Years Ago

Today is Monday, Oct. 31, the 304th day of 2011. There are 61 days left in the year. This is Halloween.

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On this date in:

1517: Martin Luther posts the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church, marking the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.

1926: Magician Harry Houdini dies in Detroit of gangrene and peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix.

1941: The Navy destroyer USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat off Iceland with the loss of some 100 lives, even though the United States had not yet entered World War II.

After 14 years, work is completed on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.

1999: EgyptAir Flight 990, bound from New York to Cairo, crashes off the Massachusetts coast, killing all 217 people aboard.

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1986: Youngstown area LTV Corp. retirees leave a meeting in Pittsburgh with assurances that the United Steelworkers of America will keep their interests at heart when the union renegotiates a contract with the reorganized corporation.

The Chaney Cowboys come from behind to defeat the Rayen Tigers, 21-19, in the last game of the season. Chaney quarterback Jim Vivo’s last minute touchdown drive of 80 yards includes four passes totaling 73 yards.

1971:Mooney Coach Don Bucci’s Cardinals defeat Campbell Memorial, 16-15, to clinch at least a portion of the City Series title.

1961: Five Youngstown cruisers assigned to the traffic division and six of the blue division will be loaded with candy from 6 to 9 p.m., which officers will pass out to trick ’n’ treaters.

Dr. Edgar Lee Deesen of Hazelton, Pa., a director of the National Chamber of Commerce, will speak at the annual dinner of the Youngstown Area Chamber of Commerce at the Hotel Pick-Ohio.

A new A&P Supermarket styled in Early American architecture, opens at Market Street and Midlothian Boulevard.

1936: Joe Guzzey, 16, of 1026 Plymouth Ave. dies in South Side Hospital 10 hours after he accidentally shot himself in the abdomen with an automatic pistol he was playing with. He said he found the gun.