Years Ago

Today is Friday, June 6, the 157th day of 2014. There are 208 days left in the year.

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1799: American politician and orator Patrick Henry dies at Red Hill Plantation in Virginia.

1844: The Young Men’s Christian Association is founded in London.

1912: The greatest volcanic eruption of the 20th century takes place as Novarupta in Alaska begins a series of explosive episodes over a 60-hour period.

1939: The first Little League game is played as Lundy Lumber defeats Lycoming Dairy 23-8 in Williamsport, Pa.

1944: Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandy, France, on “D-Day,” beginning the liberation of German-occupied western Europe during World War II.

1955: The U.S. Post Office introduces regular certified mail service.

1966: Black activist James Meredith is shot and wounded as he walked along a Mississippi highway to encourage black voter registration.

1968: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy dies at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, a day after he was shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan.

1978: California voters overwhelmingly approve Proposition 13, a primary ballot initiative calling for major cuts in property taxes.

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1989: Canfield Police Chief Terry Shidel and City Manager Frank C. Watson say all new hires for the police department will be required to have a college degree.

Two prisoners at the Columbiana County Jail are being held in solitary confinement after holding nine other prisoners and a teacher hostage in an unsuccessful escape attempt.

Two Boardman trustees, Robert W. Bannon and Joseph D. Betras, give their support to a group of Boardman Township residents who live in the Youngstown City School District and are seeking repeal of a 14.5-mill levy.

1974: William Sullivan, executive director of the Western Reserve Economic Development Agency, suggests that mills along the Mahoning River may be excluded from water pollution control standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Patrick Lehnerd, a 13-year-old student at St. Luke School in Boardman and the Youngstown representative to the 49th annual National Spelling Bee falls in the ninth round on the word, “estoppel.”

Youngstown service stations are being given 15 days to begin complying with a new law requiring the posting of the per gallon price of gasoline so that it is conspicuous and visible from the street.

1964: The National Rivers and Harbors Congress calls for publication of the long-delayed survey report on the proposed Lake Erie-Ohio River Waterway.

Navy Lt. A.A. Less of Washingtonville is rescued from Chesapeake Bay by a Navy crash boat after the Navy Skyhawk jet he was piloting crashed into the bay.

Ohio Penitentiary authorities break up an attempt by seven convicts to tunnel to freedom under the prison’s east wall. They had dug about 28 feet, still 100 feet short of the wall.

1939: The Youngstown Symphony Orchestra will launch a series of popular concerts at Idora Park under the patronage of the Junior League. A very small admission fee will be charged for the concerts at the ball field.

Testifying in the lawsuit filed by Herbert F. Bodine against alleged bug operators, Louis Tiberio, 25-year-old former numbers writer, says he knew nothing about the people for whom he worked or what happened to the thousands of dollars he turned into the lottery headquarters.

Chairman Joseph Mansfield, D-Texas, of the House rivers and harbors committee, says no congressional action is contemplated this session on the proposed Lake-Erie-Ohio River canal.