Years Ago

Today is Monday, April 11, the 101st day of 2011. There are 264 days left in the year.

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1899: The treaty ending the Spanish-American War is declared in effect.

1921: Iowa is the first state to impose a cigarette tax, at 2 cents a package.

1945: During World War II, American soldiers liberate the notorious Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald in Germany.

1951: President Harry S. Truman relieves Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his Far East commands.

1979: Idi Amin is deposed as president of Uganda as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces seize control.

1981: President Ronald Reagan returns to the White House from the hospital, 12 days after he was wounded in an assassination attempt.

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1986: Mahoning County commissioners inform seven classified county employees that unless they abandon their candidacies for precinct committee posts they will face dismissal from their jobs.

Former Ohio Gov. James A. Rhodes tells Mahoning County Republicans that repairs to the Lake Milton Dam should take no more than six months. The Celeste administration says it will take two years to refurbish the dam.

1971: Leader International Industries headquartered in Salem announces that it is buying a 188-room motel in Cocoa Beach, Fla.

1961: A mysterious bomb rips the home of William Becker at 1563 Willard SE in Warren.

The Youngstown Planning Commission reviews plans for $16.5 million in expansion at Youngstown University.

1936: William H. Muldoon, general manager of the Youngstown Municipal Railway Co., announces that a contract has been signed for 25 trolley buses from the Twin Coach Co. of Kent, Ohio. The cost of buses and overhead is $430,000.

Officers and directors of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. are registered holders of 95,548 of the outstanding 1.2 million common shares, the Wall Street Journal reports.