Years Ago

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 30, the 242nd day of 2011. There are 123 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1797: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, creator of “Frankenstein,” is born in London.

1905: Ty Cobb makes his major-league debut as a player for the Detroit Tigers, hitting a double in his first at-bat in a game against the New York Highlanders. (The Tigers win, 5-3.)

1963: The “Hot Line” communications link between Washington and Moscow goes into operation.

1967: The Senate confirms the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

1983: Guion S. Bluford Jr. becomes the first black American astronaut to travel in space as he blasts off aboard the Challenger.

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1986: A tentative agreement between the Warren Board of Education and the Warren Education Association averts a walkout by school teachers on the first day of class.

James A. Rhodes, seeking an unprecedented fifth term as Ohio governor, and his running mate, Robert Taft, attend a fund raiser at the Salem home of Peter and Jean Johnson, owners of Summitville Tile Co.

1971: Catholic Elementary and high schools in Mahoning County will lose more than 2,000 students in the new school year, most of whom have registered in public schools, following tuition increases imposed to make up for the loss of public funds.

The Mass Transit Authority will provide free bus service from Central Square to the Fairgrounds on one day; other days the fare will be 80 cents for adults, 60 cents for children and senior citizens.

1961: Nine Campbell gamblers have purchased $50 federal gambling tax stamps, the Internal Revenue Service in Cleveland discloses.

Austintown Township trustees delay action on a new lighting district for the College Park Estates after about 20 residents complain about the cost. The project would add $5 a year to the property owners’ tax duplicates.

1936: Edwin R. Zieger, secretary of the Canfield Fair Board, says there will be exhibition dog races during the fair, but there will be no pari-mutuel betting.

Women from every parish in Youngstown will work with Miss Nellie McHugh in arranging housing for visitors to the city during the Cleveland Diocesan Eucharistic Congress Sept. 23 and 24.