Today is Tuesday, Aug. 26, the 239th day of 2008. There are 127 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 26, the 239th day of 2008. There are 127 days left in the year. On this date in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing American women the right to vote, is certified in effect by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.

In 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa begins cataclysmic eruptions, leading to a massive explosion the following day. In 1958, Alaskans go to the polls to overwhelmingly vote in favor of statehood. In 1961, the original Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson is nominated for a term of office in his own right at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, N.J. In 1972, the summer Olympics opens in Munich, West Germany. In 1978, Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice is elected the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church following the death of Paul VI. The new pontiff takes the name Pope John Paul I. In 1986, in the so-called “preppie murder case,” 18-year-old Jennifer Levin is found strangled in New York’s Central Park; Robert Chambers later pleads guilty to manslaughter and serves 15 years in prison.

August 26, 1983: Atty. Don L. Hanni Jr., chairman of the Mahoning County Democratic Party, says that if losing Democratic mayoral candidate Robert Spencer thinks Hanni is “such a dragon” Spencer should “pick up the sword and come after” Hanni’s chairmanship.

Residents of Youngstown’s neighboring communities want bus service and would support a half-cent tax to pay for it, says a study commissioned by the Western Reserve Transit Authority.

August 26 1968: Among the Mahoning Valley delegates arriving at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago are William Cafaro, Marvin H. Itts, Mayor A.B. Flask and Mahoning County Auditor Stephen R. Olenick.

An estimated $8,000 to $10,000 in jewelry and other merchandise is stolen from Roy’s Jewelry Store, 100 E. Federal St. Owner Roy Silvestri says 300 watches, wedding and birthstone rings, radios and costume jewelry were taken.

August 26 1958: A three-man team of Mahoning County building inspectors issues a clean bill of health for the 35 permanent and 3,000 temporary structures at the Canfield Fairgrounds following a two-hour tour of the 212-acre site.

The lowest August temperature on record sends shivers throughout the Youngstown district as the mercury drops to 42 degrees at the Youngstown Municipal Airport.

August 26 1933: Judge David G. Jenkins dissolves a temporary injunction that barred directors of the Cold Metal Process Co. from ousting A.P. Steckel as president. Steckel accused some of the directors of using Cold Metal assets to save other companies in which they were invested.

A clean-up campaign ordered by Mayor Mark Moore and Police Chief Leroy Goodwin results in the arrest of a Youngstown man and woman on liquor charges, a man on a gambling charge and five women and eight men on charges of suspicion.