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On this date in:

1892: The Sierra Club is incorporated in San Francisco.

1913: British suffragist Emily Davison is struck and mortally injured after moving into the path of a horse during the running of the Epsom Derby.

1939: The German ocean liner St. Louis, carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees from Germany, is turned away from the Florida coast by U.S. officials.

1942: The World War II Battle of Midway begins, resulting in a decisive American victory against Japan and marking the turning point of the war in the Pacific.

1954: French Premier Joseph Laniel and Vietnamese Premier Buu Loc sign treaties in Paris according “complete independence” to Vietnam.

1972: A jury in San Jose, Calif., acquits radical activist Angela Davis of murder and kidnapping for her alleged connection to a deadly courthouse shootout in Marin County in 1970.

1998: A federal judge sentences Terry Nichols to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.

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1988: The Rev. James Winchester Montgomery, retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, is the guest celebrant at a Mass celebrating the feast of Corpus Christi at St. Rocco’s Episcopal Church in Liberty.

An estimated 1,500 car owners bring their hot rods and custom cars to the Hot Rod Super Nationals at the Canfield Fairgrounds.

1973: Three members of Girl Scout Troop 258 at Austintown Community Church receive “First Class” awards: Norma Dull, Diana Lester and Janet Rosowicz.

Violent storms rake the Youngstown area, dropping marble-sized hail that cause hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to homes and vehicles.

Standard Slag Co. of Youngstown books a $3.75 million order to supply material for the construction of a third containment dike in Cleveland harbor.

1963: Catholic churches in Youngstown are being draped in purple and gold as the diocese begins a 30-day mourning period for the death of Pope John XXIII.

Sgt. Elaine Vodhanel, an 11-year veteran of the Women’s Air Force and a Campbell native, is among the 101 passengers missing after a Northwest Airlines DC 7 disappeared on a flight from McCord Air Force Base, Washington, to Elmendorf, Alaska.

1938: Three Mahoning County judges say they won’t issue an injunction sought by the Milton Kennel Club to stop Sheriff Ralph Elser from interfering with betting at the Craig Beach dog racing track.

Vincent Altier, 14, of Youngstown defeats Walter Crawford, the Warren city champ, to become district marbles champion and win a trip to the national tournament at Wildwood-by-the-Sea, New Jersey.