Years Ago

Today is Thursday, July 5, the 187th day of 2012. There are 179 days left in the year.

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1865: William Booth founds the Salvation Army in London.

1912: A collision between a passenger coach and a freight train near Wilpen, Pa., claims 26 lives.

1946: The bikini, created by Louis Reard, is worn by Micheline Bernardini during a poolside fashion show in Paris.

1947: Larry Doby makes his debut with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black player in the American League.

1948: Britain’s National Health Service Act goes into effect, providing government-financed medical and dental care.

1971: President Richard Nixon certifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which lowers the minimum voting age from 21 to 18.

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1987: More than 80 people have taken a free AIDS blood test offered over two months by the Youngstown Board of Health, with one person testing positive.

A Boardman Township man who was fired from a job at the Mahoning County Treasurer’s office after pleading guilty to receiving stolen property, has been hired as an examiner for State Auditor Thomas E. Ferguson.

1972: Mahoning Common Pleas Judge Sidney Rigelhaupt limits the number of pickets during a labor dispute at Green Havens Memorial Gardens Inc. and allows cemetery owners to use security forces to maintain access to the cemetery.

Warren City Council approves a13-year contract for cable television service in the city to Mahoning Valley Cablevision Inc.

1962: Youngstown police answer dozens of calls complaining about illegal fireworks being ignited, but make no arrests. Two adults and two children, all from outside the city, are treated at Youngstown hospitals for fireworks injuries.

A safe containing some $4,000 in preholiday receipts of a state liquor store is recovered when a Youngstown patrolman arrests two men as they fled from a truck used to take the safe from the State Liquor Store at 32 W. Indianola Ave.

1937: Electrical and rainstorms interrupted July Fourth celebrations, including the Elks parade, and a SWOC rally, and causes some crop damage.

Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Lynn B. Griffith reduces the bond of Gus Hall, former SWOC organizer, charged with being the brains behind a bomb ring, from $50,000 to $20,000.