YEARS AGO

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1512: Michelangelo’s just-completed paintings on the ceiling of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel are publicly unveiled by the artist’s patron, Pope Julius II.

1765: The Stamp Act goes into effect, prompting stiff resistance from American colonists.

1861: During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln names Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan General-in-Chief of the Union armies, succeeding Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott.

1864: The U.S. Postal money order system is established by an act of Congress.

1870: The United States Weather Bureau makes its first meteorological observations.

1936: In a speech in Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini describes the alliance between his country and Nazi Germany as an “axis” running between Rome and Berlin.

1952: The United States explodes the first hydrogen bomb, code-named “Ivy Mike,” at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

1968: The Motion Picture Association of America unveils its new voluntary film rating system: G for general, M for mature (later changed to GP, then PG), R for restricted and X (later changed to NC-17) for adults only.

1979: Former first lady Mamie Eisenhower dies in Washington, D.C., at 82.

VINDICATOR FILES

1989: Summit County Prosecutor Lynn Slaby says he will seek the death penalty against two Tiltonsville, Ohio, brothers charged with the June 17, 1988, murder of Roger Pratt of Munhall, Pa.

New Middletown Police Chief Dominic D’Egidio says tests will be made to determine what killed 70 red-winged blackbirds found near Woodland and Robinwood streets.

Carl Fisher, 9, and his brother, David, 7, discover an inch-long straight pin in a Snickers bar they received while trick-or-treating on Youngstown’s South Side.

1974: Speaking at a rally of GOP candidates at St. Christine Church, former Gov. James A. Rhodes promises a feasibility study for a stadium and convention center in Youngstown.

About 700 chrysanthemum plants of many colors and varieties will be given away at Fellows Riverside Gardens in Mill Creek Park to inaugurate “Chrysanthemum Day” at the park.

The Youngstown Hospital Association announces increases in room rates of $5, bringing the charge for a private room to $79 and for a semi-private to $71.60. New rates at St. Elizabeth will be $73.50 for private and $67.50 for semi-private.

1964: Dr. M. Jean Charignon, dean of Youngstown University’s William Rayen School of Engineering, receives notice from the Engineers’ Council for Professional Development that the university’s curricula in civil, electrical and mechanical engineering has been approved.

Ralph W. Dickson is promoted to general superintendent of U.S. Steel’s Youngstown Works to succeed retiring Laurin D. Woodworth.

Mrs. Agnes M. Gillespie, Bryson Street, dies after a long illness. She was the wife of Dean John P. Gillespie of Youngstown University.

1939: The Mahoning County Republican Executive Committee votes to ask four Republican candidates to drop out of the Youngstown mayoral race and throw their support behind one GOP candidate, Arthur H. Williams.

“Beer parlors should not be permitted to encroach on residential districts, and disreputable proprietors who fail to understand their public duties must be forced out of business,” says Atty. John W. Powers, candidate for Youngstown mayor.

Paul Koneval, Carnegie-Illinois steel worker, crawls on his hands and knees through his smoke-filled house to find and rescue his sleeping five-year-old son, Billy. Damage from the fire was estimated at $500.