Years Ago

August 14, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Today is Saturday, Aug. 14, the 226th day of 2010. There are 139 days left in the year.

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1935: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law.

1848: The Oregon Territory is created.

1900: International forces, including U.S. Marines, enter Beijing to put down the Boxer Rebellion, which is aimed at purging China of foreign influence.

1908: A race riot erupts in Springfield, Ill., as a white mob begins setting black-owned homes and businesses on fire; at least two blacks and five whites are killed in the violence.

1909: The newly opened Indianapolis Motor Speedway holds its first event, a series of motorcycle races.

1945: President Harry S. Truman announces that Japan has surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II.

1947: Pakistan becomes independent of British rule.

1969: British troops go to Northern Ireland to intervene in sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics.

1980: President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale are nominated for second terms at the Democratic National Convention in New York.

1980: Workers go on strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, in a job action that results in the creation of the Solidarity labor movement.

Actress-model Dorothy Stratten, 20, is shot to death by her estranged husband and manager, Paul Snider, who then kills himself.

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1985: A fire that destroys the paint department at the General Motors Lordstown plant caused an estimated $15 million in damage.

Youngstown State University announces the tri-captains for the 1985 football squad, Nick Xides, Gary Barber and Robert L. Thompson.

Officials from Niles, Newton Falls and Hubbard Township are advised by Federal Emergency Management Agency officials to appeal unresolved claims stemming from the May 31 tornado to the agency’s Washington, D.C., headquarters.

1970: Treasure Island Department Stores of Youngstown will open a self-service full-line operation in the former Sears Roebuck & Co. building at Market Street and Hylda Avenue in the Uptown district.

John J. Tobin Jr., former Youngstown councilman convicted of insurance fraud in 1958, who served five years in prison for that crime, walks away from a Chino, Calif., prison where he was serving time for theft.

Trumbull County commissioners Robert E. Hagan and Lamar Young vote to remove Commissioner Gary Thompson as chairman of the board. Young, the vice chairman, will succeed Thompson.

1960: The steel industry’s growing affinity for European-developed oxygen converter steel-making will force Youngstown mills to spend millions on the new technology to stay competitive.

Illinois Sen. Adlai E. Stevenson, twice the Democratic Party presidential nominee, flies into Youngstown to attend the wedding reception for Edison Dick of Lake Forest, Ill., and his bride, Sally R. Williams, of Youngstown, at the Youngstown Country Club.

The Youngstown Air Force Base, almost forgotten since the departure of jet fighters in early 1960, displays new vigor as it welcomes more than 750 reservists for two weeks of summer training.

1935: John J. Borak, fiery-tempered novelty store proprietor, easily defeats J.R. Kubovcik, Telegraph delivery manager and reputed “fair-haired boy” of county Democratic leaders, for the Campbell Democratic mayoralty nomination.

A 75-foot section of a 500-foot stone sea wall mysteriously sinks into Lake Milton. Water Commissioner Dan Parish sends divers down to find an explanation.

Termites are discovered gnawing on the timbers of the Garfield School and two portable school buildings at Hillman Street School.