Years Ago

Today is Thursday, March 15, the 75th day of 2012. There are 291 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

44 B.C.: Roman dictator Julius Caesar is assassinated by a group of nobles that includes Brutus and Cassius.

1919: Members of the American Expeditionary Force from World War I convene in Paris for a three-day meeting to found the American Legion.

1956: The Lerner and Loewe musical play “My Fair Lady,” based on Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion,” opens on Broadway.

1962: In a speech to Congress, President John F. Kennedy calls for legislation protecting consumers’ rights.

1972: “The Godfather,” Francis Ford Coppola’s epic gangster movie premieres in New York.

VINDICATOR FILES

1987: The St. Patrick Day Parade in Boardman is postponed for a week by 5 inches of snow and a winter storm warning.

The Lake-to-River Girl Scout Council, which includes 478 troops in Mahoning, Trumbull, Ashtabula and Columbiana counties, celebrates the 75th anniversary of Girl Scouting at Stambaugh Auditorium.

1972: Site preparations begin for construction of Youngstown State University’s new $6.06 million library building north of Jones Hall, the main campus building.

A Shenango Township trucker who had been under surveillance for some time is arrested by state police for bringing 33 cases of untaxed liquor into Pennsylvania.

1962: The wave of irate taxpayers complaining about higher real estate taxes tapers off somewhat at the Mahoning County Courthouse after hundreds of complaints were handled by phone and in person.

The Ohio Supreme Court rules that the city of Akron is without authority to issue licenses for boats on city-owned reservoirs. The ruling will also apply to Youngstown, which had been collecting about $10,000 a year for boating licenses on Lake Milton.

President John F. Kennedy makes a visit to U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan’s St. Patrick’s Day party in the ballroom of the National Press Club.

1937: Tony Vivo, standout athlete at Youngstown College, credits Christ Mission for his development, saying he was a sickly, puny youngster when he came under the care and direction of Ray Hagstrom and his staff at the mission.

Youngstown leads the nation in the gain of credit sales in February over January, according to a report published by the National Retail Credit Association in St. Louis.