Today is Thursday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2005. There are 65 days left in the year. On this date
Today is Thursday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2005. There are 65 days left in the year. On this date in 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the United States Constitution, is published in a New York newspaper.
In 1505, the Grand Duke of Moscow, Ivan III (also known as "Ivan the Great"), dies; he is succeeded by his son, Vasily III. (Vasily's son, Ivan IV, later becomes the first czar of Russia, "Ivan the Terrible.") In 1858, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, is born in New York City. In 1880, Theodore Roosevelt marries Alice Lee. In 1904, the first rapid transit subway, the IRT, is inaugurated in New York City. In 1922, the first annual celebration of Navy Day takes place. In 1938, Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: "nylon." In 1978, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin are named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their progress toward achieving a Middle East accord.
October 27, 1980: The U.S. Department of Labor files suit in U.S. District Court in Cleveland against the United Counties Carpenters District in the Mahoning Valley to set aside the council's 1980 election of officials.
Political Advertisement: Why We Endorse Jim Traficant for Sheriff, with endorsements by Phil Richley, former Youngstown mayor; John Hudzik, Mahoning County recorder; Earnie Shavers, heavyweight boxer; Dr. Nate Belinky, county coroner, and Bill Brown, Ohio attorney general.
Mike Jaffe, Mike Maro and Edward DeBartolo Sr. are inducted into the Curbstone Coaches Hall of Fame.
October 27, 1965: "Rep. Michael J. Kirwan was a tower of strength for the late President John F. Kennedy, and there is no one in Congress on whom President Lyndon B. Johnson depends more," Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien says at a dinner at the Idora Park ballroom.
Herman Spahr, Youngstown Area Chamber of Commerce specialist on crime and police work, is cleared of second-degree murder by a grand jury investigating the death of Theodore Robinson on E. Federal St. in August.
All but three of 78 persons treated for food poisoning after an East Side club dinner are released from St. Elizabeth Hospital while hospital and health department authorities try to determine the exact cause of their illness.
October 27, 1955: A strike at General Fireproofing Co. is called off by the union president following a meeting between company and union officials to discuss scheduling at the plant.
Former Youngstown Mayor Charles P. Henderson declares that spending of city money by Mayor Frank X. Kryzan has been so excessive in the last two years that an increase in city taxes is inevitable.
Shoppers mob downtown Youngstown stores and streets and sidewalks are crowded with bargain hunters on the second "Downtown Sale Days" sponsored by the Board of Trade.
October 27, 1930: Mrs. Edna Watson, 30, is burned to death under a blazing car and her companion, William Rotolo, 27, is instantly killed when the auto in which they were riding crashed into a street car and overturned in Wilson Ave. near Truesdale.
Congressman John G. Cooper, R-Youngstown, is endorsed for re-election by the five brotherhoods of the Ohio Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
If everyone assumes the responsibility of making business better, prosperity will return, says Ohio Gov. Myers Y. Cooper, speaking at the Hotel Ohio in Youngstown.