Years Ago

Today is Wednesday, Dec. 10, the 344th day of 2014. There are 21 days left in the year.

Associated Press

On this date in:

1787: Thomas H. Gallaudet, a pioneer of educating the deaf, is born in Philadelphia.

1817: Mississippi is admitted as the 20th state of the Union.

1906: President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for helping mediate an end to the Russo- Japanese War.

1931: Jane Addams becomes the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize; the co-recipient is Nicholas Murray Butler.

1948: The U.N. General Assembly adopts its Universal Declaration on Human Rights.

1950: Ralph J. Bunche is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the first black American to receive the award.

1962: “Lawrence of Arabia,” David Lean’s epic film starring Peter O’Toole as British military officer T.E. Lawrence, has its royal gala premiere in London.

VINDICATOR FILES

1989: Over a period of 18 months, five women employees have filed sexual discrimination lawsuits against the city of Youngstown.

The Rev. William Witt says it is “outrageous” that Ohio Attorney General Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr. will launch his gubernatorial campaign in Youngstown at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, given Celebrezze’s pro-choice position on abortion.

Among the 24 members named to the Steel Valley Conference all-league team are Lance Ferkula of Ursuline, quarterback, and Jeff Wilkins of Austintown Fitch, kicker.

1974: Two Akron men are in Farrell, Pa., city jail after being arrested on charges of robbing the First National Bank of Mercer.

Services are held in Miami Beach for Nathan H. Darsky, 92, retired board chairman of American Beverage Corp. and founder of the Golden Age Beverage Co. 60 years ago in Youngstown. He came to Youngstown in 1910 as a penniless immigrant from Russia.

Mylio S. Kraja of Poland, former state commander of the American Legion of Ohio, will become the American Legion’s national legislative director.

1964: Dundee Cement Co. of Michigan plans to build a highly automated cement distribution plant costing $450,000 on a 10-acre plot south of Matthews Road, between the Gulf Oil and Sun Oil bulk stations.

Youngstown University cagers get their fourth consecutive win, defeating Hillsdale, 96-63. Penguins Joe LaVolpa and Joe Nigro led the point-making.

Youngstown University Theater presents Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” with Rick Matter of Ambridge, Pa., in the title role.

1939: More than 3,000 people attend Esther Hamilton’s “Alias Santa Claus Show” at Stambaugh Auditorium, raising money to help Youngstown’s needy.

Mahoning County’s relief administration will end the year with a $25,000 surplus.

Bobby Wheaton, 12, of New Castle, Pa., out for the first time hunting big game, bags a buck with his first shot while hunting in Cameron County.