Years Ago

Today is Friday, Nov. 26, the 330th day of 2010. There are 35 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1789: This is a day of thanksgiving set aside by President George Washington to observe the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.

1842: The founders of the University of Notre Dame arrive at the school’s present-day site near South Bend, Ind.

1910: Two dozen young women are killed when fire breaks out at a muslin factory in Newark, N.J.

1943: During World War II, the HMT Rohna, a British transport ship carrying American soldiers, is hit by a German missile off Algeria; 1,138 men are killed.

1949: India adopts a constitution as a republic within the British Commonwealth.

1950: China enters the Korean War, launching a counteroffensive against soldiers from the United Nations, the U.S. and South Korea.

1973: President Richard Nixon’s personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court that she’d accidentally caused part of the 181/2-minute gap in a key Watergate tape.

2008: Teams of heavily armed gunmen storm luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in Mumbai, India, leaving at least 166 people dead in a rampage lasting some 60 hours.

VINDICATOR FILES

1985: Youngstown City Council asks the Ungaro administration to determine the cost of removing Federal Plaza and restoring traffic flow through downtown.

The Tamarkin Co. gives notice that it will close four more Valu King stores permanently effective Dec. 7 because of an 11-day strike by meat cutters. The stores are in Boardman, Howland, Hermitage and New Castle.

Chuck Tanner, new manager of the Atlanta Braves, will be the principal speaker at the Mahoning Valley Economic Development Corp.’s banquet at the VIP in Niles.

1970: Army Spec. 4 Frank R. Hiteshue, 20, of Youngstown is reported killed in Vietnam after being struck by a land mine.

A six-day walkout by deputies continues and Sheriff Ray T. Davis says he and his deputies will join forces to pressure county commissioners to provide more money for the department’s 1971 budget.

1960: “People mange to squeeze out money for Christmas, even if they have to borrow it,” a downtown Youngstown store executive says to explain the crowds that kickoff the Christmas shopping season.

Niles Police Chief John Ross issues his annual warning to motorists that police “will show no mercy to drunken drivers.”

1935: The Campbell Hotel, notorious night and day resort, is gutted by fire, driving 18 people, including six women, from their beds in their night clothes. Fire Chief James Gustinelli was partially overcome by smoke and five firemen narrowly escaped injury or death when the roof collapses.

President Roosevelt approves $312,000 in federal funds for the Wick Avenue grade elimination project. The city will provide $27,000 and the Erie Railroad, $51,000.