Glancing Backward Jan. 17, 2010

Published: January 17, 2010

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Today is Sunday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2010. There are 348 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Jan. 17, 1950, the Great Brink's Robbery took place as seven masked men held up a Brink's garage in Boston, stealing $1.2 million in cash and $1.5 million in checks and money orders. (Although the entire eleven-member gang was later caught, only part of the loot was recovered.)

Glancing Backward Locally:

25 years ago - 1985

The Area Agency on Aging is now offering adult day care services in the area.

A spirited Panther comeback gave Northeast a 59-53 win against the SRU Tigers and gave coach Jim Davis his 300th win.

Thomas J. Maloney has been named Agriculture and 4-H Agent for Bradford County Extension Service.

75 years ago - 1935

New Albany Post No. 384 of the VFW of the U.S. was instituted in New Albany by District Commander A.E. Dennis.

The assembly program at the chapel of the Canton High School consisted of a mock wedding, written by a group of students of the high school. The bride was played by Nedra Hickok and the groom was played by Roy Landon.

R.E. Frantz of Camptown was elected president of the Merchants Association of Bradford and Wyoming Counties.

Elsewhere on this date:

Ten years ago: Decrying the Confederate flag as a symbol of slavery and racism, nearly 50,000 people marched to South Carolina's Statehouse on Martin Luther King Day to demand the banner be taken down. British pharmaceutical firms Glaxo Wellcome PLC and SmithKline Beecham PLC announced a merger.

Five years ago: Iraqi expatriates in 14 countries began registering to vote in Iraq's Jan. 30 elections. Zhao Ziyang (zhow tzee-yahng), who was ousted as China's Communist Party leader after sympathizing with the 1989 pro-democracy protests, died in Beijing at age 85 after 15 years under house arrest. Actress Virginia Mayo died in Thousand Oaks, Calif. at age 84.

One year ago: Israel declared a unilateral cease-fire in its 22-day Gaza offensive. President-elect Barack Obama arrived in the nation's capital after a daylong rail trip that began in Philadelphia, retracing the path Abraham Lincoln took in 1861. Salvage crews hoisted a downed US Airways jetliner from the Hudson River, three days after a dramatic water landing survived by everyone on board.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Betty White is 88. Former Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach is 88. Former FCC chairman Newton N. Minow is 84. Hairdresser Vidal Sassoon is 82. Actor James Earl Jones is 79. Talk show host Maury Povich is 71. Muhammad Ali is 68. Pop singer Chris Montez is 68. Rhythm-and-blues singer William Hart (The Delfonics) is 65. Rock musician Mick Taylor is 62. Rhythm-and-blues singer Sheila Hutchinson is 57.

Singer Steve Earle is 55. Singer Paul Young is 54. Actor-comedian Steve Harvey is 53. Singer Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles) is 51. Actor-comedian Jim Carrey is 48. First Lady Michelle Obama is 46. Actor Joshua Malina is 44. Singer Shabba Ranks is 44. Rock musician Jon Wysocki (Staind) is 42. Actor Naveen Andrews is 41. Rapper Kid Rock is 39. Actor Freddy Rodriguez is 35. Actress Zooey Deschanel is 30. Singer Ray J is 29. Country singer Amanda Wilkinson is 28.







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