Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 30, the 334th day of 2011. There are 31 days left in the year.
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On this date in:
1835: Samuel Langhorne Clemens — better known as Mark Twain — is born in Florida, Mo.
1936: London’s famed Crystal Palace, constructed for the Great Exhibition of 1851, is destroyed in a fire.
1960: The last DeSoto is built by Chrysler, retiring the brand after 32 years.
1981: The United States and the Soviet Union open negotiations in Geneva aimed at reducing nuclear weapons in Europe.
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1986: More than $10 million has been invested in Youngstown’s central business district in three years, and $20 million in future spending is planned.
The Rev. James T. Khoury, former pastor of St. Joseph Maronite Church, Olean, N.Y., is named pastor of St. Maron Church on Meridian Road, Youngstown.
1971: Jody Thomas, 19, of Salem is one of eight national winners of $700 scholarships announced at the 50th National 4-H in Progress in Chicago.
Fred A. Simmons, 91, of 2706 Oakwood Ave., one of the last three survivors of Ohio units that served in the Spanish-American War, dies of a heart attack at his home. He served in the Logan Rifles, Fifth Regiment, Co. H. after entering the service at 17.
1961: A 40-foot pine donated to the Park and Recreation Commission by Leo Janik, 1553 Cascade Dr., is erected on Central Square.
Forty-eight auxiliary policemen are sworn in at Roosevelt School after completing a course in police work and first aid from the Mahoning Valley Civil Defense Corps.
1936: One bandit is in grave condition at the South Side unit of Youngstown Hospital and three other suspects are in city jail after police capture the men, who are believed to be the gun gang responsible for a series of city holdups.
The old Erie Railroad depot in Washingtonville, built in 1895 and closed since 1931, is razed.