Years Ago

Today is Monday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2011. There are 313 days left in the year. This is Presidents Day.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1866: Lucy B. Hobbs becomes the first woman to graduate from a dental school, the Ohio College of Dental Surgery in Cincinnati.

1911: Composer Gustav Mahler, despite a fever, conducts the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall in what turns out to be his final concert. (He dies the following May.)

1965: Black Muslim leader and civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, is shot to death at the Audubon Ballroom in New York by assassins identified as members of the Nation of Islam.

1972: President Richard M. Nixon begins his historic visit to China as he and his wife, Pat, arrive in Beijing.

1986: Larry Wu-tai Chin, the first American found guilty of spying for China, kills himself in a Virginia jail.

VINDICATOR FILES

1986: Facing growing concern that the Lake Milton dam could burst, the Youngstown Parks and Recreation Department agrees to breach the aging dam.

1971: Dr. Edith G. Painter, associate dean of student affairs at Youngstown State University, writes in the Journal of the National Association of Women Deans and Counselors, that while women have acquired more personal freedom than ever, they continue to be discriminated against, especially in earnings.

1961: Boardman Township trustees vote against rebuilding the old Town Hall on Market Street that was damaged by fire, meaning the second oldest building in the township will be razed.

1936: Municipal Judge Peter B. Mulholland refuses to explain why he suspended $25 fines for two men but made 15 others pay after their arrests for major traffic violations.

With assurances the WPA is ready to begin the proposed addition to the Tuberculosis Sanitorium, Mahoning County commissioners will advertise the sale of $90,000 in bonds.