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Today is Sunday, Feb. 28, the 59th day of 2021. There are 306 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 28, 2013, Benedict XVI became the first pope in 600 years to resign, ending an eight-year pontificate. (Benedict was succeeded the following month by Pope Francis.)
On this date:
In 1784, John Wesley, the co-founder of Methodism, chartered the first Methodist Church in the United States in Leesburg, Virginia.
In 1844, a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton exploded as the ship was sailing on the Potomac River, killing Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas W. Gilmer and several others.
Almanacs are full of lists of global and national historic events. But “This Day in History” feature invites you to not just peruse a list, but to take a trip back in time to see how a significant event originally was reported in the Chicago Tribune.
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It might not be much to look at now, but progress is being made on Trader Joe s upcoming South Bend location.Â
According to Kenya Friend-Daniel, public relations director for the California-based grocer, the new Trader Joe s near Eddy Street Commons has a tentative opening date of this fall. Friend-Daniel couldn t provide a specific date, saying that it s dependent upon construction progress and could be subject to change.
Steel framing for the new store has been recently put up at 1140 E. Howard Street. The development will anchor the southern portion of Eddy Street Commons near the University of Notre Dame campus. According to a construction design release filed last October, the building will be just under 12,500 square feet and, based on the current construction site layout, will be situated along South Bend Avenue with an entrance off North Eddy Street and a parking lot on the southwest corner.