Today: is the 344th day of 2010. There are 21 days left in the year.
On this date
^ In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for helping mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese War.
^ In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. received his Nobel Peace Prize.
^ In 2009, President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize with a humble acknowledgment of his scant accomplishments and a robust defense of the U.S. at war.
Today's birthdays
Actor Tommy Kirk is 69. Actress Susan Dey is 58. Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is 54. Rock musician Meg White (The White Stripes) is 36. Violinist Sarah Chang is 30.
The sun sets 4:33 p.m. today, rises 7:15 a.m. Saturday.
The moon sets 9:37 p.m. today, rises 11:05 a.m. Saturday. It is six days after the new moon.
100 years ago today
1910: Long arm of the law: "After a chase for a year, James Kelly, of Rockaway, N.J., was captured this morning at Brainerd's, N.J., opposite Martin's Creek, by Detectives Rodenberger and Gray, of the Central Railroad Company. The defendant is wanted on a charge of having stolen a locomotive. The engine was standing on the track at Rockaway when Kelly is said to have boarded it, run the locomotive to Hibernia, four or five miles away, and then run the engine back to Rockaway again. Although he is not an engineer the young man is said to have handled the locomotive like a veteran engine driver. Realizing that he was liable to arrest, the young man left home at once and has been in various places since that time, always managing to get away before the officers arrived, until he was finally trapped this morning. He is in custody in Phillipsburg."
50 years ago today
1960: Christmas Candle milestone: "The orange glow from the city's towering Christmas candle appeared over Centre Square for the tenth straight season as the focal point of downtown Easton Christmas decorations. About 200 spectators stood in the sub-freezing air for the ceremonies. Mayor George S. Smith threw the switch that lighted the 85-foot candle and the four smaller candles at its base. The 2,000 lights strung through the evergreens arranged around the candles also were turned on."
^ Baptism of new highway: "The first accident on newly reconstructed Route 45 occurred when two cars collided in the four-lane section near the entrance to the 25th Street Shopping Center. No one was hurt."
25 years ago today
1985: Tasty windfall: Richard and Vivian Noll, of Williams Township, hit the Pennsylvania Lotto lottery game, winning a jackpot of $5.6 million. Richard Noll, a Tastykakes deliveryman, bought the winning ticket at the Ridge Street Market in Allentown while making his rounds earlier in the week. Noll said he chose the six winning numbers at random. "Mr. Noll, who has worked for Tasty Baking Co. for 24 years, said he and his wife will use the money to travel. Mrs. Noll, a periodicals librarian at the Easton Area Public Library for the past 19 years, said they will donate a portion of their winnings to their church, St. Paul's Lutheran Church on Easton's South Side. The couple's three grown children and other relatives also will receive portions, Mrs. Noll said."
Quote of the day
"Beauty is not caused. It is." -- Emily Dickinson, American poet (born this date in 1830, died in 1886)
Almanac is compiled by Pete Brekus, Express-Times news assistant. He can be reached at 610-258-7171, or at pbrekus@express-times.com.
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