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Weigester, who has attended the Parsons School of Fine and Applied Art in New York City for three years, has won the Paris scholarship for the coming year.

Elsewhere on this date:

In 1693, a charter was granted for the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg in the Virginia Colony.

In 1910, the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated.

In 1922, President Warren G. Harding had a radio installed in the White House.

In 1942, during World War II, Japanese forces began invading Singapore, which fell a week later.

In 1952, Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed her accession to the British throne following the death of her father, King George VI.

In 1968, three college students were killed in a confrontation with highway patrolmen in Orangeburg, S.C., during a civil rights protest against a whites-only bowling alley.

Today's Birthdays: Composer-conductor John Williams is 80. Newscaster Ted Koppel is 72. Actor Nick Nolte is 71. Comedian Robert Klein is 70. Actor-rock musician Creed Bratton is 69. Singer Ron Tyson is 64. Actress Brooke Adams is 63. Actress Mary Steenburgen is 59. Author John Grisham is 57. Actor Henry Czerny is 53. Rock singer Vince Neil (Motley Crue) is 51. Rock singer-musician Sammy Llanas (The BoDeans) is 51. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa P. Jackson is 50. Actress Mary McCormack is 43. Rock musician Keith Nelson (Buckcherry) is 43. Retired NBA player Alonzo Mourning is 42. Actor Seth Green is 38. Actor Josh Morrow is 38. Rock musician Phoenix (Linkin Park) is 35. Rock musician Jeremy Davis (Paramore) is 27. Rock musician Max Grahn (Carolina Liar) is 24. Actor Ryan Pinkston is 24. Actress Karle Warren ("Judging Amy") is 20.

Thought for Today: "Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance." - Robert Quillen, American journalist (1887-1948).

Ads by Yahoo!
We welcome user discussion on our site, under the following guidelines:

To comment you must first create a profile and sign-in with a verified DISQUS account or social network ID. Sign up here.

Comments in violation of the rules will be denied, and repeat violators will be banned. Please help police the community by flagging offensive comments for our moderators to review. By posting a comment, you agree to our full terms and conditions. Click here to read terms and conditions.
comments powered by Disqus