Local

Aug. 17, 1989: Specialists Kenneth R. Laite, Daniel J. Savick and Roman J. Staloch participated in Minnesota Military Academy’s 15-day primary leadership development course at Camp Ripley. The three were attached to Albert Lea’s Company A, 1st Battalion, 135th Infantry of the Army National Guard.

Aug. 13,1989: Dave and Sally Furness were featured in the Albert Lea Tribune after returning from a two-week safari to Tanzania, Africa. Their trip included a three-day mountain climb up two-thirds of Kilimanjaro.

Aug. 18, 1979: Gov. Al Quie joined the Farm Bureau Family Picnic at Edgewater Park. It was the first time Gov. Quie had been to Albert Lea since his campaign tour.

Aug. 12, 1979: Harold’s Bar beat Bremseth’s in a tug-of-war tournament held in conjunction with Glenville’s annual Festival Days.

Aug. 13, 1969: Miss Albert Lea Lynette Grebe cut the ribbon to officially start the 50th anniversary celebration of the King-Seeley Thermos Co.

 

National

2018: One year ago, President Donald Trump dared New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to challenge him in 2020, warning, “Anybody that runs against Trump suffers.”

2014: Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos died when the small plane that was carrying him and several campaign officials plunged into a residential neighborhood in the port city of Santos.

2009: The Philadelphia Eagles signed Michael Vick to a one-year deal, prompting criticism from animal rights activists over his role in a dogfighting ring.

2008: Michael Phelps swam into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th and 11th career gold medals.

2003: Iraq began pumping crude oil from its northern oil fields for the first time since the start of the war.

1995: Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle died at a Dallas hospital of rapidly spreading liver cancer. He was 63.

1967: The crime caper biopic “Bonnie and Clyde,” starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, had its U.S. premiere. The movie, directed by Arthur Penn, was considered shocking as well as innovative for its graphic portrayal of violence.

1960: The first two-way telephone conversation by satellite took place with the help of Echo 1.

1932: Adolf Hitler rejected the post of vice chancellor of Germany, saying he was prepared to hold out “for all or nothing.”

1889: William Gray of Hartford, Conn., received a patent for a coin-operated telephone.