Years Ago

Today is Monday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2011. There are 124 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1533: The last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa, is executed on orders of Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro.

1877: The second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Brigham Young, dies in Salt Lake City, Utah, at age 76.

1944: Fifteen thousand American troops march down the Champs Elysees in Paris as the French capital continues to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.

1957: The Senate gives final congressional approval to a Civil Rights Act after South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond (then a Democrat) ends a filibuster that had lasted 24 hours.

1966: The Beatles conclude their fourth American tour with their last public concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

2005: Hurricane Katrina hits the Gulf Coast near Buras, La., bringing floods that devastates New Orleans. More than 1,800 people in the region die.

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1986: Thomas G. Krispli, president of the Youngstown Education Association, recommends that city teachers strike if no agreement on a new contract is reached with the Board of Education.

Dominic Sole, 97, of Struthers enters competition at the Canfield Fair for the first time and wins a blue ribbon for his sunflower plant that stood more than 14 feet tall.

1971: Two armed men escape with more than $4,000 in a robbery at the Campbell State Liquor Store, 761 McCartney Road.

General Motors Corp. predicts a record sale of 1972 models if President Nixon’s economic policies restore consumer confidence as expected.

John Joseph Yemma of Struthers receives his Ph.D. in cytochemistry from Pennsylvania State University where he has been a member of the faculty.

1961: An early Christmas rush is already affecting some 300 employees at General Electric Co.’s Youngstown plant who will receive Saturday overtime pay manufacturing Christmas tree bulbs.

The North Side Kiwanis Club unanimously approves a resolution supporting a half-mill tax levy for the Youngstown Public Library.

1936: Idora Park and the Parkview Avenue area are digging out of a mess left by heavy winds and a rainstorm that blew through the Mahoning Valley. One tree crashed through the merry-go-round building.

With steel output in the Youngstown district assured at 80 percent during the last week of the month, August will close with average production well above 75 percent.