Today is Sunday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2014

Today is Sunday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2014. There are 38 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1765: Frederick County, Md., becomes the first colonial entity to repudiate the British Stamp Act.

1804: The 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, is born in Hillsboro, N.H.

1889: The first jukebox makes its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon.

1914: The seven-month U.S. military occupation of Veracruz, Mexico, ends.

1936: Life, the photojournalism magazine created by Henry R. Luce, is first published.

1942: During World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a measure establishing the U.S. Women’s Coast Guard Reserve, or SPARS (an abbreviation of the U.S. Coast Guard motto “Semper Paratus” — “Always Ready”).

1971: The People’s Republic of China is seated in the U.N. Security

1996: A commandeered Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 crashes into the water off the Comoros Islands, killing 125 of the 175 people on board, including all three hijackers.

2004: Dan Rather announces he will step down as principal anchorman of “The CBS Evening News” in March 2005.

VINDICATOR FILES

1989: For the first time ever, three Mahoning Valley high schools —Campbell Memorial, McDonald and Warren JFK — are vying for state football crowns.

Writing from Kfar Blum, an Israeli kibbutz, Vindicator editorial page editor Dennis Mangan describes a nation divided between Israelis intent on preserving their young homeland and Palestinians yearning for a nation of their own.

An 18-month-old girl found in an elevator at the Youngstown City Jail is returned to her father’s Euclid Avenue home, and a warrant is issued for the arrest of her mother, who abandoned her.

1974: For the third time in as many years of the playoff system, the Class AAA state football title comes back to Warren G. Harding High School in Warren after the Panthers overwhelm Upper Arlington, 41-8, at the Akron Rubber Bowl.

Leo Sheridan, 85, of 638 W. Dewey Ave., dies of smoke inhalation from a $6,500 fire at his home that was apparently sparked by smoking in bed.

A group of citizens who opposed passage of a 4.9-mill Boardman school district levy asks for a recount of the results, which showed the levy passing by 39 votes, 6,799 to 6,760.

1964: Loblaw supermarkets sell grade A turkeys for 31 cents a pound and fresh-baked pumpkin pies from the stores’ own bakeries at 39 cents.

After a stormy weekend, Erie, Pa., is digging out of an 18- to 20-inch snowfall that closed schools and the airport and interrupted bus service.

United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co. settle their strike, and 80,000 Ford employees return to work.

1939: James C. Bowers, Columbiana city engineer, approves plans for construction of a stone pavilion measuring 30 by 80 feet in Firestone Park.

Niles Mayor William P. Kearney , Democrat,gains eight votes in a Board of Elections recount to retain his seat by 44 votes over Republican challenger Elmer Fisher.

Councilman Innocenzo Vagnozzi proposes that Youngstown take steps to preserve Wick Avenue in the vicinity of Youngstown College as a cultural center when council meets with property owners protesting the location of a new Coca Cola bottling plant at 665-669 Wick Ave.