Today is Saturday, Nov. 26, the 330th day of 2005. There are 35 days left in the year. On this date in 1942, President Roosevelt orders nationwide gasoline rationing, beginning Dec. 1.

Today is Saturday, Nov. 26, the 330th day of 2005. There are 35 days left in the year. On this date in 1942, President Roosevelt orders nationwide gasoline rationing, beginning Dec. 1.
In 1825, the first college social fraternity, Kappa Alpha, is formed at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. In 1832, public streetcar service begins in New York City. The fare: 121/2 cents. In 1940, the half million Jews of Warsaw, Poland, are forced by the Nazis to live within a walled ghetto. In 1942, the motion picture "Casablanca," starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, has its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York. In 1943, during World War II, the HMT Rohna, a British transport ship carrying American soldiers, is hit by a German missile off Algeria; 1,038 men are killed, including 1,015 American troops. In 1949, India adopts a constitution as a republic within the British Commonwealth. In 1950, China enters the Korean conflict, launching a counteroffensive against soldiers from the United Nations, the U.S. and South Korea. In 1965, France launches its first satellite, sending a 92-pound capsule into orbit. In 1973, President Nixon's personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court that she'd accidentally caused part of the 181/2-minute gap in a key Watergate tape. In 1985, the space shuttle Atlantis roars into the nighttime sky over Cape Canaveral, Fla., carrying seven astronauts on a seven-day mission.
November 26, 1980: Despite objections from township officials, the city of Canfield votes to separate from Canfield Township. Only one of the five councilmen, James Neff, voted against the separation.
The Ohio Development Advisory Council approves a $6 million loan from state liquor profits to help the Tarmarkin Co. of Youngstown finance an expansion that will nearly double its Austintown food warehousing operation.
A preliminary inventory sets the loss from an overnight burglary at the House of Gifts, 5100 Belmont Ave., at $80,000 to $100,000. Collector Hummel figurines and jewelry were among the things taken.
November 26, 1965: A threatening crowd of youths, many using profane language, gather outside police headquarters on W. Boardman Street to protest a police officer's use of force in arresting two youths at a disturbance outside the Hotel Pick Ohio.
Fred W. Green Sr., 77, vice president and secretary of the Home Savings & amp; Loan Co., dies of a heart attack in Michigan City, Ind., while preparing to return to Youngstown after a Thanksgiving Day trip to relatives.
Uncertainty about the distribution of federal funds poses a strong likelihood that the largest coordinated hospital expansion program in Warren's history will be delayed. More than $4 million was raised locally for improvements to Trumbull Memorial, St. Joseph's and Warren General hospitals.
November 26, 1955: One of the highest anticipated Christmas shopping seasons in Youngstown's history moves into high gear downtown as thousands of shoppers jam the stores from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
The severe water shortage in Girard is temporarily relieved by Youngstown and Niles, which begin providing 400,000 gallons of water a day to the city.
Traffic congestion on Route 224 and Glenwood Ave. Ext. in Boardman will be relieved by widening of both main arteries, says county Engineer Samuel Gould. The project will cost about $300,000 for a three-fourth mile length of four-lane highway.
November 26, 1930: A general shake-up of the police department is threatened by Youngstown Mayor Joseph L. Heffernan following federal and county raids on notorious city rum joints.
The executive committee of the Mahoning Chapter of the American Red Cross votes to appropriate $5,000 for "emergency relief of medical cases."
Distribution of 1931 auto license plates scheduled to begin Dec. 1 may be delayed due to the failure of the plates to arrive in Youngstown on time, says John J. Arnold, county auditor. Mahoning County has been allotted 51,200 auto and 5,000 truck license plates.