From the Archives: 1979 Members of the UA speech and debate team sport the late 1970s styles with their big hair, large glasses, and plaid collared shirts.

Today

· 1994 ÷ The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Î'South Pacific'' opened on Broadway.

· 1998 ÷ Mary Bono, the widow of entertainer-turned-politician Sonny Bono, won a special election to serve out the remainder of her husband's congressional term.

Tuesday

· 1513 ÷ Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain.

· 1990 ÷ Ryan White, the teenage AIDS patient whose battle for acceptance gained national attention, died in Indianapolis at age 18.

Wednesday

· 1833 ÷ The nation's first tax-supported public library was founded in Peterborough, New Hampshire.

· 1963 ÷ British statesman Winston Churchill was made an honorary U.S. citizen.

Thursday

· 1912 ÷ The luxury liner Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage.

· 1996 ÷ President Clinton vetoed a bill that would have outlawed a technique used to end pregnancies in their late stages that opponents call Î'partial-birth'' abortion.

Friday

· 1921 ÷ Iowa became the first state to impose a cigarette tax.