Years Ago

Today is Friday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2014. There are 124 days left in the year.

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1533: The last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa, is executed on orders of Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro.

1814: During the War of 1812, Alexandria, Va., formally surrenders to British forces, which occupied the city until Sept. 3.

1877: The second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Brigham Young, dies in Salt Lake City, Utah, at 76.

1935: The film “Top Hat,” starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

1944: About 15,000 American troops of the 28th Infantry Division march down the Champs Elysees in Paris as the French capital continues to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.

1958: Pop superstar Michael Jackson is born in Gary, Ind.

1964: Roy Orbison’s single “Oh, Pretty Woman” is released on the Monument label.

1972: Swimmer Mark Spitz of the United States wins the third of his seven gold medals at the Munich Olympics.

1982: Academy Award-winning actress Ingrid Bergman dies in London on her 67th birthday.

1987: Academy Award-winning actor Lee Marvin dies in Tucson, Ariz., at age 63.

2005: Hurricane Katrina hits the Gulf Coast near Buras, La., bringing floods that devastate New Orleans. More than 1,800 people in the region die.

2009: Funeral services take place in Boston for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who is eulogized by President Barack Obama; hours later, Kennedy’s remains are buried at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington.

2013: In a sweeping new policy statement, the Justice Department says it will not stand in the way of states that want to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana.

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1989: The Youngstown Pride eliminates the Illinois Express from the World Basketball League playoffs with a 98-97 win at Youngstown State University.

A lawyer for Susi Kim’s Health Spa in Niles says it would be unconstitutional for the city to attempt to overregulate the business on the grounds that there is “illegal sexual activity” taking place. The lawyer says the state and city have laws against prostitution, which they should enforce.

Avanti Automotive Corp. of Youngstown’s loss of $5 million in the past five years prompts federal authorities to give Avanti convertibles a two-year exemption from required air bags or automatic seatbelts.

1974: General Motors moves the date of the model changeover for the 1975 Vega to Oct. 7 in response to a seven-week strike that closed the Lordstown General Motors plant.

Answering criticism of his operation of the Mahoning County Jail, Sheriff Ray T. Davis says he will not cut road patrols and sacrifice “the security of law-abiding citizens for the criminals who are locked up.”

Warren police arrest two men and say they confiscated several hundred dollars and a quantity of bug slips in a crackdown on what police say is a half-million dollar a year numbers operation.

1964: Wilson L. Creed, 59, principal of Struthers High School, dies of a heart attack in St. Elizabeth Hospital.

Detroit Archbishop John Dearden announces that English will be used in administering Catholic sacraments in the United States beginning Sept. 14.

A contract to develop 300 of the 1,100 acres General Motors has in Lordstown for construction of a new plantis awarded to F.H. McGraw & Co. of Hartford, Conn.

1939: George C. Brainard, president of General Fireproofing Co., heads the newly organized Youngstown Gridiron Club which will conduct a dinner to sell Youngstown College football tickets.

William F. Geiger, 70, widely known New Springfield auto dealer who was in the carriage business before he began selling Henry Ford’s brass-bound “horseless carriages” in 1907, dies in South Side hospital.

Harold Reeves, 12, of Newton Falls dies of a bullet wound of the head suffered while target shooting with two companions along the Mahoning River.