Years ago

Today is Thursday, Oct. 6, the 279th day of 2011. There are 86 days left in the year.

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1536: English theologian and scholar William Tyndale, who was the first to translate the Bible into Early Modern English, is executed for heresy.

1683: Thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrive in Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America’s oldest settlements.

1927: The era of talking pictures arrives with the opening of “The Jazz Singer,” starring Al Jolson.

1973: War erupts in the Middle East as Egypt and Syria attack Israel during the Yom Kippur holiday.

1979: Pope John Paul II, becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House, where he is received by President Jimmy Carter.

1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is shot to death by extremists while reviewing a military parade.

2001: Cal Ripken plays his last major league game as his Baltimore Orioles lose to the visiting Boston Red Sox, 5-1.

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October 6, 1986: Mayor Patrick J. Ungaro is beginning a concerted push for regional support of the Youngstown Regional Airport, a move he said cannot be delayed further because of the loss of federal General Revenue Sharing money.

A 34-year-old Bristolville man, Kenneth Huff, dies as a result of injuries suffered in a crash during a race at the Sharon Speedway.

Trumpet wizard Wynton Marsalis performs at the Kent State University Student Center Ballroom.

1971: A 65-year-old woman, Betty Laughlin, dies of asphyxiation in a fire that swept through a discount department store and apartments at 116 N. Market Street, Lisbon.

Many American businessmen are caving in to public opinion instead of standing up for their freedoms, John E. Kinney, nationally known pollution control expert, tells about 250 business and civic leaders at an Industrial Information Institute meeting in Sharon.

The Ponderosa Steak House holds its grand opening at 3230 Belmont Avenue.

1961: A 61-year-old Youngstown psychiatrist is charged with driving while intoxicated and failure to stop for a school bus after striking Denise M. Garritano, 7, as she got off the bus near her West Glen Drive home.

An unexpected visit from screen star Richard Arlen provides a lively touch for the Community Chest Metropolitan Division meeting at the Hotel Pick-Ohio.

The Youngstown Area Chamber of Commerce closes a successful three-day membership drive at Berndt’s Restaurant with 89 new members.

1936: Michael E. Graban, young Campbell Memorial High School teacher whose transfer to the Reed Avenue grade school caused a four-day strike at the high school, is back at his post by order of the board of education.

The Rev. John Gaspar travels to Pittsburgh for a conference with Bishop Basil Takach of the Greek Catholic diocese, after officers of St. Michael’s Church in Campbell refuse to accept him as pastor. The officers continue to support the Rev. John Milly, who was removed as pastor after a long court fight.