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by the Staff of Hometown magazine

ommunity-minded leaders, local business groups and organizations, and politicians at every level — from Punx’y Borough Council to our representatives in Harrisburg and Washington D.C. — know the importance of small businesses to the Punxsutawney area in general, and to the people who they have dedicated themselves to serve.

They disperse many words touting small businesses and discussing ways to create more such businesses, while nurturing those already in existence. Simply put, small businesses are job creators that must be fostered and protected.

Active members of our local communities in the Punxsutawney and surrounding areas know that their town’s small businesses not only enrich the quality of life their boroughs and townships offer, but also provide the necessary services and goods for their family, neighbor and friends.

Statistics from the U.S. Small Business Administration confirm that most small businesses are “small” in name only.

Collectively, small businesses are huge in terms of their impact to local and area economies and quality of life.

There are more than 23 million small businesses in the United States. These businesses account for 54 percent of all sales and 55 percent of all jobs in the US. In addition, small businesses have created 66 percent of all net new jobs in the country since the 1970s. Stop and consider the small businesses in your community — the locally owned auto parts store, the grocery store that’s been family-operated for decades, the eatery owned and operated by the young lady who sat across the aisle in study hall — and then expand these business’ impact in your community to every borough and township in the country. If anything, mere statistics minimize the importance of small businesses.

In addition to the family-owned, momand-pop businesses, there are more than 600,000 franchised small businesses in the U.S., accounting for approximately 40 per-

cent of all retail sales and providing jobs for 8 million or so individuals. Together, the country’s small business sector occupies between 30 and 50 percent of all commercial space — a space estimated at 20 to 34 billion square feet. Small businesses occupy a large, large chunk of real estate.

The small business sector is growing.

While American corporations have been busy “downsizing” and eliminating jobs, brave entrepreneurs have been busy creating business plans and starting businesses.

Since 1982, the number of small businesses in the U.S. has increased by 40 percent — thus creating opportunities for those seeking employment. Conversely, since 1990, corporate America has eliminated four million jobs and has sent who knows how many to foreign shores. In addition, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration, as the rate of small business start-ups has grown, the rate for small business failures has declined. Good news for entrepreneurs, good news for residents of local communities, and even good news for politicians.

This special edition of Hometown magazine celebrates a hundred local businesses and their years — often decades — of service to their communities.

The importance of these businesses is clear to William Anderson, publisher of the Hometown magazine: “Many of the businesses in this special edition anchor their communities, proving that the success of a town depends on those establishments that move them forward. A large part of our business community has operated successfully for decades. Its managers and employees following their predecessors, introducing new ideas, making a living, and then passing the business on to the next generation. They have become the caretakers of retail and service that the residents have supported for many, many decades.

“In today’s economy, it is refreshing to know that local businesses continue to thrive in the Punxsutawney and area. The pride of its owners, managers, and employees guaranteeing the success in the future.”

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The many Benefits of Supporting, shopping Punx’y, area businesses

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Photos by Myrna Jennings

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Moving your Community Forward: Local Businesses Enrich Quality of Life

• Fitness Membership: $30 per month or $150 for 6 months ($5 daily pass) • Silver Sneakers Fitness Program: Age 65+, Free for members, $1 non-members • Senior Strength: Age 50+, $1 per class • Open Gym: $2 per hour • Morning Men’s Basketball: Mon., Wed. & Fri. 6-7 a.m., $3 per day • Virtual Golf: Opti Shot Golf Simulator, $10 per hour • Karate: Starting Soon, Ages 9 and up • Cycling Class: Several levels, new classes starting every 6 weeks • Kettle Blast &Yoga/Pilates Classes • Bellydance Class: For beginners, new classes start every 6 weeks • Jackson Theater: Movies every Fri. - Sun., only $4 adults, $3 children under 12, air conditioning during summer

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1907

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Welding Sheet Metal Fabrication Prototype experimental work • Wood & Coal Furnace & Boiler Repair • Steel Rolling • Black Smithing

Founder William Allison is at far left

1939

Present Day

1975

$68 of every $100 remains in the community

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uying locally is a great way for consumers to find the products and services they’re looking for and help their local economy along the way. The small businesses highlighted in this section may be owned by your next door neighbor, who relies on his or her fellow townspeople to keep the business going strong.

Shopping the local businesses in this issue is not only beneficial for local business owners, but buying locally benefits consumers and members of the community in a number of ways.

• Buying locally creates jobs. The number of unemployed men and women has gradually declined in recent years, but those figures are still high in many communities. Buying locally creates jobs in your community, potentially creating a job for you or a friend or family member.

• Buying locally helps the environment.

Buying within your community reduces the amount of fuel you’re likely to use for a weekend shopping trip while also reducing pollution. In addition, many local store owners use local materials and ingredients, reducing the amount of fuel consumed to get products into the store.

• Buying locally creates a more closely knit community. Juggling a career and a family can make it hard for men and women to get to know their neighbors and other members of their community. Buying locally is an opportunity to strengthen that bond with your neighbors, creating a close knit community in which residents may feel safer and more comfortable.

• Buying locally is more convenient.

Convenience is paramount to many con-

sumers, and buying locally saves both time and money. Driving to a faraway mall or shopping center or paying costly online shipping fees is not nearly as quick or convenient as shopping within your community, where you can purchase and take home items on the same day without using a full tank of gas or paying for shipping.

• Buying locally benefits your local economy. In 2004, the consultancy Civic Economics was commissioned by Chicago’s Andersonville Chamber of Commerce to examine the economic impact of 10 local businesses against that of chain businesses. The study found that of every $100 spent at local businesses, $68 remained in the local economy, while only $43 of every $100 spent at chain stores remained in the local economy.

That’s a significant boost to your local economy, and all it requires is shopping at local retailers.

• Buying locally can increase your property value. Homeowners might be able to increase the value of their homes by buying locally. A joint study from Independent We Stand and Civic Economics found that cities with a strong centralized small business district had a 54 percent greater increase in property values than communities that did not have such a district. A more thriving local community, including a thriving shopping district, is no doubt attractive to prospective home buyers.

The reasons for shopping locally are many. In addition to helping local business owners, consumers who shop locally are also helping themselves.

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Fastrak, Inc. is a family owned transportation company specializing in expediting your most time sensitive shipments. Fastrak, Inc. utilizes a fleet of equipment consisting of cargo vans, goosenecks, hot shots, straight trucks, and tractor trailers. Fastrak, Inc. has expedite, dry van, flatbed, cross dock and lift gate services available. Fastrak, Inc. also operates a rail siding in Punxsutawney, PA that transloads Unimin frac sand for the gas drilling industry.

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BurKett’s P.a.W.s.

All Breeds Dog & Cat Grooming

Family owned & operated since 2002. moved to Downtown Punxsutawney in 2008 to better serve our customers.

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Frank Roberts & Sons, located in nearby Robertsvile, offers service which is ‘positively unequalled anywhere.’ The many-generation business serves as an example as to the contributions local businesses provide to their communities. Their fleet of delivery trucks were lined up for this 1950s photo.

Here’s what happened in the years our local businesses were established 1891 • Dayton Feed Mill opens for business.

A mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant, Pa., on Jan. 27; the first great train robbery by the Dalton Gang was on Feb. 6; the Great Blizzard of 1891 begins on Feb. 7; the Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago on April 1; Carnegie Hall opens in New York on May 5; George A. Hormel & Company introduce Spam on May 16; the National Forest Service is organ Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera on Aug. 24; the first gasoline-powered car debuts in Springfield, Mass., on Sept. 20; James Naismith creates the game of basketball on Dec. 1; Edison patents “transmission of signals electrically” (the radio) on Dec. 29.

1893 • Community First Banks established.

Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic on Jan. 17; The Critic

reports that ice cream soda is our national drink on April 8; Lizzie Borden acquitted in murder of parents in New Bedford Mass on June 20; Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" in Colorado on July 22; 1st newspaper color supplement, NY World on Nov. 19.

1896

1897 • Punxsutawney Boiler Works opens its doors in Punx’y.

Punxsutawney Since 2001

1901

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Fresh Homemade Dough & Sauce Made Onsite Daily For All Our Dinners & Pizza!

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• S&T Bank established.

Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot on Feb. 5; U.S. Steel Corp organized under J.P. Morgan on Feb. 25; President William McKinley inaugurated for second term as president on March 4; 1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris on June 24; Cadillac Motor Company is founded Aug. 22; VP Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly & carry a big stick" on Sept. 2; 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium) on Dec 14.

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William McKinley inaugurated as 25th president of U.S. on March 4; Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published on May 18; Writer Jack London sails to join the Klondike Gold Rush where he will write his first successful outdoor adventure stories on July 25; Pencil sharpener patented by J. L. Love on Nov. 23.

• Dunkel Roofing is founded.

Wilhelm Roentgen announces his discovery of x-rays on Jan.1; Emile Grubbe is first doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer on Jan. 29; Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield on Feb. 23; First “car” show in London (featured ten models) on May 9; Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed; "Stars & Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa on Dec. 25.

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Carl Reagle started the business in 1971.

Then daughter Kathy Wymer took over in 1999 to continue the family business which services Big Run & the surrounding areas.

See Us for Your Registration Needs - Auto, Boat & ATV

INCOME TAX PREPARATION We now issue over the counter registration cards and stickers.

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Family Owned & Operated Since 1971

Christian Book & Gift Shop

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Favorite lunch spots remain popular in the Punxsutawney area, providing a much-needed, mid-day service to their communities. One such, in Punx’y’s past, was Salvaggio’s Lunch (above). The restaurant was located at 312 E. Mahoning Street near the bridge.

1905 • Marion Center National Bank (In the spring of 2005, their name changed to Marion Center Bank to mark the conversion from a National chartered bank to a State chartered bank.)

World’s  largest  diamond,  the 3,106  carat  Cullinan,  is  found  on Jan. 26; Rotary Club International formed by four men in Chicago on Feb. 23; Las Vegas, Nevada, founded  on  May  15;  Ty  Cobb’s  mother kills her husband after mistaking him  for  a  burglar  on  Aug.  9; Intercollegiate Athletic Association of U.S. founded — becomes NCAA in 1910 — on Dec. 28.

1917

German  sub,  diplomatic  relations severed  on  Feb.  3;  U.S.  declares war on Germany and enters World War  I  on  April  6;  U.S.  passes Selective  Service  act  on  May  18; American  men  begin  registering for the draft on June 4; Germany bombs  London  on  June  13; Raggedy  Ann  doll  invented  on June 28;  first U.S. soldiers killed in combat  in  WWI  on  Nov.  2; Supreme  Court  decision  — Buchanan  vs.  Warley  —  strikes down  Lousiville,  Ky.,  ordinance requiring blacks and whites to live in separate areas on Nov. 5; Boys Town  founded  by  Fr.  Edward Flanagan on Dec. 1.

1919

• Punxsutawney Bus Company starts serving the local communities.

• Standard Pennant Company opens for business. (started  in  1919  by  Mrs.  Andrew Shankle)

U.S.  liner  Housatonic  sunk  by

Edsel  Ford  succeeds  his  father,

Henry  Ford,  as  president  of  the Ford  Motor  Company  on  Jan.  1; Secretary  of  State  proclaims  18th amendment  (prohibition)  on  Jan. 29; Congress forms Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona on Feb. 26; Labor conference committee in U.S. urges 8-hour work day & 48hour week on Nov 22.

• Cloe Lumber begins serving the local community.

Yankee  Stadium  on  Feb.  5; KDKA broadcasts first radio sporting event, a boxing match — Ray vs.  Dundee  —  on  April  11;  Babe Ruth  becomes  all-time  home  run champ with number 120 on June 10; J. Edgar Hoover becomes assistant director of the FBI on Aug. 22; U.S.  signs  peace  treaty  with Germany  on  Aug.  25;  in  Atlantic City,  N.J.,  the  first  Miss  America Pageant,  a  two-day  event,  is  held on Sept. 7; Green Bay Packers play

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Serving the Area with Homemade Food Since 1986

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This building, which was once the home to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Organization in the 1940s, was remodeled and upgraded and now serves as the home to one of Punxsutawney’s most popular businesses, Johnston Furniture.

• Graff Agency from Kittanning incorporated Jefferson Insurance in Punxsutawney Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established on Jan. 1; Ink paste manufactured for 1st time by Standard Ink Company on Feb. 10; Transcontinental airmail service begins on Feb. 22; Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0 on May 2; President Harding dies while having a conversation with his wife in the Presidential suite of the Palace Hotel in San Francisco on August 2.

1926 • Carlino’s established (Nick Gresock got behind the grill in the 1980’s. Carlino’s became Nick’s Corner Lunch in 2000.)

Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools on Feb. 9; First transatlantic telephone call (London-NY) on March 7; First check sent by radio facsimile transmission across Atlantic on April 20; The College Board administers the first SAT exam on June 23; Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1½ hours before escaping on Aug. 5.

1931 • Shields Insurance Agency is founded.

Thomas Edison submits his last patent application on Jan. 6; First Dracula movie released on Feb. 15; Alka Seltzer introduced on Feb. 21; First showing of a Donald Duck cartoon on June 9; Al Capone is indicted on

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• The Walston Club opens its door.

U.S. & 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis on Jan. 1; Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world on Jan. 6; FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II on Jan. 15; Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US on Feb. 9; Construction of the Alaska Highway began on March 9; Little Golden Books (children books) begins publishing on Oct. 1.

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• Acme Machine & Welding Co. starts its business.

ENIAC, U.S. first computer, finished on Jan. 1; U.S. President sets up the Central Intelligence Agency on Jan. 22; First issue of Franklin Roosevelt dime on Jan. 30; Ho Chi Minh elected president of North Vietnam on March 2; Weight Watchers forms on April 1; President Harry Truman seizes control of nation’s railroads to delay a strike on May 17; patent filed in U.S. for HBomb on May 26; Dr. Ben Spock’s “Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care” published on July 14; first bikini is shown at a Paris fashion show on July 25; first electric blanket manufactured, selling for $39.50, on Oct. 9; Tide detergent introduced on Dec. 12; President Harry Truman officially proclaims end of WWII on Dec. 31.

Richard L. Fait Funeral Home “We Serve As We Would Be Served. . . Because We Care” The Richard L. Fait Funeral Home is the oldest funeral establishment in the Punxsutawney area. With over 45 years of experience, we will guide you through the aspects of the funeral service with compassion, dignity and respect. We are dedicated professionals available to assist you in making funeral service arrangements.

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5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury on June 12; Ice vending machines introduced in on July 1 in L.A. 25 lbs., 15; Congress makes "Star-Spangled Banner" our second National Anthem on July 28; George Washington Bridge connecting N.Y. to N.J. opens on Oct. 24.

*The gross torque of this engine was laboratory rated by the engine manufacturer in accordance with SAE J1940. As configured to meet safety, emission and operating requirements, the actual engine torque on this class of mower will be significantly lower.

first NFL game, a 7-6 win over Minneapolis, on Oct. 23.

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Many of our readers today remember Beyo’s Service Station on North Main Street. It was a popular stop for local motorists. The photo was taken in 1957. Today, small and large gas stations continue to serve the needs of area drivers and fast food enthusiasts.

1948 • Johnston Furniture opens its doors.

1st color newsreel filmed (Pasadena, California) on Jan. 1; Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, & Phillies $500 each for signing high school players on Jan. 29; 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie on April 4; NYC subway fares jump from 5 cents to 10 cents on April 14; Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain on July 15; President Harry Truman nominated for another term (Phila) July 15; George Herman "Babe" Ruth dies from cancer in New York City on Aug. 16.

1950 • Basile Caylor buys Punxsutawney Bus Company.

Sen. Joseph McCarthy charges that the State Department is infested with 205 communists on Feb. 9; longest-running primetime game show, “What’s My Line,” begins on CBS on Feb. 16; Silly Putty invented on March 6; Bob Hope’s first TV appearance on April 9; first kidney transplant, in Chicago, on June 17; Korean conflict begins when North Korea invades South Korea on June 25; “Beetle Bailey” comic strip debuts on Sept. 11; Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories on Sept. 29; “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz first published on Oct. 2; U.S. forces invade Korea by crossing 38th parallel on Oct. 7; Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast on Dec. 3.

1952 • Dr. Douglas MacMillan, begins his optometric practice

Queen Elizabeth II succeeds King George VI to the English throne on Feb. 6; U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on April 1; Mr. Potato Head is first toy advertised on television on April 30; "Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV on June 30; False fingernails first sold on Nov. 13.

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Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses on March 1. He dies four days later; Pulitzer Prize awarded to Ernest Hemingway for “Old Man & The Sea” on May 4; First successful separation of Siamese twins on Sept. 17; Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam in World Series on Oct. 4.

1954 • Laurel Lake Retreat and Conference Center • Keith Specialty Store open for business.

Rose & Cotton Bowl are first sport colorcasts on Jan. 1; Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio and records his first two songs, "Casual Love" & "I'll Never Stand in Your Way" on Jan. 8; First mass inoculation with Salk vaccine (Pittsburgh) on Feb. 23; Pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A Lindbergh and John Patrick on May 3; "Sports Illustrated" magazine begins publishing on Aug. 16; Hurricane Edna (second of 1954) hits NYC with $50 million damage on Sept. 14; "Star is Born," starring Judy Garland and James Mason premieres on Sept. 29.

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1957 • Carulli Auto Sales opens its doors.

In 1957, a new high school was built in Punxsutawney and Punx’y's old high school became a junior high. So, in Big Run, grades 7 and 8 moved to Punxsutawney and the Big Run school became an elementary school.

First electric watch introduced in Lancaster on Jan. 3; Wham-O Company produces the first Frisbee on Jan. 15; first electric portable typewriter placed on sale on Feb. 4; Buddy Holly & Crickets record "That'll Be the Day" on Feb. 25, reaches #1 on Sept. 23; Congress gives Post Office $41 million, restoring Saturday mail delivery on April 15; "American Bandstand," begins network TV (ABC) on Aug. 5; Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel on Sept. 4; Walter Cronkite begins hosting weekly documentary on Oct. 20.

1962 • Keith D. Snyder buys Punxsutawney Bus Company.

United States Navy SEALS established on Jan. 1; Jackie Robinson is the first black man elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Jan. 24; eight of nine planets align for first time in 400 years on Feb. 2; President Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba on Feb. 7; K-Mart opens on March 1; Wilt Chamberlain scores incredible 100 points in an NBA game on March 2; the Beatles

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First-class postage raised from four cents to five cents on Jan. 7; soap operas “General Hospital” and “The Doctors” premiere on TV on April 1; Jack Nicklaus wins the 27th Golf Masters Championship on April 7; the Coca-Cola Company introduces its first diet drink “Tab” on May 1; “Dr. No,” the first James Bond film, is shown in U.S. theaters on May 8; ZIP codes are introduced in the U.S. on July 1; car manufacturing firm Lamborghini is founded on Oct. 30; touchtone telephone introduced on Nov. 16; President John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 22; first live murder on TV occurs when Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov. 24; President LBJ sets up Warren Commission to investigate assassination of

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JFK on Nov. 29; Congress authorizes Kennedy half-dollar on Dec. 30.

1965 • Neal’s Septic begins operation.

• Keith D. Snyder purchases Jefferson Insurance.

Martin Luther King Jr. begins a drive to register black voters on Jan. 2; Canada replaces Union Jack flag with Maple Leaf on Feb. 15; LBJ asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote on March 15; U.S. ordered the first combat troops to Vietnam on March 31; The Campbell Soup Company introduces Spaghetti Os on May 16; Beatles' "Ticket to Ride," single goes #1 on May 22; US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam on June 22; Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" hits #1 on Aug. 14; Dale Cummings does 14,118 consecutive sit-ups on Nov. 2.

1966 • Thomas Frick Insurance established.

All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health" on Jan. 1; U.S.S.R. launches Luna 10, First lunar orbiter on Mar. 31; 38th Academy Awards - "Sound of Music," Julie Christie and L. Marvin win on April 28; Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for first time on CBS on Dec. 18.

1967 • Brothers Quay & Bob Smith take ownership of Smith Hauling, Inc. NFL New Orleans' franchise takes name "Saints" on Jan. 9; Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show on Jan. 13; U.S. launches Lunar Orbiter 3 on Feb. 4; Muhammad Ali TKOs Ernie Terrell in 15 for heavyweight boxing title on Feb. 6; 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London) on March 31; Elvis Presley & Priscilla Beaulieu wed in Las Vegas on May 1; "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," debuts on NET (now PBS) on May 22; Star Trek's "Trouble With Tribbles" first airs on Dec. 29.

1968 • Jefferson County Housing Authority begins serving local communities.

• Fait Funeral Home opens.

Jacques Cousteau's first undersea special on U.S. network TV on Jan. 8; First class postage raised from 5 cents to 6 cents on Jan. 7; Pennsylvania Railroad/NYC Central merge into Penn Central on Feb. 14; LBJ signs a bill removing gold backing from U.S. paper money on March 20; Senator Robert Kennedy dies from his wounds on June 6 after he was shot the previous night; Beatles release "Beatles," (White Album) their only double album on Nov. 22.

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Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death on May 21; John Lennon and Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a Chance" on May 31; first men on the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. from Apollo 11 on July 20; Wendy's Hamburgers opens on Nov. 15.

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• Aging Services, Inc. — Mahoning Hills Social Center • Kengersky Insurance Agency are established in the Punxsutawney area.

1970 • Nick Lorenzo, Attorney at Law • B&H Tire Service begin serving residents of the Punxsutawney area.

Soap Opera "All My Children," premiered on ABC on Jan. 5; Boeing 747 made its maiden voyage on Jan. 12; Supreme Court ruled draft evaders can not be penalized after 5 years on March 2; U.S. lowered voting age from 21 to 18 on March 12; Mail service paralyzed by first major postal strike on March 18; National Guard mobilized to quell disturbances at Ohio State University on May 21; The Ford Pinto introduced on Sept. 11; "Monday Night Football" premiered on ABC - Browns 31, Jets 21 on Sept. 21; Genie, a 13 year old feral child was found in Los Angeles, California having been locked in her

Cigarette advertisements banned on TV on Jan. 1; Richard Nixon installed secret taping system in White House on Feb. 14; U.S.S.R. Salyut 1 launched first manned lab in orbit on April 19; "Ed Sullivan Show" last broadcasts on CBS-TV on June 6; U.S. ends ban on China trade on June 11; President Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term on Dec. 3.

1973 • Culligan opens its doors.

Trial of Watergate burglars began in Washington D.C. on Jan. 11; Roe vs. Wade: U.S. Supreme Court legalized some abortions on Jan. 22; Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7 million on Feb. 26; Yoko Ono is granted per-

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The ‘town clock,' at its location on East Mahoning Street near Jefferson Street, has been marking the time for area motorists and shoppers since it was erected in 1914. In the view from the early 1950s is the former Jordan Store destroyed by the Christmas Eve fire of 1971. Today, the Punx’y Downtown area plays an important part of community life in Punx’y, hosting many popular new and innovative shops.

pionship won by Dorothy Hamill and U.S. male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr. on Feb. 2; Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party on Feb. 20; 79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:55 on April 21; Junko Tabei is first woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest on May 19; David Bowie releases "Fame" on June 28; Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in suburban Detroit on July 30.

1976 • Burke & Sons begins serving local area.

• ATA begins transportation services.

Liberty Bell moved to new home behind Independence Hall on Jan. 1; Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs founded Apple Computers on April 1; first outbreak of “Legionnaire’s Disease” killed 29 in Philadelphia on July 21; Tom Brokaw became news anchor of “Today” on Aug. 30; Jimmy Carter (D) defeated Gerald Ford (R) for president on Nov. 2; “Wonder Woman” debuted on ABC on Dec. 18.

1977 • Atty. Jeffrey Lundy established.

• Punxsutawney Historical Society opens its doors.

• Bugsy’s Roofing and Construction begins.

Snow fell in Miami, Fla. — the only time in the history of the city that snowfall has occurred and in the Bahamas — on Jan. 19; President Carter pardoned most Vietnam

War draft evaders (10,000) on Jan. 27; Bank of America adopted the name VISA for their credit cards on March 1; Patty Hearst let out of jail on May 9; original “Star Wars” movie released on May 25; Janet Guthrie became first woman to drive in Indy 500 on May 29; Trans Alaska oil pipeline completed on May 31; 5-4 Supreme Court decision allowed lawyers to advertise on June 27; flash flood hits Johnstown, killed 80 and caused $350 million damage, on July 20; space shuttle Enterprise made first atmospheric flight on Aug. 12; General Motors introduced first U.S. diesel auto (Oldsmobile 88) on Sept. 13; Ted Bundy escaped from jail in Colorado on Dec. 31.

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President Jimmy Carter announced U.S. boycott of Olympics in Moscow on Jan.20; Superbowl XIV — Pittsburgh Steelers beat L.A. Rams, 31-19 — played in Pasadena on Jan. 20; “Post It Notes” introduced on April 6; U.S. military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran failed, and eight die on April 24; Dallas’ “Who Shot JR?” episode received a 53.3 rating on Nov. 21; Iran requested $24 billion in U.S. guarantees to free hostages on Dec. 19.

1982 • Bennis House Final episode of “The Lawrence Welk Show” airs on Feb. 25; the United States places an embargo on Libyan petroleum

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imports because of its support of terrorist groups on March 10; actress Theresa Saladana is stabbed repeatedly by an obsessed fan on March 15; ground-breaking in Washington, DC, for Vietnam Veterans Memorial on March 26; U.S. formally transfers Canal Zone to Panama on April 1; Sally Ride announced as first woman astronaut on April 19; John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity on June 21; the first Compact Discs (CDs) were released to the public in Germany on Aug. 17; EPCOT Center opens in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 1.

1983 • Keystone Rehabilitation Systems • JAWCo Fire, Inc. • BK Smith Auto Body, Inc. • Fezell’s County Market • Pizza Hut all begin serving the residents of the Punxsutawney area.

Reagan ended U.S. arms embargo against Guatemala on Jan. 7; first female secretary of transportation — Elizabeth Dole — sworn-in on Feb. 7, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album moved to #1 and remained there for 37 weeks on Feb. 26; final TV episode of “M*A*S*H” aired on CBS as a record 125 million watch on Feb. 28; compact disc recordings developed by Phillips and Sony introduced on March 2; President Reagan signed $165 billion Social Security rescue on April 14; Arnold Schwarzenegger became a U.S. citizen on Sept. 16; Vanessa

Williams, 20, of New York, was the 56th Miss America, and the first black Miss America, on Sept. 17; last handcranked telephones in the U.S. went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine were switched over to direct-dial on Oct. 11; U.S. invaded Grenada on Oct. 25; federal government shut down on Nov. 10; world’s greatest robbery — 25,000,000 pounds of gold — occurred in Heathrow, England, on Nov. 25.

1984 • Jacque Perry Insurance established.

• Michael Colandrea opens Pizza Town (Current owner Chris Veitz carries on the same great business) AT&T’s 22 Bell system companies formed into eight companies on Jan. 1; Supreme Court ruled (5-4) that private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws on Jan. 17; Apple Computer Inc. unveiled its revolutionary Macintosh personal computer on Jan. 24; AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) virus identified on April 23; Donald Duck’s 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland on June 9; Geraldine A. Ferraro, (Rep-DNY), wins Democratic VP nomination on July 19; last Volkswagen Rabbit produced on Aug. 22; baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl on Oct. 16; first planet outside our solar system discovered on Dec. 10; sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from “Monday Night Football” on Dec. 14.

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1986

• Carol’s Carpet World all start business in Punx’y and area.

• Bash’s Personal Care Home, Commodore • Best Kawasaki, Big Run • Shaffer’s Pizza • State Representative Sam Smith • Country Cone all begin serving the Punxsutawney area.

First prime-time wrestling match in 30 years — Andre defeated Hulk Hogan on Feb. 5; Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert confessed his sins to his congregation on Feb. 21; Supreme Court upheld a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities on June 20; U.S. navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290 on July 4; Radio Shack announces Tandy 1000 SL computer on July 27; Willie Stargell became 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame on July 31; Al-Qaeda formed on Aug. 11; Larry Flynt paid hitman $1 million to kill Hefner, Guccione and Sinatra on Oct. 27; N.Y. bound Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Scotland all 258 aboard die on Dec. 21.

Miami Dolphins won AFC football championship on Jan. 12; first meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force on Jan. 16; 25th Space Shuttle (51L)-Challenger 10 exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on Jan. 28; Worst nuclear disaster, 4th reactor at Chernobyl USSR exploded, 31 die on April 26; Institute for War documents published Anne Franks complete diary on May 14; "Top Gun," premiered on May 16; Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from California to N.Y. on May 25; 38th Emmy Awards: Golden Girls, Cagney & Lacey & Michael J. Fox win on Sept. 21.

1987 • Yeager Sanitation opens for business.

• Dr. Phadke establishes his practice.

Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shot and killed himself at a press conference on live national television, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism on Jan. 22; No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings on Feb. 6; Gary Hart quit democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair) on May 8; Supreme Court ruled schools teaching evolution need not teach creation on Jun 19; first military use of trained dolphins (US Navy in Persian Gulf) on Oct. 13.

1988 • Laska’s Pizza • R.D. Brown Memorials

1989 • Jon J. Johnston, DMD, P.C. establishes his practice.

"Pat Sajak Show" premiered Jan. 9 on CBS; Kindergarten student caught with loaded handgun at Bronx school Jan 11; Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV Feb. 10; U.S. Supreme Court ruled employees have legal burden to prove non-discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting on May 1; Kenya announced worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds on May 11.

1990 • Medicine Shoppe • Stello Foods • Mike Gigliotti’s Magical Entertainment founded in Punxsutawney.

Washington, DC, Mayor Marion Barry arrested in drug enforcement sting on Jan. 18; Supreme Court ruled states could make it a crime to possess or look at child pornography, even in one’s home, on April 18; Boris Yeltsin elected president of the

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Russian  republic  on  May  29;  Supreme Court  ruled  family  members  cannot  end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known on  June  25;  the  first  Saturn  automobile rolled off the assembly line on July 30; Iraqi troops surround U.S. and other embassies in Kuwait City on Aug. 24; U.S., England, France,  USSR,  East  and  West  Germanys signed agreements to allow two Germanys to merge on Sept. 12; Right to Die case permitted Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed and she died 12 days later on Dec. 14.

President Nixon suffered a stroke on April 18 and dies four days later; Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's first black president on May 10; Larry King ended his radio show on May 27; OJ Simpson doesn't turn himself  in  on  murder  charges,  LA  cops chase his Ford Bronco, eventually gave up (seen live on TV) on June 17;  USAir Boeing 737 crashed at Pittsburgh Airport, killed all 132  on  board  on  Sept.  8;    In  Portage, Wisconsin,  convicted  serial  killer  Jeffrey Dahmer is clubbed to death by an inmate in the Columbia Correctional Institution gymnasium on Nov. 28. 

1992

1996

• Valley Tire Company, Inc. Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect  on  Jan.  26,  Jeffrey  Dahmer  found sane and guilty of killing 15 boys on Feb. 15, the  nation  of  Bosnia  was  established  on March 3; McDonald’s opens its first fastfood restaurant  in  China  on  April  23;  jury acquits LA police officers of beating Rodney King, and riots begin on April 29; Johnny Carson’s  final  appearance  as  host  of “Tonight Showâ€? on May 22; first pay bathrooms  in  U.S.  open  in  New  York  City  on June 30; Gregory Kingsley, 12, wins right to divorce his parents and live with his foster parents — he takes name Shawn Russ on Sept. 25; Greater Pittsburgh International Airport opens on Oct. 1; President George H.W.  Bush  orders  28,000  U.S.  troops  to Somalia in Northeast Africa on Dec. 4.

• McDonald’s comes to Punxsutawney • Grandma’s Kitchen opens its door to first customers.

After 27 years, Betty Rubble introduced as a Flintstone vitamin on Jan. 1; First episode of "Third Rock from the Sun" screened on NBC  on  Jan.  9;  23rd  American  Music Award: Garth Brooks wins on Jan. 29; New toll-free 888 area code introduced on March 1; U.S. issued newly-redesigned $100 bill on March 25; Intel released 200 mhz pentium chip on June 10; "Cable Guy" starring Jim Carrey  released  on  June  14;  Bill  Clinton signed welfare reform into law, representing  major  shift  in  U.S.  welfare  policy  on Aug. 26. 

1997

1994

• Dave’s Metal Roofing, LLC • Playhouse Children’s Center • Punxsutawney Area Community Center • Fetterman’s Auto Body all established.

• Dr. Kyle Lingenfelter begins practice in Punxsutawney.

Tonya Harding's bodyguards arrested and charged with conspiracy in attack of skater Nancy  Kerrigan  on  Jan.  13;  Brady  Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went  into  effect  on  Feb.  28;  Former

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Since 1891

Several Punx’y businesses continue to thrive since the turn of the 20th century. In 1913, the Punx’y Brick Factory turned out their products, exporting them across the eastern seaboard.

Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named “Dolly,” on Feb. 23; Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in U.S. on Feb. 28; Timothy McVeigh guilty of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, killing 168, on June 2; Mike Tyson banned from boxing for biting Holyfield’s ear on July 9; Princess Diana’s funeral on Sept.

6; in Des Moines, Iowa, Bobbi McCaughey gave birth to septuplets in the second known case where all seven babies were born alive on Nov. 19.

1998 • Healing Touch Massage • Lil Nail Shoppe founded.

President Clinton said, “I want to say one thing to the American people: I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky” on Jan. 26; Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14-year-old father of her baby, sentenced to seven years on Feb. 6; Terry Nichols sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing on June 4; Google launched Sept. 27; the Lewinsky scandal leads to the United States House of Rep. Judiciary Committee to begin impeachment hearings against President Bill Clinton on Nov. 19.

1999

Susan Lucci finally won a Daytime Emmy after being nominated 19 times, the longest period of unsuccessful nominations in television history on May 21; John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-inlaw Lauren Bessette killed in a plane crash off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. The Piper Saratoga aircraft was piloted by Kennedy on July 16; last upside down date until Jan. 1, 6000 on Nov. 11.

World Trade Center’s twin towers, causing the collapse of both and the death of 2,752 people, on Sept.

11; Tom Ridge resigned as Governor of Pennsylvania to President Bush’s become Homeland Security Advisor on Oct. 5; Apple releases the iPod on Oct. 23; the Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27 million to fortify it, without fixing its famous lean on Dec. 15.

2000

• Burkett’s P.A.W.S. welcomes first customers.

• Jerry Corle, Sr. buys the Culligan business.

• Wal-Mart comes to Punxsutawney

• Carlino’s became Nick’s Corner Lunch in Punxsutawney.

• Son, Brad Peace, becomes new owner of Peace Kitchens.

The Mars Polar Lander launched on Jan. 3; a jury in Michigan found Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man on March 26; Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people and injured 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School on April 20; “All My Children” star

Gisbourne, New Zealand population 32,754 first city in the world to welcome in the new millennium on Jan. 1; The last original “Peanuts” comic strip appeared in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies on Feb. 13; Tiger Woods won golf's U.S. Open by 15 shots, a record for all majors, with a score of 12-under-par on June 19; The 100th Space Shuttle mission (STS-92) flown on Oct. 11; Controversial U.S. presidential election that was later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case on Nov 7; U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years on Dec. 28.

2001

2003

• Fastrak • Silver Bullet Tattoo • Pool Guys establish businesses.

• Dr. Nathan Stebbins (takes over the eye practice of Dr. Douglas MacMillan) • Spring Hills Shelties starts its business.

• Biggie's Quality Meats & Deli opens its doors.

Wikipedia, a free content encyclopedia, went online on Jan. 15; millionaire Dennis Tito became the world’s first space tourist on April 28; in Ghana, a stampede at a football game kills over 120 spectators on May 10; Timothy McVeigh executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing on June 11; terrorists hijack two passenger planes, crashing them into New York’s

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President George W. Bush signed into law the “No Child Left Behind Act” on Jan. 8; K-Mart Corp. became the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Jan. 22; Russia and the United States signed the Moscow Treaty on May 24; Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon on July 2; nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, PA, rescued after 77 hours underground on July 28; police arresed spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks, in the area around Washington, D.C., on Oct. 24.

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Rogers, host of TV’s “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” died at age 74 on Feb. 27; U.S. troops capture Baghdad, and Saddam Hussein’s regime fell two days later on April 7; the United States “National Do Not Call Registry,”enrolls almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day on June 27; Mother Teresa beatified by Pope John Paul II on Oct. 19.

2004 • Stephen R. Griebel, M.D. • Attorney Jay P. Lundy • Teisha’s Flair for Hair • S&M Dog Grooming all join Punx’y area business community.

During the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, Janet Jackson's breast is exposed resulting in U.S. broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to FCC censorship guidelines on Feb. 1; Google introduced its Gmail product to the public. The launch is met with scepticism on account of the April 1 launch date; Ronald Reagan's funeral is held at Washington National Cathedral on June 11.

2005 • Trailhead Gallery • Bubba’s Pizza • Rainbow Mountain Alpacas • Lattimer House all greet customers for first time.

YouTube, the popular Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, launched in the United States on Feb. 15; Hurricane Katrina hammered the south eastern United States, especially New Orleans, Louisiana, and coastal Mississippi on Aug. 28; Saddam Hussein went on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity on Oct. 19th; 2005 New York City transit strike: New York City's Transport Workers Union Local 100 goes on strike, shutting down all New York City Subway and Bus services on Dec. 20.

2006 • B’s Books, etc. marks its page.

Western Union discontinues use of its telegram service on Jan. 26; powerful winter storm blankets the Northeastern United States dumping 1 to 2 feet of snow from Washington D.C. up to Boston, Massachusetts;

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefined the term "planet" such that Pluto is considered a Dwarf Planet on Aug. 24; Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch's famous painting “The Scream” was recovered from a raid by Norwegian police. The paintings were said to be in a better-than-expected condition on Aug. 31.

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Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs announced the iPhone on Jan. 9; the Virginia Tech massacre — the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history — occurs when the gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, shoots 32 people to death and injures 23 others before committing suicide on April 16; the tomb of Herod the Great is discovered on May 7; “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the final book in the best-selling Harry Potter series, released on July 21; the Mitchell Report is publicly released, listing the names of 89 Major League Baseball players that have presumably used anabolic steroids and human growth hormones, including notable players Roger Clemens and Miguel Tejada on Dec. 13.

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Fidel Castro retired as the president of Cuba after nearly 50 years on Feb. 24; Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race, on April 20; Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States on Nov. 4; Bernard Madoff arrested and charged with securities fraud in $50 billion Ponzi scheme on Dec. 11.

2009 • Punxsy Hometown Pharmacy fills first prescriptions.

• Matt Kengersky becomes new manager of Kengersky Insurance Agency — Nationwide Slovakia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the sixteenth Eurozone country on Jan. 1; U.S. Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing into the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City on Jan. 15. All passengers and crew members survive; Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America on Jan. 20; Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 30; All television broadcasts in the U.S. switch from analog NTSC to digital ATSC transmission on June 12; The 72 year run of the soap opera The Guiding Light ends as its final episode is broadcast on Sept. 18.

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Quarterback Eli Manning wins his second Superbowl Most Valuable Player Award after leading the New York Giants to a 2117 victory over the New England Patriots in Superbowl XLVI Feb. 5; Wendy's overtakes Burger King to become the second best selling hamburger chain on March 19; Queen Elizabeth II announced the opening of the London 2012 Olympics at the opening ceremony on July 27; Walt Disney purchases Lucasfilm Ltd and its rights for Star Wars and Indiana Jones for $4.05 billion on Oct. 30.

2013

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastates Haiti, killing more than 230,000 and destroying the nation’s infrastructure, on Jan. 12; Apple Computer unveils the iPad tablet computer on Jan. 27; Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion kills 11 and causes rig to sink, initiating a massive oil discharge in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20; Operation Iraqi Freedom ends onAug. 19; the 54-year run of the soap opera “As the World Turns” ends as its final episode is broadcast on Sept. 17; the repeal of the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy” signed into law

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The attempted assassination of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Ariz. kills six and wounds 13 on Jan. 8; space shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights on March 9; an earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 80 miles east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami, and killing thousands of people — this event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale — on March 11; Fidel Castro resigns from the Communist Party of Cuba’s central committee after 45 years of holding the title on April 19; Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks and the FBI’s most wanted man, is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 2; Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her 25-year run of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on May 25.

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U.S. bi-partisan deal temporarily avoids the fiscal cliff on Jan. 1; Lance Armstrong admits to doping in all seven of his Tour de France victories on Jan. 19; The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 wins worst picture at the 33rd Golden Raspberry Awards on Feb. 23; The brains of two rats have been successfully connected so that they share information on Feb. 28; A 2 year old U.S. girl becomes the first child born with HIV to be cured on March 3; The U.S. Senate passes a bill enabling taxing of online sales on May 6; In London, Prince William and wife, Kate, welcome their first child, who is now third in line to the British throne on July 22.

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