Today is Sunday, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 2008. There are 325 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Sunday, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 2008. There are 325 days left in the year. On this date in 1967, the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, dealing with presidential disability and succession, is ratified as Minnesota and Nevada adopted it.

In 1840, Britain’s Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. In 1942, RCA Victor presents Glenn Miller and his Orchestra with a “gold record” for their recording of “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” which had sold more than 1 million copies. In 1949, Arthur Miller’s play “Death of a Salesman” opens at Broadway’s Morosco Theater with Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman. In 1962, the Soviet Union exchanges captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolf Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States. In 1968, U.S. figure skater Peggy Fleming wins America’s only gold medal of the Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble, France. In 1989, Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first black to head a major U.S. political party. In 2005, playwright Arthur Miller dies in Roxbury, Conn., at age 89 on the 56th anniversary of the Broadway opening of his “Death of a Salesman.”

February 10, 1983: In response to Sheriff James A. Traficant’s  claim that he isn’t signing foreclosure deeds because he refuses to be a  party to putting families out on the street, Youngstown banking representatives say most foreclosures — including the four Traficant is blocking — involve vacant or abandoned houses.

Architects handling the site determination for a new $12 million Institute for Advance Applied Science and Technical Studies at Youngstown State University are unable to settle on a location. The first choice is that of the Pollock House on Wick Avenue, which critics say should be preserved because it is an important part of cultural history.

February 10, 1968: The Mercer County Historical Society announces that it will build a new two-story museum and office building in Courthouse Square.

The Ohio State University College of Medicine is using a rod-like instrument that can be cooled to 200 degrees below zero in treating certain types of cancers.

Showing at the Liberty Theater, “Cool Hand Luke,” starring Paul Newman; at the Wedgewood Cinema, “Grand Prix,” starring James Garner.

February 10, 1958:  Youngstown detectives are investigating the theft of more than $500 from a wall safe in the business offices of South Side Hospital.

Under pressure from the New York Commission Against Discrimination, Trans World Airlines promises to hire a Negro as a flight attendant within the next 90 days. Mohawk Airlines hired Ruth Taylor, the nation’s first Negro stewardess, in December.

February 10, 1933:  Youngstown Mayor Mark E. Moore seeks to find a large amount of municipal work that can be done by conscript labor. Peter J. Corll, soup station superintendent, says 20 percent of the applications for relief would fall off if the applicants had to work.

State Examiner C.E. Lippincott recommends a drastic reduction in the salaries of Campbell city officials and employees. He recommends cutting the mayor’s and police chief’s annual salaries in half, from $3,600 to $1,800 and from $3,000 to $1,500 respectively, and police and fire salaries by a third, from $1,800 to $1,200. The city is in deep debt and already owes $108,000 in backpay to its employees.