Today is Monday, March 14, the 73rd day of 2005. There are 292 days left in the year. On this date
Today is Monday, March 14, the 73rd day of 2005. There are 292 days left in the year. On this date in 1743, the first recorded town meeting in America is held, at Faneuil Hall in Boston.
In 1794, Eli Whitney receives a patent for his cotton gin, an invention that revolutionizes America's cotton industry. In 1900, Congress ratifies the Gold Standard Act. In 1923, President Harding becomes the first chief executive to file an income tax report. In 1939, the republic of Czechoslovakia is dissolved, opening the way for Nazi occupation. In 1943, Aaron Copland's orchestral work "Fanfare for the Common Man" premieres in New York, with George Szell conducting. In 1951, during the Korean War, United Nations forces recapture Seoul. In 1964, a jury in Dallas finds Jack Ruby guilty of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President Kennedy, the previous November. In 1965, Israel's cabinet formally approves establishment of diplomatic relations with West Germany. In 1980, a Polish airliner crashes while making an emergency landing near Warsaw, killing all 87 people aboard, including 22 members of a U.S. amateur boxing team. In 1991, a British court reverses the convictions of the "Birmingham Six," who had spent 16 years in prison for an Irish Republican Army bombing, and orders them released. In 1995, World leaders wind up a weeklong summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, committing themselves to fighting poverty, but differing on how to do so.
March 14, 1980: A representative of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says that communities in the four-county region are almost certain to see their planning assistance funds cut nearly in half in 1981.
The Youngstown area is blanketed by 5 inches of wet snow and freezing rain, contributing to hazardous driving conditions.
A Polish jetliner carrying 87 people, including at least 22 members of the U.S. amateur boxing team, crashes on approach to Warsaw Airport and explodes.
March 14, 1965: Ross Wales, 17, a senior at Rayen School and star swimmer, breaks the national record for the 100-yard butterfly swim at the Ohio State swimming meet in Columbus. His time of 52.2 nipped two-tenths of a second off the record held by Ross Schollander, Olympic Gold medalist.
The Rev. Ralph Friedrich, one of three Catholic priests from the Youngstown Diocese, who went to Selma, Ala., says the presence of a large number of Northern clergymen had a great impact on local authorities. He disagreed with Gov. George Wallace who said Negro voting rights would iron themselves out without northern intervention. Only 300 of 15,000 Negroes in the county where the demonstrations took place are registered to vote, the priest says.
Magda Blair, 83, a lifetime leader in the Presbyterian Church, dies in the Volney Manor Nursing Home.
March 14, 1955: The ground water level in Mahoning County wells is above the five-year average as a result of heavy rains, say Paul Kaser, hydrologist for the department of natural resources of Ohio.
William McC. Martin Jr., chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, says he sees signs of "unhealthy tendencies when businessmen or the public become unduly preoccupied with the stock market and stock prices." Excessive stock speculation can have adverse effects throughout the economy, he says.
The Mahoning County Courthouse will close for the afternoon in respect for Mrs. Henry Beckenbach, wife of the judge of juvenile and domestic relations court.
March 14, 1930: Julius Kah, the president of Truscon Steel; W. H. Foster, chairman of the board of General Fireproofing, and Hugh B. Wick, the nephew of the first president of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube, join Cleveland industrialist Cyrus Eaton on a proxy committee opposed to the merger of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. and Bethlehem Steel.
Discovery of a ninth planet, as yet unnamed, orbiting the sun beyond Neptune, is confirmed by Dr. V.M. Sipher of the Lowell observatory. The planet was first spotted by a Kansas farm boy a year ago. Some scientists say the planet may be inhabited.
T.C. Cochran, congressman from Sharon, Pa., says he favors a Pittsburgh to Lake Erie canal by way of the Allegheny River, French Creek and Conneaut Lake to Lake Erie. That route, he says, would have the advantage over a Lake Erie to Ohio River route because it could be used to generate vast amounts of electricity as well as provide transportation.