Years Ago

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2010. There are 38 days left in the year.

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1765: Frederick County, Md., becomes the first colonial entity to repudiate the British Stamp Act.

1804: The 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, is born in Hillsboro, N.H.

1889: The first jukebox makes its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon.

1903: Singer Enrico Caruso makes his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in “Rigoletto.”

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1985: Bishop James W. Malone, president of the 300-member National Conference of Catholic Bishops, will lead the U.S. delegation to an extraordinary synod of bishops in Rome, the first time a Youngstown native has done so.

The annual free Thanksgivings celebration feast will be served for 500 at First Presbyterian Church at Wood Street and Rayen Avenue.

1970: Catherine Summers, 90, widow of prominent Realtor Bert Summers, dies after being struck by a car in front of her home.

More than 6,000 strike-idled employees of General Motors head back to work at the GM Vega 2300 assembly line at Lordstown.

About 50 educators and civic leaders brave biting cold winds to break ground for the Mahoning County Joint Vocational School on Palmyra Road near Canfield.

1960: Mercer County District Attorney John Q. Stranahan wins another round in his fight to extradite Philip Mainer of Youngstown and Joseph Drago of Cleveland to Pennsylvania to stand trial for the burglary of a Sharon store in September.

Mayor Frank R. Franko refuses the League of Women Voters of Greater Youngstown permission to remove political posters “because the city has already removed election debris.”

1935: Ohio Auditor Joseph Tracey balks at paying $3,400 for a second-hand 1934 Lincoln bought by the Ohio State Highway Patrol for the use of Gov. Martin Davey.

Two armed highwaymen escape with $31 in cash and bus tokens from bus driver Walter R. Miller. Miller tried to give them a smaller amount, but they demanded everything he had, even emptying his pockets.