Years ago

Today is Friday, Nov. 20, the 324th day of 2009. There are 41 days left in the year. On this date in 1947, Britain’s future queen, Princess Elizabeth, marries Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey.

In 1789, New Jersey becomes the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. In 1910, revolution breaks out in Mexico, led by Francisco I. Madero. In 1925, Robert F. Kennedy is born in Brookline, Mass. In 1929, the radio program “The Rise of the Goldbergs” debuts on the NBC Blue Network. In 1945, 22 out of 24 indicted Nazi officials go on trial (one in absentia) before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. In 1959, the United Nations issues its Declaration of the Rights of the Child. In 1967, the U.S. Census Bureau’s Population Clock at the Commerce Department ticks past 200 million.

November 20, 1984: Backers of the Ronneburg Brewing project at Youngstown Commerce Park have until Jan. 31 to come up with $18.4 million in private financing to qualify for a $9.3 million federal grant.

Lordstown Village Council votes to rezone $18.6 acres of Lyntz Road residential property for industrial use, clearing the way for Anchor Motor Freight’s proposed new terminal.

The Reagan administration is considering proposals to restrict veterans health benefits to help control the costs of benefits programs as millions of World War II veterans reach the age of 65, at which time they become eligible for medical care without regard to financial need.

November 20, 1969: Atty. Gen. Paul W. Brown, a Youngstowner, announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for governor, a position for which he has been much discussed since he stepped down from the Ohio Supreme Court to accept appointment as attorney general.

Atty. George M. Alexander, a practicing attorney in Youngstown for 12 years, is asked to show cause to the Ohio Supreme Court as to why he shouldn’t be disbarred.

Concepts of educations must be materially revised if it is to be a sound foundation for the future, Jenkin Lloyd Jones, editor and publisher of the Tulsa, Okla., Tribune tells business and civic leaders at the 64th annual dinner of the Youngstown Area Chamber of Commerce.

November 20, 1959: With steel companies swamped with one of the biggest peacetime order books in history, Youngstown area steel mills push their capacity to 98 percent of capacity, meaning that virtually all employees who had been idled by the nationwide strike are back to work.

The Youngstown Area Community Chest reaches $1.1 million in its campaign, exceeding the goal by $6,000.

November 20, 1934: Youngs-town City Council passes a resolution asking Finance Director Hugh Hindman to prepare a bond issue necessary for the construction of a new city police station.

Elmer E. Martin of Warren, convicted of murder and facing the death penalty, seeks a new trial on 12 grounds, including a claim that one of the jurors fell asleep during the trial.

Drought and borers are wreaking havoc in Mill Creek Park, threatening 400 to 500 fine big trees.