Years Ago

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 5, the fifth day of 2011. There are 360 days left in the year.

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1781: Benedict Arnold leads a British naval expedition that burns Richmond, Va.

1896: An Austrian newspaper reports the discovery by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen of a type of radiation later known as “X-rays.”

1925: Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in U.S. history.

1949: In his State of the Union address, President Harry S. Truman labels his administration the Fair Deal.

1970: Joseph A. Yablonski, an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency of the United Mine Workers of America, is found murdered with his wife and daughter at their Clarksville, Pa. home. (UMWA President Tony Boyle and seven others are convicted in the killings.)

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1986: Quarterback Dan Marino’s Miami Dolphins overcome an 18-point deficit for a come-from-behind victory over the Cleveland Browns in the first round of the American Football Conference playoffs.

The Mercer County Industrial Development Authority releases a report showing nearly $14 million in industrial revenue bonds were issued in 1985.

1971: A large contingent of city police is sent to the Mahoning County Jail to help control 10 inmates in the maximum security cell block who went on a rampage.

Martin J. Hughes, Youngstown native and Ohio director of the Communication Workers of America, is named Ohio director off industrial relations by Gov.-elect John J. Gilligan.

1961: Neither city police nor Sheriff Ray T. Davis is taking credit for a raid that shut down a barbut gambling den at 28 South Avenue.

Weather Observer Edwin Copeland at Millport reports 1960 was the second driest and yet one of the snowiest years in this area in the 67 years that records have been kept in Columbiana County.

Dr. Alexander Phillips, surgeon on the staff at St. Elizabeth Hospital, is elected president of the Mahoning County Medical Society, succeeding Dr. Fred G. Schlecht.

1936: Mayor Lionel Evans announces that city employees are facing pay cuts of 10 percent to 20 percent as part of a new salary ordinance he will submit to city council.

Between 30 and 40 families of employees at Automatic Sprinkler Corp. of America move from Cleveland to Youngstown as the company’s new headquarters at Jones and Brittain streets nears completion.

Agnes Rigelski dies in the South Side unit of Youngstown Hospital of injuries suffered on New Year’s Day, her 12th birthday, when she was struck by a car while sledding on Philadelphia Avenue.