Years Ago

September 28, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 28, the 271st day of 2010. There are 94 days left in the year.

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1066: William the Conqueror invades England to claim the English throne.

1850: Flogging is abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy.

1920: Eight members of the Chicago White Sox are indicted for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in what becomes known as the “Black Sox” scandal. (Despite initial confessions by several of the players, all are acquitted at trial; still, all eight were banned from baseball for life.)

1924: Two U.S. Army planes land in Seattle, having completed the first round-the-world flight in 175 days.

1939: During World War II, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a treaty calling for the partitioning of Poland, which the two countries had invaded.

1960: Ted Williams hits a home run in his last career at-bat as his team, the Boston Red Sox, defeats the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 at Fenway Park.

1974: First lady Betty Ford undergoes a mastectomy at Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Maryland, following discovery of a cancerous lump in her breast.

1989: Deposed Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos dies in exile in Hawaii at age 72.

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1985: Dallas-based LTV Corp.’s board of directors suspends dividend payments that amount to more than $40 million annually on its preferred stock to “preserve cash.”

The American Iron and Steel Institute says imports climbed to more than 2 million tons in August, claiming a fourth of the domestic market.

1970: The United Auto Workers Strike Committee is processing applications for food stamps as General Motors employees sign up for strike benefits in Newton Falls.

Two 18-year-old New Castle youths are killed on a rain-slicked U.S. Route 224 at Poland Center when their car strikes a tree and splits in half. Dead are Gayle D. Paden, and Russell D. Parke.

1960: More than 3,000 people jam the Mahoning County Board of Elections on the last day to register for voting in the presidential election.

The Youngstown Planning Commission takes the first step toward a new office-institutional zone classification to guide development of Market Street south of Midlothian Blvd. and in other fringe areas.

1935: With 46 of 83 open hearths in operation, Youngstown district steel plants are scheduled to reach 55 percent of capacity.

Atty. A.M. Henderson and W.C. Holzworth, president of Struthers Iron and Steel Co., are seriously injured when Holzworth’s auto crashes into a streetcar on Albert Street.