Years Ago

July 16, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Today is Friday, July 16, the 197th day of 2010. There are 168 days left in the year.

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1790: A site along the Potomac River is designated the permanent seat of the United States government; the area becomes Washington, D.C.

1862: David G. Farragut becomes the first rear admiral in the United States Navy.

1935: The first parking meters are installed, in Oklahoma City.

1945: The United States explodes its first experimental atomic bomb, in the desert of Alamogordo, N.M.

1957: Marine Maj. John Glenn sets a transcontinental speed record by flying a jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds.

1964: As he accepts the Republican presidential nomination in San Francisco, Barry M. Goldwater says “extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice” and that “moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”

1969: Apollo 11, blasts off from Cape Kennedy on the first manned mission to the surface of the moon.

1970: Three Rivers Stadium, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Pirates, officially opens as the Pirates lose to the Cincinnati Reds 3-2. (The stadium is demolished in 2001.)

1980: Former California Gov. Ronald Reagan wins the Republican presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Detroit.

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1985: U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., who had been a critic of the proposed Ronneburg Brewery project in North Jackson, joins the effort to win release of a $9.3 million federal loan for the project.

The Poland Board of Education approves a budget for the first six months of 1986 of $2.9 million. The half-year budget will put the district in accord with a new state law that sets school budgets on the same fiscal year as state appropriations.

A dedication service is held for the nearly completed $500,000 headquarters building of the Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania Baptist Association at 3216 McGuffey Road.

1970: An Otsego, Mich., truck driver is killed when he is catapulted into the water from a bridge over Berlin Reservoir after his truck skids either because of a blown tired or brake-lock and hits the bridge wall.

Youngstown City Council approves spending $19,000 for a job classification survey of all city employees by Public Administration Service of Chicago.

Six of seven Youngstown Muslims convicted of conspiracy to kidnap and attempt to kill a former member are sentenced to state prison by Mahoning Common Pleas Judge Clyde E. Osborne.

Movie actress Jane Russell and TV comedian Soupy Sales star in the Kenley Players production of “High Button Shoes” at the Packard Music Hall in Warren.

1960: Two boys, 15 and 12, who were involved in 19 Youngstown burglaries are sentenced to the Boys Industrial School by Juvenile Court Judge Henry P. Beckenbach.

Pipe Line Service Co. of Franklin Park., Ill., announces plans to build a new pipe-wrapping and coating plant estimated to cost $1 million.

1935: The Penn-Ohio Coach Lines Co. agrees to move its bus terminal from Central Square to an undetermined location within 13 months.

Youngstown area astronomers gather at several spots to watch and photographically record a lunar eclipse that was more complete than any seen in the last 50 years or will be seen in the next 50.

Frank Rendinelli files suit against the Youngstown Jockey Club, which operates horse races at Canfield, claiming he was hired to watch for pickpockets at the track but was not paid for his services.