Glancing Backward, 9/4/10

Published: September 4, 2010

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Today is Saturday, Sept. 4, the 247th day of 2010. There are 118 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Sept. 4, 1781, Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers under the leadership of Governor Felipe de Neve.

Glancing Backward Locally:

25 years ago - 1985

Mental Health Associates of North Central Pennsylvania will open a new branch office at 24 Main Street, Towanda, next week.

Steve Rankinen paddled his way to top honors over the weekend in the Bradford County Outboard Motor Club's canoe race.

April Fox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fox of Rome, is celebrating her Sweet 16 today. She is a student at Northeast Bradford.

75 years ago - 1935

School bells rang again yesterday for the majority of Bradford County children, about 10,300 of them reporting for the opening of the fall term. About 1,700 more, most of them in the western part of the county where there is a delay because of the Troy Fair, will return to school next Monday.

Eddie Loop of Waverly, an employee in Towanda of the American Store, showed himself to be some sprinter on Labor Day. In the 50-yard dash contest in Towanda, he won by five yards or better and finished second in the 100-yard dash.

Mary Merwin Phelps, author of "Kate Chase, Dominent Daughter," who has been spending the summer at the old Tracy mansion in Standing Stone as the guest of Mrs. Phoebe Stevens Turner, left today for Philadelphia to begin research for her next book.

Elsewhere on this date:

In 1886, a group of Apache Indians led by Geronimo surrendered to Gen. Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona.

In 1888, George Eastman received a patent for his roll-film box camera, and registered his trademark: "Kodak."

In 1948, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicated after nearly six decades of rule for health reasons.

In 1951, President Harry S. Truman addressed the nation from the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco in the first live, coast-to-coast television broadcast.

In 1971, an Alaska Airlines jet crashed near Juneau, killing all 111 people on board.

Five years ago: Six days after Hurricane Katrina left a devastated New Orleans in chaos, police stormed the Danziger Bridge, shooting and killing two people and wounding four others.

One year ago: A German army colonel called in a U.S. airstrike on a pair of hijacked tanker trucks in northern Afghanistan, resulting in civilian casualties.

Today's Birthdays: Actor-comedian Damon Wayans is 50. Rock musician Kim Thayil is 50. Actor Noah Taylor is 41. Actress Ione Skye is 40. Rhythm-and-blues singer Richard Wingo (Jagged Edge) is 35. Actor Wes Bentley is 32. Singer Dan Miller ("Making the Band") is 30.

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