Years Ago

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2011. There are 39 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1718: English pirate Edward Teach — better known as “Blackbeard” — is killed during a battle off the Virginia coast.

1930: The British Broadcasting Corp.provides its first time coverage of an American college football game as Harvard defeats Yale, 13-0.

1943: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo to discuss measures to defeat Japan.

1961: Frank Robinson of the Cincinnati Reds is named Most Valuable Player of the National League.

1963: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated during a motorcade in Dallas.

1967: The U.N. Security Council approves Resolution 242, which calls for Israel to withdraw from territories it had captured the previous June, and implicitly calls on adversaries to recognize Israel’s right to exist.

1990: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, having failed to win re-election of the Conservative Party leadership on the first ballot, announces her resignation.

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1986: Jim Tressel’s YSU Penguins rally in the last 10 minutes to score two touchdowns and win the last game of Tressel’s first season, 40-39, beating archrival Akron.

A former Episcopal priest, John Neff of Sharon, is ordained a Roman Catholic priest, making him the first married priest in the Catholic Diocese of Erie.

1971: A day-long snow squall dumps 10 inches at the Youngstown Municipal Airport, causing schools to dismiss students at noon and snarling traffic, including a mile-long stretch of I-80 at the state line.

A 20-year-old burglar at the Mount Alverna Friary on Belle Vista Avenue is surprised by Brother Emery Kish and held until police arrive to arrest him.

1961: A young mother, Evelyn Alexander, 24, and her son, Calvin, 7, die in a fire in their second-floor apartment above the Melvina Cleaning Shop at 740 Mahoning Ave.

The Mahoning County Republican Executive Committee approves an 18-member patronage committee to assist with job changes as Mayor-elect Harry N. Savasten prepares to replace Mayor Frank R. Franko, a Republican.

1936: A third-floor addition is nearing completion at the Mahoning County Sanatorium. The $90,000 WPA project will increase the capacity to 180 patients.

William F. McGowan is named chairman of the Democratic precinct captains in Youngstown and plans to take an active part in the distribution of patronage as Democrats take over City Hall.