Years Ago

August 13, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Today is Friday, Aug. 13, the 225th day of 2010. There are 140 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1521: Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez captures Tenochtitlan, present-day Mexico City, from the Aztecs.

1624: King Louis XIII of France appoints Cardinal Richelieu his first minister.

1846: The American flag is raised for the first time in Los Angeles.

1860: Legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley is born in Darke County, Ohio.

1910: Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, dies in London at age 90.

1932: Adolf Hitler rejects the post of vice chancellor of Germany, saying he is prepared to hold out “for all or nothing.”

1934: The satirical comic strip “Li’l Abner,” created by Al Capp, makes its debut.

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1985: Mahoning Common Pleas Judge Peter C. Economus rules that two Campbell councilmen, Robert Wilson and Robert Yankle, can serve as councilmen while holding civil service jobs because Campbell elections are nonpartisan.

Judge Nathaniel Jones of the 6th U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, says he was treated courteously by South African police who arrested him and detained him for four hours for illegally entering a restricted black township.

Howland Township Trustee David Hines is named by the Democratic Central Committee to serve as Trumbull County treasurer and will serve until a special election is held for the unexpired term of Treasurer Harold Williams, who died.

1970: Venice Homes Inc. files suit seeking to force Youngstown Water Commissioner David A. O’Neil to provide water service for the College Park development in Austintown. The suit claims Youngstown’s contract with Mahoning County requires it to provide service.

Martin Lipton, 72, of Palm Springs, Calif., and the Hotel Ohio, president of the Tri-County Distributing Co., dies in St. Elizabeth Hospital after becoming ill at the Elks club.

A 22-year-old Youngs-town man is injured when the facade of the Hills Department Store in Lincoln Knolls Plaza collapses. Damage is estimated at $25, 000.

1960: A 38-year-old Windham man is sentenced to three days in jail for driving his motorboat while drunk on Lake Milton.

After setting two monthly records for revenues at the Youngstown Airport, Capital Airlines announces that it will sharply cut its service in Youngstown Sept. 6, at least temporarily, because of a shortage of aircraft.

Anthony Liberator, 39-year-old Cleveland gangster, is being questioned in Warren in the slaying of Vincent Innocenzi, after being picked up for parole violation.

1935: More than 1,700 men in Mahoning County are eligible to start on WPA projects, says H.R. Weller, manager of the local office of the Ohio State Employment Service.

Mahoning County venders have purchased nearly $1 million in sales-tax stamps since the tax was enacted.

Youngstown police are questioning a 19-year-old girl after Rosey Brooks, 47, dies after being stabbed in the back during a quarrel.