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DOUGLAS, WYOMING
Tidbits of Glenrock, Douglas and Wheatland
January 20-26, 2022
I-25 Exit 135 & 140
neutralize Supreme Court justices. The • On Feb. 6, 1985, in his State of the Union address, President Ronald Reagan defines Senate struck down the bill by a vote of 70 some of the key concepts of his foreign to 22. policy of supporting freedom fighters • On Feb. 3, 1959, rising American rock stars around the globe. These included covertly Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The supporting the Contras in their attacks Big Bopper” Richardson are killed when on the leftist Sandinista government in their plane crashes in Iowa. Singer Don Nicaragua. McLean memorialized the musicians in the 1972 hit “American Pie,” which refers • On Jan. 31, 1990, the Soviet Union’s first McDonald’s fast-food restaurant opens in to “the day the music died.” • On Feb. 1, 1884, the first portion of the Moscow. Throngs of people lined up to pay Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the equivalent of several days’ wages for published. Originally begun in 1857, it was Big Macs, shakes and french fries. estimated the project would take 10 years • On Feb. 4, 2004, a Harvard sophomore to finish. In fact, it took over 40 years. named Mark Zuckerberg launches The The OED covers all vocabulary from the Facebook, a social media website he had Anglo-Saxon period (1150 A.D.) to the built in order to connect Harvard students present. with one another. The previous year, he • On Feb. 2, 1913, New York City’s Grand had created FaceMash, a website where Central Terminal opens for the first time. students could vote on which of two The terminal, with a towering white marble randomly selected Harvard women was facade, took 10 years to construct and more attractive, quickly running afoul more than $4 billion in today’s money. It of both the administration and several needed a $100 million restoration starting women’s groups. in 1980. • On Feb. 5, 1937, President Franklin (c) 2022 Hearst Communications, Inc. Roosevelt announces a plan to expand the All Rights Reserved Supreme Court to as many as 15 judges. Critics immediately charged that Roosevelt was trying to “pack” the court and thus
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