Years Ago

Today is Monday, June 18, the 170th day of 2012. There are 196 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1778: American forces enter Philadelphia as the British withdraw during the Revolutionary War.

1812: The War of 1812 begins as the United States Congress approves, and President James Madison signs, a declaration of war against Britain.

1815: Napoleon Bonaparte meets his Waterloo as British and Prussian troops defeat the French in Belgium.

1873: Suffragist Susan B. Anthony is found guilty by a judge in Canandaigua, N.Y., of breaking the law by casting a vote in the 1872 presidential election. (The judge fines Anthony $100, but she never pays the penalty.)

1908: William Howard Taft is nominated for president by the Republican National Convention in Chicago.

1912: The Republican National Convention, which would nominate President William Howard Taft for another term of office, opens in Chicago.

1940: During World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill urges his countrymen to conduct themselves in a manner that would prompt future generations to say, “This was their finest hour.”

Charles de Gaulle delivers a speech on the BBC in which he rallies his countrymen after the fall of France to Nazi Germany.

1945: William Joyce, known as “Lord Haw-Haw,” is charged in London with high treason for his English-language wartime broadcasts on German radio. (He is hanged in January 1946.).

VINDICATOR FILES

1987: Brookfield Local Schools begin their delayed summer recess after making up days that were lost during a teachers’ strike.

Col. John F. Harvey, commander of the 920th Tactical Airlift Group at the Youngstown Municipal Airport, says his reserve unit needs $150 million worth of new aircraft.

Mahoning Sparkle Markets may close at least three stores in coming months, putting 100 employees out of work.

1972: Atty. John Marshall Newman, a 1942 graduate of the former Youngstown College Law School, is elected chairman of the board of trustees of Youngstown State University.

U.S. Rep. Charles J. Carney declares himself solidly behind either a Lake Erie-Ohio River waterway or a “stub” canal and says he will work for a waterway if it has solid community and regional support.

Youngstown Mayor Jack C. Hunter is “unequivocally” opposed to a statewide movement, primarily sponsored by Republicans, to repeal the Ohio personal income tax.

1962: A hot metal car derails and spills molten iron onto an oxygen line, creating a blaze at the Campbell Works of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.

State liquor agents cite four Youngs-town taverns and a grocery store for violations, including sale to minors and Sunday sales.

David F. Gibson, 17, of Warren is elected governor of the 25th annual Buckeye Boys State in Athens, the third boy from Warren in 15 years to be elected governor.

1937: The Youngstown police force reaches a record strength of 260 fully equipped officers in preparation for the possible escalation of violence in the steel strike.

Youngstown is virtually cut off from telegraph messenger service after about 35 messengers of Western Union and Postal Telegraph go on strike for a wage increase from $1.50 per day to $2.25.

Dr. W.H. Hudnut, retiring pastor of First Presbyterian Church, is honored by 200 people, including his friend Dr. I.E. Philo, at the YMCA.