Glancing Backward, Nov. 2, 2009
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share thisToday is Monday November 2, the 306th day of 2009. There are 59 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in History:
In 1783, Gen. George Washington issues his "Farewell Address to the Army" near Princeton, New Jersey.
Glancing Backward Locally:
25 years ago - 1984
The Gen. Billy Mitchell Award was given to Cadet End Lt. Kerry Carman of Burlington by Rep. Roger Madigan.
Hundreds of people attended the Canton Halloween Parade, which was led by Mayor James Arnold wearing a top hat and tails.
Philip Taylor, son of former Rome residents Mr. and Mrs. Harold Taylor, received a Ph.D. in fuel science from The Pennsylvania State University.
50 years ago - 1959
The rain poured during Towanda's 34th annual Halloween parade, soaking participants and spectators. Because the rain came too close to the start of the parade, it was too late to cancel it.
The first prize in the float competition at the Towanda Halloween Parade went to Girl Scout Troop 53, with their float depicting a rural Halloween
While driving to Durell, Mrs. Josephine Crawford of Towanda saw a bear cross the road in front of her.
75 years ago - 1934
Several attended a corn husking bee at Howard Allen's barn in West Franklin.
Seen about the boro: "The young man and the young woman who started out to the post office with their arms full of mail, only to drop their loads three times before getting there."
Celebrating his birthday today is Guy E. Wilcox of Chestnut Street, who is the local patrolman for the Lackawanna Motor Club.
Elsewhere on this date:
2003 - The U.S. Episcopal diocese of New Hampshire installs as its bishop Reverend V. Gene Robinson, consecrating the first openly homosexual Anglican bishop and drawing censure from numerous provinces within the worldwide Anglican Communion.
2004 - A filmmaker who was the great-grandnephew of Vincent van Gogh is slain in a daylight attack, and police arrest a Dutch-Moroccan man after wounding him in a shootout. Theo van Gogh made a movie criticizing the treatment of Muslim women.
2005 - Clashes between police and protesters in Ethiopia's capital erupt in gunfire and grenade explosions, with police killing at least 33 people during a second day of renewed demonstrations against disputed elections.
2006 - Iran test-fires dozens of missiles, including the Shahab-3 that can reach Israel, in military maneuvers that it says are aimed at putting a stop to the role of world powers in the Persian Gulf region.
2007 - Morocco recalls its ambassador from Spain after King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia announce plans to visit two Spanish enclaves in North Africa. Morocco's claim to them is a consistent sore spot in bilateral relations.
2008 - Hundreds of people march through Belarus' capital to remember the victims of Stalinist purges and call for an end to repression in a country that still has many of the trappings of the former Soviet Union.
Today's Birthdays: U.S. actor David Schwimmer is 43; Canadian singer K.D. Lang is 48.
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