Years Ago

August 21, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Today is Saturday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2010. There are 132 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1831: Nat Turner leads a violent slave rebellion in Virginia resulting in the deaths of at least 55 white people. (He is later executed.)

1858: The first of seven debates between Illinois senatorial contenders Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas takes place.

1878: The American Bar Association is founded in Saratoga, N.Y.

1911: Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” is stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris. (The painting turns up two years later, in Italy.)

1959: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order making Hawaii the 50th state.

1963: Martial law is declared in South Vietnam as police and army troops begin a crackdown on Buddhist anti-government protesters.

1983: Philippine opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino Jr., ending a self-imposed exile in the United States, is shot dead moments after stepping off a plane at Manila International Airport.

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1985: A U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development official says that Youngstown and Jackson Township officials must reach an agreement on sharing tax revenue from the proposed Ronneburg Brewery before a $9.3 million federal grant is approved.

The Campbell Fire Department takes “old reliable” out of service, the 1942 American LaFrance fire engine. It is sold to J.C. Moore Industries of Fredonia, Pa., which specializes in refurbishing old fire engines.

1970: The Youngstown Development Review Committee approves the design and construction of a $2.25 million parking garage at Youngstown State University.

Three people are the first to be arrested by Youngstown police for failure to pay 1969 income taxes after warrants are issued by the city Finance Department.

The Trumbull County Budget Commission transfers $242,000 from the West Branch Reservoir construction fund to the general fund to relieve the strain on the county’s budget.

A staff member of the President’s Commission on Campus Unrest says 29 Ohio National Guardsmen fired a minimum of 54 shots in 11 seconds when four students were slain at Kent State University May 4.

1960: Back-to-school and summer closeout sales attract many shoppers to downtown Youngstown, giving a slight shot in the arm to sluggish retail sales.

Thirteen Youngstown University Army ROTC cadets are commissioned second lieutenants in ceremonies on campus.

1935: Benjamin F. Fairless, Republic Steel Corp. executive vice president and a Youngstown resident since 1930, resigns to take a position with U.S. Steel Corp.

Ray Hoover, a 13-year-old farm boy near Portersville, Pa., finds the body of a man about 30 tied to a tree and shot through the head. Police are treating it as a gang killing.

Tax officials estimate that inheritance taxes will take about a fourth of the $2.5 million estate left by entertainer Will Rogers.