Today is Saturday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2010. There are 363 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Saturday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2010. There are 363 days left in the year. On this date in 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts launches his successful bid for the presidency as he announces his intention to enter the New Hampshire Democratic primary.

In 1788, Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1900, Secretary of State John Hay announces the “Open Door Policy” to facilitate trade with China. In 1929, the United States and Canada reach agreement on joint action to preserve Niagara Falls. In 1935, Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial in Flemington, N.J., on charges of kidnapping and murdering the 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (Hauptmann is found guilty, and executed.) In 1942, the Philippine capital of Manila is captured by Japanese forces during World War II. In 1959, the Soviet Union launches its space probe Luna 1, the first man made object to fly past the moon, its apparent intended target. In 1965, the New York Jets sign Alabama quarterback Joe Namath to a contract reportedly worth $427,000. In 1974, President Richard M. Nixon signs legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 miles an hour. (However, federal speed limits are abolished in 1995).

January 2, 1985: The new contract approved by the Youngstown Education Association calls for an increase of 4 percent in 1985 and as much as 7 percent in 1986, depending on the level of state subsidies the district receives.

Mahoning County traffic deaths total 33 at the end of 1984, a slight decrease from the year before.

The UCLA Bruins ruin New Year’s Day for the Ohio State Buckeyes with a 20-17 victory in the Rose Bowl before 102,594 fans.

January 2, 1970: The 1969 road toll in Youngstown and Mahoning County is 59.

E. Thaxton King, a social studies teacher at North High School, is named director of Youngstown’s Model Cities program by Mayor Jack C. Hunter.

Cardinal Mooney High School is one of the few schools in the United States that has five alumni simultaneously attending the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. They are Donald J. Carlson, Paul C. Carlson, John M. Yencha, James. R. Lamanna and John E. Schaffer.

January 2, 1960: A Youngstown student, Arthur Blair, is among the first to be enrolled in a new curriculum at Miami University of Ohio, the study of pulp and paper. The program was developed by Ohio’s paper industry and the college’s chemistry department.

Mahoning County records its first traffic fatality of the new year when a Warren man is killed and three are injured when their car goes out of control at 85 mph on a bend in route 7 near North Lima.

Mayor Frank R. Franko begins his term as mayor with a tour of City Hall with Mahoning County Democratic Party Chairman Jack Sulligan. The mayor names James Brahney his secretary.

January 2, 1935: Youngstown police begin arresting motorists who are driving without 1935 license plates.

Ralph Clarke, 29, of Arlington Street, is shot in the arm while walking at Hazel St. near Boardman St., apparently struck by a reveler’s stray bullet.

An Associated Press tabulation shows that 2,017 motorists died on Ohio highways in 1934. Youngstown was listed with 31 fatalities during the year, a decrease of one from 1933.