Years Ago

Today is Sunday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2011. There are 55 days left in the year.

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1860: Former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln defeats three other candidates for the presidency: John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas.

1861: Confederate President Jefferson Davis is elected to a six-year term of office.

James Naismith, the inventor of the sport of basketball, is born in Almonte, Ontario, Canada.

1888: Benjamin Harrison wins the presidential election, defeating incumbent Grover Cleveland with enough electoral votes, even though Cleveland led in the popular vote.

1928: In a first, the results of Republican Herbert Hoover’s election victory over Democrat Alfred E. Smith are flashed onto an electric wraparound sign on the New York Times building.

1944: British official Lord Moyne is assassinated in Cairo, Egypt, by members of the Zionist Stern gang.

1977: Thirty-nine people are killed when the Kelly Barnes Dam bursts, sending a wall of water through Toccoa Falls College in Georgia.

VINDICATOR FILES

1986: Following defeat of an additional income tax proposal, Niles city officials are considering ways of generating additional city income or making cuts in services and laying off employees.

Juvenile Judge Martin P. Joyce denies a defense lawyer’s motion for early release of a star running back on Austintown’s football team so he could play in a state playoff game. The youth is serving a 10-day sentence on an assault charge.

Speaking at a college Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony, former Ohio State University Football Coach Woody Hayes says he probably stayed in coaching too long, saying he was tired, his memory wasn’t as sharp and he “couldn’t coach as well.”

1971: HUD approves an application for 300 scattered family low-rent houses made by Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority.

A deodorant is being added to the diesel fuel used by Western Reserve Transit Authority’s buses that will sweeten the choking exhaust fumes associated with buses.

Frank Cicatiello, a former Youngstown Chaney athlete who became friends at the University of Alabama with New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath, is managing Namath’s Tuscaloosa restaurant, Bachelors III.

1961: A Middle-aged man holds up the Farmers National Bank at Hanoverton in Columbiana County using a box containing dynamite and a gun to threaten employees. State highway patrolmen arrest a suspect south of Alliance.

Members of the Mahoning County Board of Elections are preparing for a turnout of 125,000 in the general election.

1936: The election of Michael J. Kirwan, the first Democrat to represent the 19th district since 1912, will shift the federal patronage setup in northeastern Ohio.

The team representing Victory Field wins the title in the WPA girls field ball league, beating Shady Run 12-10 in one of the snappiest games in the league.