Today in history

Today is Saturday, June 27, the 178th day of 2009. There are 187 days left in the year. On this date in 1844, Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, are killed by a mob in Carthage, Ill.

In 1893, the New York stock market crashes. In 1950, the U.N. Security Council passes a resolution calling on member nations to help South Korea repel an invasion from the North. In 1957, more than 500 people are killed when Hurricane Audrey slams through coastal Louisiana and Texas. In 1969, police raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York’s Greenwich Village; patrons fight back in clashes considered the birth of the gay rights movement. In 1984, the Supreme Court ends the NCAA’s monopoly on controlling college football telecasts, ruling such control violates antitrust law. In 1986, the International Court of Justice at The Hague rules that the United States has broken international law and violated the sovereignty of Nicaragua by aiding the contras.

June 27, 1984: The Mahoning County Community Improvement Corp. is expected to approve a $700,000 issue of industrial development bonds for the Modern Window and Awning Co., which plans to relocate from 630 Marshall St. to the Steel City Milling Building on East Federal Street.

U.S. Rep. Dennis Eckart, D-Mentor, Ohio, favors harsh legislative action against television networks if they continue reporting election night news that discourages voter turnout in states where the polls remain open.

June 27, 1969: GOP Mayoral candidate Jack C. Hunter fires the opening shot in his campaign to unseat Mayor Anthony B. Flask, saying the city needs new leadership to meet the challenges of the 1970’s.

Gov. James A. Rhodes says he will push for establishment of a new medical college in the Akron-Canton area, affiliated with Akron and Kent State universities. Youngstown interests are pushing for inclusion of Youngstown State University in the consortium.

June 27, 1959: The Seventh District Court of Appeals upholds a court decision denying Jacob Perko’s suit for damages against the Structural Iron Workers Union for job discrimination. Perko claimed the union discriminated against him because he helped members of other crafts on jobs that were rightfully the jobs of structural iron workers.

The federal Urban Renewal Administration approves a federal grant of $31,780 to Trumbull County to help prepare a comprehensive plan for growth of the Warren metropolitan area, an effort that would help Trumbull County interests in their effort to split Warren from the Youngstown Standard Metropolitan Area.

June 27, 1934: The regional labor board in Cleveland finds unproven accusations that Ohio Leather Co. of Girard has been discriminating against labor workers.

Martin F. Hricka of Canonsburg. Pa., is claiming ownership of a house and garage valued at $5,000 that were built by David Weingarten by mistake on a lot owned by Hricka at 1007 Norwood Ave. Weingarten actually owns a nearby lot, and has offered to exchange that lot and give Hricka $200 or buy Hricka’s lot for $800, offers that Hricka has refused.