YEARS AGO

Today is Monday, Oct. 6, the 279th day of 2014. There are 86 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1683: Thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrive in Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America’s oldest settlements.

1884: The Naval War College is established in Newport, R.I.

1889: The Moulin Rouge in Paris first opens its doors to the public.

1927: The era of talking pictures arrives with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson, a movie featuring both silent and sound-synchronized sequences.

2004: The top U.S. arms inspector in Iraq, Charles Duelfer, reports finding no evidence Saddam Hussein’s regime had produced weapons of mass destruction after 1991.

VINDICATOR FILES

1989: Sales of Lordstown-built cars, including the Chevrolet Cavalier, have surged this year, but sales of General Motors’ vans built at the local plant have slumped.

Hermitage City Manager Terry Fedorchak denies a request for a permit that would allow Hillcrest Memorial Park to develop an unused 11-acre parcel as a nature and wildlife preserve and a petting zoo.

1974: Ohio Department of Transportation Director J. Phillip Richley says it may be difficult to recognize downtown Youngstown while speaking to 2,000 people at the dedication of the new Federal Plaza.

Unbeaten Youngstown State registers its third victory of the season, beating Northern Michigan, 24-10, before 5,000 fans at Rayen Stadium.

1964: Secretary of State Ted W. Brown estimates that 4.2 million voters will go to the polls in November, which would be a record for Ohio.

The Columbiana Bar Association officially endorses Court of Appeals Judge Paul W. Brown for the Ohio Supreme Court .

Richie Allen, the Philadelphi Phillies’ third-baseman from Wampum, Pa., is named “Rookie Player of the Year” by the Sporting News.

Charles H. Bentz, Warren steel executive, is named director of fund-raising activities for Ohio citizens for Goldwater-Miller in Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull, Ashtabula and Geauga counties.

1939: Gasoline prices in the Youngstown district will increase a half cent per gallon, bringing the price of regular gas to 17 cents a gallon and ethyl to 19 cents.

Voter registration in Youngstown exceeds 71,000, with two days remaining.