Today is Friday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2009. There are 321 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2009. There are 321 days left in the year. On this date in 1542, England’s Queen Catherine Howard is executed for treason on the orders of her husband Henry VIII.

In 1635, Boston Latin School, the United States’ oldest secondary school, is founded. In 1689, the English Parliament adopts a Bill of Rights. In 1795, the first U.S. state university opens in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In 1820, Duc de Berry, heir to French throne, is assassinated by an anti-royalist. In 1914, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, known as ASCAP, is founded in New York City. In 1920, The League of Nations recognizes Switzerland’s neutrality.

February 13, 1984: Four San Francisco 49ers, Joe Montana, Russ Francis, Freddie Solomon and Dwight Clark, will be special guests at the Youngstown Symphony Guild’s annual ball to be held in Mr. Anthony’s in Boardman.

Hunt Steel Co. files for bankruptcy under Chapter 11, giving the company protection against its creditors while working out its financial problems.

February 13, 1969: The Mahoning County grand jury, alarmed at reports by Youngstown police concerning drug use in Mahoning County, asks for citizen cooperation in combating what it called a “wave of crime.”

Abe Harshman, president of the Youngstown Board of Education, says Youngstown schools will close without some sort of help from the state in the wake of another levy defeat.

February 13, 1959: Lowellville Police Chief Thomas Augustine, who has been feuding with Mayor Alfred Melillo, says he has changed his mind about resigning and will return from vacation and back to work.

During the trial of the first of four young men charged in the rape of a Struthers girl, three co-defendants called to testify invoke their Fifth Amendment right to remain silent.

February 13, 1934: Youngstown City Council’s finance committee recommends another $40,000 be cut from government’s payroll, on top of 10 percent cuts that saved $75,000.

An 18-year-old Wayne Avenue youth survives a jump from the Market Street Bridge into the Mahoning River. He told police he was despondent because he has gone blind in one eye and a doctor told him he will likely lose sight in the other eye.