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April 15, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Today is Thursday, April 15, the 105th day of 2010. There are 260 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1817: The first permanent American school for the deaf opens in Hartford, Conn.

1861: Three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln declares a state of insurrection and calls out Union troops.

1865: President Abraham Lincoln dies, nine hours after being shot the night before by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington. Andrew Johnson becomes the nation’s 17th president.

1912: The British luxury liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg; some 1,500 people die.

1945: During World War II, British and Canadian troops liberate the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.

1947: Jackie Robinson, baseball’s first black major league player, makes his official debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodgers defeat the Boston Braves, 5-3.

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1985: A roaring six-alarm fire destroys the popular Starlite Cafe, causing an estimated $500,000 damage and throwing 36 employees out of work.

Youngstown Mayor Patrick J. Ungaro says he will submit legislation to City Council to prohibit draw poker machines within the city limits.

1970: The Youngstown Transit Co. raises its fares to 50 cents for all city riders, after rejecting a plan to lease its facilities to the Mahoning Valley Regional Mass Transit Authority.

Youngstown State University trustees approve a 1970-71 budget of $19 million, which includes $2.3 million for a parking deck.

1960: Training classes for severely retarded children should be a function of the board of education, it is reported by a special subcommittee of the Health and Welfare Council to the Community Chest executive committee.

1935: The motor car industry, the nation’s largest, is running in high gear, with more cars sold in the first 16 weeks of 1935 than were sold in all of 1932.

Mahoning County officials continuing to eliminate chiselers from the relief rolls, with 105 people exposed so far.