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Today is Tuesday, March 8, the 67th day of 2005. There are 298 days left in the year. On this date in 1782, the Gnadenhutten massacre takes place as some 90 Indians are slain by militiamen in Ohio in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.
In 1702, England's Queen Anne ascends the throne upon the death of King William III. In 1841, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., the "Great Dissenter," is born in Boston. In 1854, U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry makes his second landing in Japan; within a month, he concludes a treaty with the Japanese. In 1874, the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore, dies in Buffalo, N.Y. In 1917, Russia's "February Revolution" (so called because of the Old Style calendar being used by Russians at the time) begins with rioting and strikes in St. Petersburg. In 1917, the U.S. Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule. In 1930, the 27th president of the United States, William Howard Taft, dies in Washington. In 1942, Japanese forces capture Rangoon, Burma, during World War II. In 1965, the United States lands about 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam. In 1999, New York Yankees baseball star Joe DiMaggio dies in Hollywood, Fla., at age 84.
March 8, 1980: Negotiators for striking Niles policemen and the city reach an agreement on a two-year pact, ending a strike less than a day after it began.
A forensic scientist testifies that bullets from Jodi Masters body were manufactured by a company that makes cartridges sold under the Sears, Roebuck & amp; Co. label. Steven Masters purchased .22 caliber ammunition from Sears within a day of his wife's murder.
While acknowledging that Japanese automakers are well positioned to take advantage of the sudden demand for fuel efficient cars, Elliot M. Estes, president of General Motors, says he is opposed to restricting Japanese car imports or pressuring Japanese auto makers to locate plants in the United States.
March 8, 1965: Heritage Manor, the new Jewish home for the aged on Youngstown's North Side attracts 2,000 persons to an open house. It was built at a cost of $650,000 and will accommodate 40 persons. It was designed to allow for expansion.
Raymond Galus, a Youngstown University ROTC student enrolled in a pilot training program, dies when his plane crashes north of Herbert Road after taking off from the Southern Airways field.
Cardinal Mooney High School wins all team trophies at the annual forensic league tourney at Euclid. By winning the individual events trophy for the third time, Mooney retires it, the first school to do so.
A 39-year-old Myrtle Ave. woman is sentenced by U.S. district Judge Frank J. Battisti to to terms of eight years in prison for causing a 14-year-old girl to be brought to Youngstown from Scranton, Pa., for the purpose of prostitution.
Leonard Kirtz, president of the Mahoning County Council for Retard Children, receives the annual Humanitarian Award of Eagle Aerie 213.
March 8, 1955: Second Lt. George Roden III, 24, a Marine pilot and Youngstown native, is killed when his Skyraider fighter plane crashes into the James River at Warwick, W.Va.
Addison E. Riggs, 70, of Hubbard, a retired farmer who gained district fame as a botanist and naturalist, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage as he was milking cows in his barn.
Tentative plans to include Youngstown schools in the Salk polio vaccine program are made by the board of education. Under the plan 4,000 children in first and second grades will receive the vaccine.
March 8, 1930: Youngstown Police Chief Paul E. Lyden finds Traffic Commissioner Carl L. Olson not guilty of charges brought by city coal dealers that Olson misused his office in pursuit of his on coal business.
Workers seeking 3,000 new members -- junior and adult -- for the YMCA have signed up 582 adults and 347 junior prospects, according to reports at the campaign's second meeting.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Edward Terry Sanford dies at his home. He had been in good health, but became ill after having a tooth extracted.