Today is Friday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2002. There are 53 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2002. There are 53 days left in the year. On this date in 1923, Adolf Hitler launches his first attempt at seizing power with a failed coup in Munich, Germany, the "Beer-Hall Putsch."
In 1837, Mount Holyoke Seminary, a college exclusively for women, opens in South Hadley, Mass. In 1889, Montana becomes the 41st state. In 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats incumbent Herbert Hoover for the presidency. In 1933, President Roosevelt creates the Civil Works Administration, designed to create jobs for more than 4 million unemployed. In 1942, Operation Torch begins during World War II as U.S. and British forces land in French North Africa. In 1960, Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy defeats Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the presidency. In 1966, Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California. In 1987, 11 people are killed when an Irish Republican Army bomb explodes as crowds gathered in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, for a ceremony honoring Britain's war dead. In 1988, Vice President George Bush wins the presidential election, defeating Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis. In 1994, midterm elections result in Republicans' winning control of the House for the first time in 40 years.
November 8, 1977: Youngstown Board of Control rejects all bids for the westward extension of Federal Plaza because all are over the city engineer's estimate.
Three robbers wearing ski-masks and armed with revolvers hold up the People's Bank Newport branch office at 4140 Market St. shortly after it opens for the day, escaping with an undetermined amount of cash.
Two area men, Stephen W. Travers and Alan D. Wenger, are sworn in as members of the Ohio Bar Association.
November 8, 1962: Rep. Michael J. Kirwan received contributions totaling $9,925 toward the successful campaign for his 14th term as representative from the 19th Congressional district.
The Mahoning County Civil Defense Office and Mahoning Chapter of the Red Cross conducts a surprise simulated disaster to test the Youngstown Hospital Association facilities. The "disaster" was an explosion-fire at a building next to the Red Cross in which 50 people were "injured," with 25 of them being sent to each of the YHA's hospitals.
Eleanor Roosevelt, the 78-year-old widow of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and niece of the 26th president, dies at her Manhattan apartment after an illness of two years. "One of the great ladies in the history of the country has passed from the scene," says President John F. Kennedy.
November 8, 1952: Frank Toth, 40, of Girard is killed instantly when struck on the head by the boom of a crane truck at the Raymond Concrete Pile Co. on Andrews Ave.
St. Elizabeth Hospital asks Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for permission to mortgage its properties for $1 million, which would be added to $2 million raised in a fund drive to finance a building and remodeling program.
In the final Youngstown Community Chest campaign report, the 34th annual campaign falls $30,000 short of its goal of $760,000.
November 8, 1927: Two residences are partially wrecked in dynamite explosions, one man is shot and two are jailed for gun-toting as political passions flare up on election day in Campbell.
With the last messages of candidates for mayor, council and judge ringing in their ears, Youngstown voters throng to the polls and by noon it is estimated that almost half those registered had cast their ballots.
The "Y" College spirit is manifested on the college campus in what is billed as the first annual tug-of-war. One group of 13 fellows challenged any 15 other college men. The 13 were rewarded by being dragged through a pile of ashes by the larger group.