YEARS AGO

Today is Thursday, Oct. 9, the 282nd day of 2014. There are 83 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1514: Mary Tudor, the 18-year-old sister of Henry VIII, becomes queen consort of France upon her marriage to 52-year-old King Louis XII, who died less than three months later.

1776: A group of Spanish missionaries settles in present-day San Francisco.

1813: Composer Giuseppe Verdi is born in the Italian village of Le Roncole. (Some sources say Verdi was actually born on Oct. 10.)

1888: The public is first admitted to the Washington Monument.

1914: The Belgian city of Antwerp falls to German forces during World War I.

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1989: Don Bucci, head football coach at Cardinal Mooney High School since 1966 and dean of area high school football coaches, says he’ll continue to coach “as long as it stays fun.” His record is 194 wins, 50 losses.

Matthew Bozic, superintendent of Campbell schools, orders the schools closed because they are without heat after maintenance workers join striking teachers on the picket line.

U.S. Rep. Michael De-Wine announces he will run for lieutenant governor on a Republican ticket headed by Cleveland Mayor George Voinovich.

1974: Youngstown City Council increases the fines for unauthorized use of city fire hydrants by five-fold, to a maximum of $500. William R. Shranko, R-4th, says some contractors have been using city water and some residents have used hydrants to fill swimming pools.

Several Youngstown city councilmen urge police Chief Donald Baker to cancel his order for 50 revolvers intended for use by the police auxiliary he is forming.

Sparked by its freshman standout, Alan Scharsu, Austintown Fitch repeats as Steel Valley Conference cross-country champs.

1964: YMCA membership campaigners collect $128,980, surpassing their goal by $43,980. Chairman Dan Mirton says high divisions were David Tod’s at $15,098; T. Bruce Carpenter’s at $11,071 and Bob Lilko’s at $14,001.

Bishop Emmet Walsh notifies pastors that priests of the Youngstown Catholic Diocese may celebrate Mass facing the congregation.

The $2 billion Olympics opens in Tokyo with tickets on the black market going for as high as $500.

1939: Charles A. Leedy, one of the district’s best known nature lovers and a staunch disciple of Volney Rogers, founder of Mill Creek Park, is appointed to the city park commission.

Robert Bell, a 14-year-old Boy Scout, is dead, shot by a 50-year-old neighbor because the boy refused to give up a prized possession, his Boy Scout knife.