Years Ago

Today is Saturday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2011. There are 343 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1498: During his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, explorer Christopher Columbus arrives at the present-day Caribbean island of St. Vincent.

1901: Britain’s Queen Victoria dies at age 81.

1907: The Richard Strauss opera “Salome” makes its American debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York; its racy content sparks outrage and forces cancellation of additional performances.

1917: President Woodrow Wilson pleads for an end to war in Europe, calling for “peace without victory.” (By April, however, America also is at war.)

1922: Pope Benedict XV dies; he is succeeded by Pius XI.

1944: During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio, Italy.

1959: Twelve workers are killed in the Knox Mine Disaster in Pennsylvania.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, legalizes abortions using a trimester approach.

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1986: The trial of Danny Lee Hill, accused of murder in the death of 12-year-old Raymond Fife, opens in a Trumbull County courtroom before a three-judge panel of David F. McLain, Mitchell F. Shaker and Robert A. Nader.

Local black leaders resurrect their quest to have Youngstown school officials name a building after Dr. Martin Luther King.

Dr. Richard A. Memo, president of the Mahoning County Medical Society, says the high cost of establishing a practice, including the cost of malpractice insurance, is discouraging young doctors from going into solo practice.

1971: Charles J. Ramsey, an assistant Youngstown finance director, is named by Mayor Jack C. Hunter to succeed retiring Finance Director Thomas J. Lavern.

An explosion at Copperweld Steel Co.’s Warren plant kills two men and injures six others. The blast was so powerful it was felt 12 blocks away.

Pennsylvania’s new governor, Milton J. Shapp, says there will be no executions in the state during his term.

The Youngstown State University Board of Trustees approves plans for the $7.5 million Technical and Community College Building.

1961: U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan, D-Youngstown, will receive an honorary doctorate of laws degree from the University of Arkansas, a recognition of his help in developing water resources in the Arkansas River Valley.

Frank Turkovich is elected president of the Croatian Singing Society, “Strossmayer,” in its 50th anniversary year. The golden anniversary will be observed in July at the recreation grounds in Vienna Township.

Lynn C. Newland resigns as editor of the Youngstown University Jambar after a stormy three-hour session with the university’s new Committee on Publications concerning censorship.

Ashtabula County, the largest county in Ohio and one of the first to be established, marks the 150th anniversary of its founding.

1936: Walter L. Kauffman, dean of Youngstown credit men and oldest of Youngstown steel executives, is retiring as credit manager of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.

Miss Kathleen Courtney, a world peace leader and one of the best known women in public life in Great Britain, will speak before the Youngstown Kiwanis Club Jan. 31 at the YMCA.

John Gura is elected president of the Struthers Slovak Improvement Club.