Today is Friday, Jan. 25, the 25th day of 2008. There are 341 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, Jan. 25, the 25th day of 2008. There are 341 days left in the year. On this date in 1858, Britain’s Princess Victoria (the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert), marries Crown Prince Frederick William (the future German Emperor and King of Prussia) at St. James Palace.

In 1787, Shays’s Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers led by Capt. Daniel Shays fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass. In 1890, reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) of the New York World completes a round-the-world journey in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes. In 1915, Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service. In 1946, the United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor. In 1959, American Airlines begins jet flights between New York and Los Angeles on the Boeing 707. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy holds the first presidential news conference carried live on radio and television.

January 25, 1983: Robert Kroner, special agent of the FBI, testifies that Sheriff James A. Traficant was shocked when agents played a tape recording of a conversation between him and Orland and Charles Carabbia, minutes after Traficant denied knowing the Carabbias.

The Ohio Lottery will launch a new million-dollar game, “Big Money,” that lottery officials hope will increase lotto sales to a total of $0 million in 1984 and $60 million by 1985.

Robert Jackiemowicz of the Youngstown Community Development Agency, tells the North Side Citizen’s Coalition that the downtown business district has a future and merchants and city officials are working to make it brighter.

January 25, 1968: George Stefko, 42, shoots and kills his 17-year-old adopted daughter, Faith, at their home at 7942 South Ave., Boardman, and then kills himself.

General Motors Corp.’s Lordstown plant will suspend production, idling 4,500 production workers, because of shortages of critical materials due to strikes at GM plants in Saginaw, Mich., and Tonawonda, N.Y.

Speaking at the Youngstown Country Club, Gov. James A. Rhodes warns district leaders that 90 percent of high school graduates in the spring will be untrained and unskilled to take a place in Ohio industry.

January 25, 1958: A 24-hour police guard has been posted at the South Side Hospital rooms of two Youngstown men injured when a bomb triggered by the ignition demolished their 1955 Cadillac behind a Poland Avenue gambling den.

Sparks from a short circuit in a defective gasoline pump ignited a fire at the Boardman Transit Co.’s garage at 7248 Southern Blvd., causing $25,000 in damage.

Library trustees will triple the floor space of the West Side Branch at 2815 Mahoning Ave. to accommodate the growing population of the area it serves.

January 25, 1933: Proposed changes in Columbus in allocation of the intangible personal property tax would increase the amount going to schools and bar such entities as Mill Creek Park and the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District from receiving intangible tax revenue.

Youngstown has joined the craze that is sweeping the nation, jig saw puzzles. A dozen years ago, during another economic downturn, crossword puzzles became the rage.

Joining the comic pages of the Vindicator, the adventures of Little Orphan Annie and her dog, Sandy.