This Day in History

Today is Monday, Dec. 6, the 340th day of 2010. There are 25 days left in the year.

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1790: Congress moves to Philadelphia from New York.

1907: The worst mining disaster in U.S. history kills 362 men and boys die in a coal mine explosion in Monongah, W.Va.

1917: Some 2,000 people die when an explosives-laden French cargo ship collides with a Norwegian vessel at the harbor in Halifax, Nova Scotia, setting off a blast that devastates the city.

1960: Nearly 9 million acres of Alaska is set aside as an Arctic National Wildlife Range by order of Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton.

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1985: The Ohio Department of Natural Resources approves a permit to convert a gas well on state Route 305 near Warner Road into a brine well.

The A.P. O’Horo Co. is tearing down the Himrod Avenue Bridge, a major link between the East Side and downtown. A new $3.5 million span will be constructed.

1970: Five of Warren’s six captains are ruled eligible to take the exam for chief to replace Manley English, who is retiring in January. They are Jon Falatic, Jack Gardner, Robert Hipple, Frank Luscombe and Harry Thomas.

Cardinal Mooney scores 133 points to win the sweepstakes trophy in the Boardman Rotary Speech Tournament. Fourteen schools and 150 students compete.

1960: An effort is underway by a New York investment group to gain control of General Fireproofing Co. through large purchases of stock. The sales have brought fluctuation in GF stock prices.

Mayor Frank R. Franko says he wants as many men as are needed to clean the streets and sidewalks downtown every day during the Christmas shopping season.

1935: Mahoning County Prosecutor J.H. Leighninger endorses the use of voting machines to reduce the time and expense of tabulating the vote on election day and in recounts.

The Literary Digest’s national poll of 10 million people shows only the South is unified in supporting President Roosevelt’s New Deal policies and even there, Florida is a defector.