Glancing Backwards
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share thisToday is Thursday, October 22nd, the 295th day of 2009. There are 70 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
In 1918 the Great Influenza Epidemic begins. During World War I, over 18 million people die from the flu virus.
Glancing Backward Locally:
25 years ago - 1984
Several Bradford County men have been selected for the 1984 edition of "Outstanding Young Men of America," including Timothy Andrew Geiger of Towanda, Earl William Steele of Towanda, Stephen C. Vincent of Towanda, and Stephan Woodward Bowen of Sayre.
A benefit concert for the Tessa Moyer Scholarship Fund is planned and will feature musicians from Bradford County: Barbara Trowbridge, mezzo-soprano soloist of Towanda, accompanied by Joan Dinse of Rome, and Dr. Robert Allen, baritone soloist and violist of Sayre, accompanied by Dr. Gerald of Athens.
Celebrating his birthday today is Rev. Dave C. Wilkerson, pastor of the Valley Full Gospel Tabernacle in Milan.
50 years ago - 1959
Succeeding Miss Kate Hurley, Nelson Shearer was elected president of the Towanda Ambulance Association. William Berilla was elected vice president.
Five Towanda Valley High School girls were chosen for the homecoming court: Gail Johnston, Carol Baker, Nina Cranmer, Carol Place and Rose Patrician.
John Schoonover III, a member of Boy Scout Troop 5, received the God and Country award, one of the highest awards in scouting.
75 years ago -1934
State College dairy expert Ivan E. Parkin will be giving demonstrations in Bradford County on how to make American Cheese.
The Mansfield State Teachers College's Dramatic Club is putting on a radio drama called "The Quitter," during which Towanda native Carlyle Spencer will perform.
At the meeting of the Wilmot Home and School League, County Superintendent J. Andrew Morrow gave a talk with topics centered on education.
Elsewhere on this date:
2005 - Britain urges the European Union to ban imports of wild birds into the 25-nation bloc as British scientists try to determine whether a parrot that died of bird flu had the strain that has killed more than 60 people around the world.
2006 - The Sudanese government orders the chief U.N. envoy out of the country after he writes in his personal Web blog that Sudan's army had suffered major losses in recent fighting in Darfur.
2007 - Osama Bin Laden calls for Iraqi insurgents to unite and avoid divisive "extremism" in an audiotape apparently intended to win over Sunnis opposed to the terror group's branch in Iraq.
Today's Birthdays: U.S. actress Joan Fontaine is 92; French actress Catherine Deneuve is 66; U.S. actor Jeff Goldblum is 57.
; Shaggy, Jamaican reggae rapper (1968--); Doris Lessing, British writer and Nobel laureate (1919--).
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