YEARS AGO

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 19, the 323rd day of 2014. There are 42 days left in the year.

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1794: The United States and Britain sign Jay’s Treaty, which resolves some issues left over from the Revolutionary War.

1831: The 20th president of the United States, James Garfield, is born in Orange Township, Ohio.

1863: President Abraham Lincoln pays tribute to the fallen from the Battle of Gettysburg as he dedicates a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.

1919: The Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 55 in favor, 39 against, short of the two-thirds majority needed for ratification.

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1989: As many as 750 Mahoning County employees are accumulating vacation and sick time based on a 40-hour work week, even though they only work 38 hours.

The Youngstown State University football team romps to a 38-7 win over Towson State University to end the season at 8-3, putting Coach Jim Tressel’s Penguins in contention for the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs.

1974: A.C. Cook Chevrolet buys 100 Chevrolet Vegas as a show of support for the locally made product and the economic well-being of the Youngstown community.

Fire destroys a third-floor audio-visual room at the Sacred Heart Retreat House, 3128 Logan Way.

R. Patrick Bundy of Struthers, a member of Boy Scout Troop 198, receives his Eagle Scout Award at a Court of Honor at the VFW Post 3538.

1964: David W. Griffith, head of Steubenville’s Public Library, succeeds the late James C. Foutts as director of the Youngstown and Mahoning County Public Library.

Dr. Richard V. Clifford, Norwood Avenue, dies suddenly from a heart attack. He was a physician and surgeon at St. Elizabeth Hospital and a retired Navy commander.

1939: Pete the Penguin, Youngstown College’s new mascot, arrives on campus just in time to join Homecoming Queen Margaret Ann Lovell at the game at Rayen Stadium. Pete, formerly a pet of Admiral Richard Byrd, will take up residence at Crandall Park, with the swans, and will be the responsibility of Park Director Tom Pemberton.

Coordinating a deadly aerial attack with a tricky ground defense, Youngstown College Penguins run roughshod over Westminster, winning their second annual homecoming game by a score of 46-0.

City police open fire on three prowlers at the rear of 34 Breaden St. One is wounded and captured; two escape.