Today is Friday, Nov. 7, the 312th day of 2008. There are 54 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, Nov. 7, the 312th day of 2008. There are 54 days left in the year. On this date in 1917, Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution takes place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrow the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky.

In 1874, the Republican Party is symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly. In 1916, Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to Congress. In 1918, during World War I, an erroneous report that an armistice has been signed sets off celebrations across the country. In 1940, in Washington state, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, nicknamed “Galloping Gertie,” collapses during a windstorm. In 1944, President Roosevelt wins an unprecedented fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey.

November 7, 1983: Mahoning County Clerk of Courts Anthony Vivo plans to lay off 18 of 36 employees in his office immediately and hopes it will allow his office to finish the year within its budget.

A part-time Poland Township patrolman, Richard E. Becker, is shot to death behind Arnold’s Lounge on state Route 170, just north of Springfield Township. Mahoning County deputies charge Henry Perdue with murder. He is in Westchester (Va.) Memorial Hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound inflicted at the nearby home of an uncle.

The Springfield Local Board of Education fails to reach a decision on meeting a court order that busing be provided for students who attend Cardinal Mooney High School, St. Matthias School and Youngstown Christian Academy in Youngstown.

November 7, 1968: Members of the Youngstown Board of Education begin a series of informal sessions with staff members to discuss the orderly closing of the city’s 46 school buildings Nov. 27 and policies in force until schools reopen in January.

The Struthers administration and City Council suggest that irregularities in procedures may have contributed to the defeat of two issues on the ballot.

Five members of the Youngstown State University ROTC program receive distinguished military student awards. They are: James Adamko, Dennis Yost, Jeffrey Johnson, Joseph Grunewald and Larry Minamyer.

November 7, 1958: The arrest of six men on charges of avoiding paying Youngstown’s city income tax brings a flood of delinquent taxpayers to City Hall.

The Austintown Township Zoning Commission unanimously recommended rezoning for industrial use of 250 acres of land in West Austintown for a proposed $25 million industrial park.

November 7, 1933: If Ohio voters ratify repeal of national and state prohibition, Judge Peter Mulholland, presiding judge of Youngstown Municipal Court, says he will release all of the 81 liquor cases pending in the court.

Sandy Naples, 29, of Poplar Avenue, Youngstown, is jailed in Warren after being arrested during a break-in at Sol Weimer’s store in Masury.