As Republican delegates gather again, check out five memorable moments from their past national

As Republican delegates gather again, check out five memorable moments from their past national conventions.

v1912: At one of the most tumultuous of GOP gatherings, former President Theodore Roosevelt challenges sitting President William Howard Taft for the nomination. Taft survives, and Roosevelt bolts to start the progressive Bull Moose Party.

v1952: With the nomination up in the air, the defeated nominee of 1948, Thomas Dewey, pushes Gen. Dwight Eisenhower for the job. Sen. Everett Dirksen disagrees and angrily assails Dewey, pointing him out on live TV and declaring, “We followed you before, and you took us down the path of defeat!” The delegates decide they like Ike anyway.

v1988: Nearing the end of his second term, President Ronald Reagan bids an emotional farewell and harkens back to his movie career as he urges Vice President George H.W. Bush: “Go out there and win one for the Gipper.”

v1992: First lady Barbara Bush launches a new tradition of wives speaking to talk up the candidates’ personal sides: “When one of the boys hit a baseball through the Vanderhoff second-story window, I called George to see what dire punishment should be handed out. And all he said was, ‘The Vanderhoff second-story window, what a hit!”’

v1992: Mary Fisher, infected with HIV, pleads with her party and the nation: “We have killed each other with our ignorance, our prejudice and our silence. ... Learn with me the lessons of history and of grace, so my children will not be afraid to say the word ‘AIDS’ when I am gone.”

“unnecessary roughness (10:01 P.M., USA): Funny how these things happen: The season finale comes just as the Hawks’ season is about to open. And wouldn’t you know it — the team is teetering on disaster.

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Performance added

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“Gloria Birnbaum’s Broadway Debut,” the comedy at Oakland Center for the Arts, 220 W. Boardman St., has extended its run. Because of the overwhelming response by the public, producer Michael Morley has added a performance. It will be at 8 p.m. Saturday.

This new work by local playwright Bernie Appugliese sold out its entire initial run.

Call 330-272-7200 for tickets, which are $12.

Elvis tribute set

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The Glenn Christian car show and ox roast presents a “1950s Elvis Tribute Show” at noon Saturday at Trumbull County Fairgrounds, 899 Everett Cortland Hull Road. The free event will feature the early ‘50s Elvis and his band featuring Mark Lee Pringle.

Collection released

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Kristian Mikal, a 2012 Boardman High School graduate, has released his first collection of music. Titled “Graduation,” the EP is available form iTunes and Amazon.

Mikal has participated in stage musicals at Boardman High and was also a member of Boardman Chorale.

He wrote all of the music and lyrics on “Graduation,” describing them as “uplifting pop,” and sings all vocals.

Mikal, who plays piano, guitar and trombone, will attend Berklee School of Music in Boston.