Years Ago

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 28, the 271st day of 2011. There are 94 days left in the year. The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana, begins at sunset.

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1066: William the Conqueror invades England to claim the English throne.

1542: Portuguese navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo arrives at present-day San Diego.

1787: The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the just-completed Constitution of the United States to state legislatures for their approval.

1850: Flogging is abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy.

1920: Eight members of the Chicago White Sox are indicted for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. (All are acquitted at trial, but all eight are banned from the game for life.)

1924: Two U.S. Army planes land in Seattle, having completed the first round-the-world flight in 175 days.

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1986: Campbell and state fire investigators have determined that the fire that killed two small children in their 10th Street home was arson and the Mahoning County Coroner has ruled the deaths homicides.

The Ungaro administration and city council are less than enthusiastic about funding a $25,000 feasibility study for a proposal to build a hydroelectric plant at Lake Milton even though a consultant says it would be a money maker.

Frank Feeley has become the first member of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Youngstown, to be named an “active” post on the Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction in the council’s 82-year history.

1971: More than 250 Youngstown teachers vote to end their two-day strike after Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge Sidney J. Rigelhaupt orders the school board and the Youngstown Education Association to negotiate a master agreement within two weeks.

The possibility of forming a Western Reserve Transit Authority to operate buses is advanced during a meeting between councilmen from Youngstown and Canfield.

1961: Youngstown University will submit a revised campus development program for approval as part of the city’s redevelopment plan.

Youngstown City Council President A.B. Flask questions the right of former Youngstowner James W. Rayen to criticize Youngstown when Rayen, an advertising executive, lives in New York City, which Flask said has become famous for its race riots, scandals, juvenile gangs, murders and racketeering.

Dr. Sidney M. Berkowitz, rabbi of Rodef Sholom Temple, is elected volunteer chairman of Mahoning Chapter, American Red Cross.

1936: Campbell Mayor John Borak orders police to use no more tear gas in routing Campbell High School students who are conducting a strike to protest the reassignment of a teacher. A number of students were reported injured by tear gas that was used on them during a demonstration.

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. officials are studying plans for a new bar mill at the Brier Hill plant.