Years Ago

Today is Wednesday, July 13, the 194th day of 2011. There are 171 days left in the year.

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1787: Congress enacts an ordinance governing the Northwest Territory.

1863: Deadly rioting against the Civil War military draft erupts in New York City. (The insurrection is put down three days later.)

1923: A sign consisting of 50-foot-tall letters spelling out “HOLLYWOODLAND” is dedicated in the Hollywood Hills to promote a subdivision (the last four letters were removed in 1949; the sign was replaced in 1978).

1960: John F. Kennedy wins the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at his party’s convention in Los Angeles.

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1986: The Thunderbirds precision AF flyers, thrill 35,000 people at the open house of the Youngstown Air Base.

The Youngstown Area Jaycees, city employees and Browning-Ferris Industries begin cleaning up the former B&O Railroad Station at Mahoning Avenue and Spring Common, which is owned by the city.

1971: Mabel Welch, 89, of Park Vista, retired executive secretary of the Youngstown Society for the Blind, dies of infirmities at the home.

Frank Leseganich, director of District 26, United Steelworkers of America, and U.S. Rep. Charles J. Carney are delving into the future of the Ohio Works as a steel-producing unit.

State and federal agents join state police in the investigation of a bootleg liquor operation that produced seven arrests in New Castle and sent a 15-year-old girl who was unconscious to Jameson Memorial Hospital.

1961: Mayor Frank R. Franko says he will no longer submit legislation with the emergency clause that allows a law to become effective immediately after passage because he is tired of negotiating to get the six votes necessary for emergency passage.

Eight Youngstown area men are licensed to practice dentistry: Ralph Snelson, Michael Eisenburger, George Vouis, Mark Franklin, George Foundoulis, Sam Poidmore and James Altiere.

1936: The heat brings out a record 2,153 bathers at the Packard Pool in Warren, where a ton of ice was dumped into the pool to cool it off.

Former Judge Charles M. Wilkins, who had practiced law in every one of Ohio’s 88 counties and offered guidance to hundreds of young lawyers, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at his home at 292 Norwood Ave.