Today is Tuesday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2011. There are 109 days left in the year.

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2011. There are 109 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1759: During the final French and Indian War, the British defeat the French on the Plains of Abraham overlooking Quebec City.

1803: Commodore John Barry, considered by many the father of the American Navy, dies in Philadelphia.

1911: The song “Oh, You Beautiful Doll,” a romantic rag by Nat D. Ayer and Seymour Brown, is first published.

1948: Margaret Chase Smith of Maine is elected to the Senate, the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress.

1970: The first New York City Marathon is held; winner Gary Muhrcke finishes the 26.2-mile run, which takes place entirely inside Central Park, in 2:31:38.

1971: A four-day inmates’ rebellion at the Attica Correctional Facility in western New York ends as police and guards storm the prison; the ordeal and final assault claim a total of 43 lives — 32 inmates and 11 employees.

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1986: Ceremonies mark the Youngstown Board of Education’s renaming of Covington Elementary School to honor Martin Luther King Jr.

Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. of Youngstown, furious at having his Buy American amendment blocked on the House floor, vows to offer the amendment to every new spending bill introduced in the House.

The Mahoning Valley Association of Churches will mark its 70th anniversary with a celebration at Stambaugh Auditorium.

1971: Youngstown vice squad officers conduct a second raid at the Palace Burlesque Theater at 1213 Market St., arresting an 18-year-old girl for performing nude before a small audience.

The Chevrolet and Fisher Body assembly plants at Lordstown resume operations after the international union orders an end to a wildcat strike after four days.

1961: Youngstown police are searching for a man believed to have been wounded by Ray M. Leonard, manager of the Dollar Savings & Trust Co. McGuffey Plaza branch, who fired five shots at the man after he attempted to cash a forged check and fled when challenged by a teller.

Vice President Lyndon Johnson attends U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan’s party honoring Rep. Paul Kilday of Texas after President John F. Kennedy runs late while greeting President Sukarno of Indonesia at the airport.

Workers at the Packard Electric Division of General Motors in Warren end a wildcat strike after three days.

1936: Dog races at the Canfield Fairgrounds are unexpectedly called off and hundreds of dog race fans are turned away by parking lot attendants.

Steelworkers in the Youngstown district express disappointment over the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp.’s refusal to increase steel wages immediately. Ben F. Fairless, former Youngstown man now president of the company, says granting a 10 percent increase would consume almost all of the company’s profits so far in 1936.

Attorney General John Bricker, Republican nominee for governor, tells several thousand Republicans at Idora Park that Gov. Martin Davey has 1,000 employees on the payroll who do nothing more than play politics, at a cost to the state of $4 million a year.