Today is Sunday, Nov. 24, the 328th day of 2002. There are 37 days left in the year. On this date in
Today is Sunday, Nov. 24, the 328th day of 2002. There are 37 days left in the year. On this date in 1963, Jack Ruby shoots and mortally wounds Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President Kennedy, in a scene captured on live television.
In 1784, Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, is born in Orange County, Va. In 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species," which explains his theory of evolution. In 1863, the Civil War battle for Lookout Mountain begins in Tennessee; Union forces take the mountain two days later. In 1871, the National Rifle Association is incorporated. In 1947, a group of writers, producers and directors that becomes known as the "Hollywood Ten" is cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about alleged Communist influence in the movie industry. In 1947, John Steinbeck's novel "The Pearl" is first published. In 1969, Apollo 12 splashes down safely in the Pacific. In 1971, hijacker "D.B. Cooper" parachutes from a Northwest Airlines jet over Washington state with $200,000 in ransom. His fate remains unknown. In 1985, the hijacking of an Egyptair jetliner parked on the ground in Malta ends violently as Egyptian commandos storm the plane. Fifty-eight people die in the raid, in addition to two others killed by the hijackers. In 1987, the United States and the Soviet Union agree to scrap shorter- and medium-range missiles.
November 24, 1977: The government is beginning a new effort to promote $2 bills by getting selected stores to give them out as change.
Cheaper labor costs and an aggressive export policy make Japanese steel a competitor that U.S. companies are finding hard to beat, the New York Times reports. For Japan, the world's No. 2 economy, steel exports are widely considered a matter of economic survival.
The Junior Civic League's Cinderella Ball, a lighthearted event with a serious purpose, will be held at the Idora Park Ballroom. Twenty-four high school debutantes are in the running for the title "Miss Cinderella"
November 24, 1962: A Youngstown stewardess flying off-duty and two former area residents are among 17 persons killed when a United Air Lines Viscount crashes near Baltimore. Among the dead are Miss Margaret P. McCutcheon, 21, the daughter of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co.'s chief pilot; Capt Milton J. Balog, 39, formerly of New Castle who was the pilot of the Viscount, and Miss Barbara Lawrence, 15, daughter of the former mayor of East Liverpool.
An offhand remark by a naturalist leads to research that shows a butternut tree in the Poland Municipal forest is the largest in Ohio, with a circumference of 12 feet, 11 inches.
Arthur Altomare and Marshall Lee receive Eagle Scout badges during a court of Honor held by Boy Scout Troop 13 in St. Paul Lutheran Church, Leetonia.
November 24, 1952: Halfway through a two-week recount of all Mahoning County ballots for county commissioner, shows Edward J. Gilronan, Republican, with 51,740, and Fred A. Wagner, Democrat, with 47,571 in the lead. Running third in the race for two seats is Edward J. Anderson, just 177 votes behind Wagner. Thomas R. Bees, Democrat, is fourth with 44,088.
Big-time television shows move one step closer to Youngstown with an announcement that American Telephone & amp; Telegraph Co. will build a 225-foot micro-receiving tower on Southern Blvd. at LaBelle Ave.
Fighter jets scramble from Albany airport to intercept an unidentified craft, which turns out to be President Truman's personal plane, the Independence, with Secretary of State Dean Acheson aboard. Acheson was flying from Ottawa to New York City.
November 24, 1927: Chicago wins in its fight to divert water from Lake Michigan into its drainage canal. The lake water diversion case is of special interest to the Mahoning Valley because lowering of the lake levels force ore vessels to carry light cargoes and increase costs for valley steel operations.
All Youngstown turns out to see Santa Claus, his Eskimos and reindeer paraded on Federal St. on Thanksgiving Eve.
Three Mahoning County officials are said to be involved in a liquor conspiracy, according to information presented U.S. District Attorney A.E. Bernstein in Cleveland by Mrs. Frank B. Riss, wife of former Justice Riss, who was sentenced to one to 21 years in prison on charges of embezzlement.