Today is Monday, Dec. 15, the 350th day of 2008. There are 16 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Monday, Dec. 15, the 350th day of 2008. There are 16 days left in the year. On this date in 1791, the Bill of Rights goes into effect following ratification by Virginia.

In 1890, Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members are killed in Grand River, S.D., during a confrontation with Indian police. In 1938, groundbreaking ceremonies for the Jefferson Memorial take place in Washington, D.C., with President Franklin D. Roosevelt taking part. In 1939, the motion picture “Gone With the Wind” has its world premiere in Atlanta. In 1944, a single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller, who was a major in the U.S. Army Air Forces, disappears over the English Channel while en route to Paris. In 1944, during World War II, American forces invade Mindoro Island in the Philippines. In 1961, former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death by an Israeli court. In 1965, two U.S. manned spacecraft, Gemini 6A and Gemini 7, maneuver to within 10 feet of each other while in orbit. In 1978, Cleveland becomes the first major U.S. city since the Great Depression to default on its loans.

December 15, 1983: Sister Mildred Ely, who has been associated with St. Joseph Hospital in Warren for five years, is named the medical facility’s new executive director.

Mayor-elect Patrick Ungaro names Gary Kubic, an assistant city finance director, as his city finance director. The appointment requires City Council approval.

December 15, 1968: The Youngstown district’s 110,000-man labor force is somewhat merrier this Christmas season, with payrolls $2 million to $3 million higher than they were in late September.

Mr. and Mrs. George Collier and members of the Poland fire department rescue three deer that fell though thin ice on the lake in front of the Collier home at 849 Youngstown-Poland Road. The deer were running from hunters. After they were rescued, dried and warmed, they returned to the woods.

December 15, 1958: The Youngstown area is gripped in cold for the 10th straight day with temperatures hitting five below in Salem, a record low.

Two children in a family of five are in fair condition in South Side Hospital, recovering from gas fumes that overcame the entire family of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Harvey in their N. Raccoon home.

Phillip J. Dalessandro, 38, of Campbell is killed when he is struck by a car while he and his brother were pushing their stalled automobile at Sixth St. and Blossom Ave.

December 15, 1933: Former Youngstown Mayor Joseph L. Heffernan, who charged political interference in the management of CWA in Mahoning County, is at work as a CWA payroll inspector.

L.S. Hamaker, sales promotion manager of Republic Steel Corp., says stainless steel is expected to occupy an important place in steel sales because of its corrosion-resisting qualities. The steel is made in electric furnaces and uses expensive alloys, including ferro-chromium and nickel.