All about November, 28th
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Nov. 28, 1995 The star of the show wasn't at the top of the big dark tree. It was "Whiskers One" -- and the very special passenger it carried. Twice the holiday helicopter orbited a throng of more than 3,000 children and adults gathered on the Fort Stanwix lawn for the official lighting of the city's Christmas tree.
Storage of tractor-trailer trucks, amusement rides and other vehicles on a former Nolan Jampol Inc. parking lot at East Dominick Street has Nock Street neighbors upset. Codes Enforcement Officer Ronald J. Carollo says it was his interpretation of the city Code of Ordinances that permitted the owner to store concession trailers, kiddie rides and other vehicles there.
Nov. 28, 1985
More than six inches of snow fell on this Thanksgiving Day, requiring city and area highway department crews to spend most of their holiday in the cabs of their plows and sand-salt trucks.
A 26-year-old Floyd man, Donald E. Schuler, drowned this morning when the boat he and four other deer hunters were using to reach an island between the Barge Canal and Mohawk River sank in 10 feet of water.
Nov. 28, 1975
Free parking in the Liberty-George garage and other downtown locations will end Monday as the Common Council, in a Thanksgiving Eve meeting, refused to pull the rug from under the Rome Parking Authority by overruling its announced parking regulations. Merchants had sought free parking through Christmas, fearing that the intended validation system would scare shoppers away.
Nov. 26, 1965
Construction of the new All Saints Polish National Catholic Church on Hickory Street is under way and expected to be completed by Easter, the Rev. Joseph Janik said today.
Nov. 26, 1955
The Rome Planning Board has received recommendations that residential construction be sharply restricted in an area ranging from 1,500 to 4,000 feet in width and extending from the proposed new Griffiss Air Force Base two and a quarter-mile runway to the City of Rome line. The recommendation, designed to avoid loss of life in case of aircraft accidents in the approach and takeoff zones, is made by John W. Reps, Ithaca, city planning consultant.
Nov. 28, 1945
CONSTABLEVILLE -- Col. James R. McGinnus has returned from the Southwest Pacific after serving 28 months.
A new charter for Rome Air City was approved by the City Council, dividing Air City into six districts, each represented by two council members elected for one year.
Today in History
On Nov. 28, 1942, nearly 500 people died in a fire that destroyed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston.
On this date:
In 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.
In 1919, American-born Lady Astor was elected the first female member of the British Parliament.
In 1925, the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville's famed home of country music, made its radio debut on station WSM.
In 1943, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran during World War II.
In 1958, the African nation of Chad became an autonomous republic within the French community.
In 1964, the United States launched the space probe Mariner IV on a course to Mars.
In 1975, President Ford nominated Federal Judge John Paul Stevens to the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by William O. Douglas.
In 1979, an Air New Zealand DC-10 en route to the South Pole crashed into a mountain in Antarctica, killing all 257 people aboard.
In 1985, the Irish Senate approved the Anglo-Irish accord concerning Northern Ireland.
In 1990, Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister of Britain during an audience with Queen Elizabeth II, who conferred the premiership on John Major.
Ten years ago
President Clinton continued to press his case for sending 20,000 U.S. ground troops to Bosnia. President Clinton signed a $6 billion road bill that ended the federal 55 mph speed limit.
Five years ago
George W. Bush's lawyers asked the U.S. Supreme Court to bring "legal finality" to the presidential election by ending any further ballot recounts; Al Gore's team countered that the nation's highest court should not interfere in Florida's recount dispute. Former Texas Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez, who'd served 37 years on Capitol Hill, died in San Antonio at age 84.
Today's Birthdays
Recording executive Berry Gordy Jr. is 76. Former Sen. Gary Hart, D-Colo., is 69. Singer-songwriter Bruce Channel is 65. Singer Randy Newman is 62. Movie director Joe Dante is 59. CBS News correspondent Susan Spencer is 59. "Late Show" orchestra leader Paul Shaffer is 56. Actor Ed Harris is 55. Actress S. Epatha Merkerson is 53. Country singer Kristine Arnold (Sweethearts of the Rodeo) is 49. Actor Judd Nelson is 46. Movie director Alfonso Cuaron is 44. Rock musician Matt Cameron is 43. Comedian Jon Stewart is 43. Actress Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon is 39. TV personality Anna Nicole Smith is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer Dawn Robinson is 37. Hip-hop musician apl.de.ap (Black Eyed Peas) is 31. Actress Scarlett Pomers ("Reba") is 17.
Thought for Today
"The first duty of love is to listen." - Paul Tillich, American theologian (1886-1965).
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