Today is Monday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2005. There are 40 days left in the year. On this date in 1877, inventor Thomas A. Edison announces the invention of his phonograph.

Today is Monday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2005. There are 40 days left in the year. On this date in 1877, inventor Thomas A. Edison announces the invention of his phonograph.
In 1789, North Carolina becomes the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1934, the Cole Porter musical "Anything Goes," starring Ethel Merman as Reno Sweeney, opens in New York. In 1942, the Alaska highway across Canada is formally opened. In 1964, New York's Verrazano Narrows Bridge, connecting Brooklyn and Staten Island, opens. In 1969, the Senate votes down the Supreme Court nomination of Clement F. Haynsworth, the first such rejection since 1930. In 1973, President Nixon's attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, reveals the existence of an 18-and-a-half-minute gap in one of the White House tape recordings related to Watergate. In 1979, a mob attacks the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing two Americans. In 1980, 87 people die in a fire at the MGM Grand Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas. In 1980, an estimated 83 million TV viewers tune in to the CBS primetime soap opera "Dallas" to find out "who shot J.R." (The shooter turns out to be J.R. Ewing's sister-in-law, Kristin.)
November 21, 1980: Students at Youngstown Cardinal Mooney High School rally at the school before the team leaves for Upper Arlington to play Lebanon High School for the Ohio Division II football championship. A fire truck from the No. 9 station escorts the two team buses out of the city.
Donald B. McKay, president of Home Savings and Loan Co., receives the Youngstown Area Chamber of Commerce's Special Recognition Award and William J. Brown, publisher of The Vindicator, receives the Chamber's Youngstowner Award.
November 21, 1965: Steel business is picking up a little and a big upturn in late January or February should return thousands of idle Youngstown district steelworkers to their jobs, boosting payrolls and retail trade, says Jennings R. Lambeth, Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. vice president of sales.
S. Sgt. Robert G. Wright, 28, a son of Mrs. Virginia Wright of Edgar St., Youngstown, is killed in combat near Pleiku, Vietnam, when the U.S. 1st Calvary with which he served was ambushed by the Viet Cong. He is believed to be the first Youngstown man killed in Vietnam since the U.S. began sending troops there in 1961.
Earl M. Blair, president of the Earl M. Blair Inc. dry cleaners and furriers, dies after being struck by a car while crossing Market St. at Newport Drive. He was 78.
November 21, 1955: Ten percent of the vehicles using the Ohio Turnpike in October were trucks, an Ohio Turnpike Commission traffic reports shows. It was the first month of operation for all 241 miles of the turnpike.
The Youngstown Marine Corps Reserve opens its 4th annual Toys for Tots campaign, placing barrels throughout the area . The toys will be turned over to the Salvation Army for distribution.
Advertisement: Although it was introduced just last year, Winston is now one of America's top-selling cigarettes. The reason is clear: "Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should."
November 21, 1930: Youngstown school teachers agree to cancel the annual Christmas party and donate the $100 that would have been spent to the milk fund and penny lunch fund, which is administered by Miss Mary Haddow to aid needy students.
More than 80 men representing 25 of the 26 cities along the Beaver, Mahoning And Shenango Rivers will attend the Mississippi Valley Association Convention in St. Louis as advocates of a canal in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys.
Raleigh Reese, 257 Alameda Ave., assistant to the president of the Ohio Edison Co., is one of 10 motorists arrested in a crackdown on reckless driving in Youngstown. Officers Nelson and Sullivan said Reese was driving his car 55 mph in Ohio Avenue.
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