Years Ago

Today is Monday, April 30, the 121st day of 2012. There are 245 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1789: George Washington takes office in New York as the first president of the United States.

1803: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for 60 million francs, the equivalent of about $15 million.

1812: Louisiana (formerly the Territory of Orleans) becomes the 18th state of the Union.

1900: Engineer John Luther “Casey” Jones of the Illinois Central Railroad dies in a train wreck near Vaughan, Miss., after staying at the controls in a successful effort to save the passengers.

1911: A fire breaks out in Bangor, Maine, destroying much of the downtown area before it is brought under control the next morning; two deaths are blamed on the blaze..

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1987: Two new models of the handcrafted Avanti automobile will be built in Youngstown in a joint venture between the Cafaro Co. and the new Avanti Motor Corp.

A Canfield woman is permanently enjoined from running a nursing home in Ohio after health inspectors allege that her Boardman-Canfield Road home was unsafe, unclean and that patients lacked proper care.

Three Boy Scouts volunteers receive the Silver Beaver award at the Western Reserve Boy Scouts Council’s recognition dinner: Michael J. Hourigan and David J. Kostolansky, both of Howland, and George Schimpf, Girard.

1972: A Shirley Road woman who had accused a city Health Department housing inspector of accepting a bribe declines the city law director’s request that she submit a sworn affidavit supporting the charge.

An audience of 2,100 at the Powers Auditorium hears the Youngstown Symphony perform Verdi’s “Requiem” for the last concert of its 45th season.

Bruce Donahue fires a four hitter as Youngstown State whips Ohio Dominican 9-2 in the opener of a doubleheader and comes back to win the nightcap, 4-3.

1962: St. Nicholas Byzantine Rite Church, the largest of five Byzantine churches in Youngstown, celebrates its golden jubilee.

The University of Pittsburgh’s Blue team comes to life in the second quarter and smashes the White team, 42-0, behind former Cardinal Mooney quarterback Jim Traficant.

Two bartenders at the Elms Ballroom are arrested for serving beer to minors.

1937: The Campbell lodge of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers passes a resolution condemning a “new company union in disguise” and demands that Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. accede to the agreement submitted by SWOC officials.

As many as 14,000 Youngstowners jam the Big Top at Wright Field for two performances of the Tom Mix Circus.