History columns revisit political, cultural milestones

Historical retrospectives recall U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions’ 2002 visit to Luverne, Alabama, where he discussed Medicare prescription-drug benefits with seniors and local economic growth. Other events remembered from this period include the 1920 death of Greece’s King Alexander I after a monkey bite, and the births of Greek soccer captain Theodoros Zagorakis and television presenter Eleni Menegaki. West Virginia’s history roundup highlights the births of athlete Marshall “Biggie” Goldberg, historian Roy B. Clarkson, novelist Denise Giardina and basketball star “Hot Rod” Hundley, as well as the establishment of Jefferson County in 1801.