YEARS AGO

Today is Monday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2014. There are 79 days left in the year. This is the Columbus Day holiday in the U.S., as well as Thanksgiving Day in Canada.

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On this date in:

A.D. 54: Roman Emperor Claudius I dies. He was poisoned apparently at the behest of his wife, Agrippina.

1307: King Philip IV of France orders the arrests of Knights Templar on charges of heresy.

1775: The United States Navy has its origins as the Continental Congress orders the construction of a naval fleet.

1792: The cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, is laid during a ceremony in the District of Columbia.

1843: The Jewish organization B’nai B’rith is founded in New York City.

1914: The Boston Braves sweep the World Series, defeating the Philadelphia Athletics 3-1 in Game 4 played at Fenway Park.

1932: President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes lay the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington.

1944: During World War II, American troops enter Aachen, Germany.

1957: CBS-TV broadcasts “The Edsel Show,” a one-hour live special starring Bing Crosby designed to promote the new, ill-fated Ford automobile. (It was the first special to use videotape technology to delay the broadcast to the West Coast.)

1962: Edward Albee’s four-character drama “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” opens on Broadway.

1974: Longtime television host Ed Sullivan dies in New York City at age 73.

1981: Voters in Egypt participate in a referendum to elect Vice President Hosni Mubarak the new president, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.

1999: The Senate rejects the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, with 48 senators voting in favor and 51 against, far short of the 67 needed for ratification.

2009: Singer Al Martino, who’d played crooner Johnny Fontane in “The Godfather” and “The Godfather: Part III,” dies in Springfield, Pa., six days after turning 82.

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1989: Following General Motors’ announcement that it will close the van plant at Lordstown, UAW officials say they will go to Detroit to lobby the company to make Lordstown the exclusive producer of 1994 J-cars.

Phar Mor Inc. announces that it will sponsor two women’s professional golf tournaments in 1990, one of which will be played at the Squaw Creek Country Club in Vienna.

Thirteen Boardman High students ranging in age from 15 to 17 are arrested by township police and five more are being sought for taking as many as 150 pumpkins and assorted Halloween decorations from township homes that were decorated for the holiday.

1974: Thousands of New Castle, Pa., motorists everyday overlook a replica of the Statue of Liberty that stands in Owen Penfield Fox Park, a small square in the strip that divides Croton Avenue and Mill Street. The statue was dedicated Nov. 11, 1955, in honor of Owen Penfield Fox’s work on the city’s park program.

Republic Steel Corp., the nation’s fourth largest steelmaker, which has played a vital role in shaping the U.S. economy, celebrates 75 years of steelmaking in the Mahoning Valley, where it was born.

Youngstown State University Penguins win their fourth straight game, beating Tennessee Tech, regarded as the toughest opponent on the schedule, 23-0 at Rayen Stadium.

1964: Pledges for 605 season tickets are obtained in the first day of a ticket-sale campaign to keep the Cleveland Indians in Cleveland.

Four divisions of the United Appeal report pledges of $984,133, which is 59.7 percent of the goal entering the final days of the campaign.

Stackhouse Oldsmobile Inc. announces plans to establish a new dealership at Market Street and Wilma Avenue in Boardman.

Don Schollander of Oregon wins the United States’ first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo, winning the men’s 100-meter free style swimming.

1939: Capt. Harry N. Potts, commander of Headquarters Battery, First Battalion, 135th Field Artillery national guard unit in Youngstown, says 16 of the 20 additional men ordered for his unit have been enrolled.

The season’s first heavy frost hits the eastern Ohio area, coating fields with a heavy blanket and killing most late flowers and vegetables.

Three Youngstown boys playing football at Newberry College are out of action with injuries. Ed Coppola of Lowellville has injured knees, Dom Colangelo of East High has bad ankles and Merle Lambeth of Canfield has an injured back. Myron Randall of Austintown and Nick DePrima of East High are still in the Newberry lineup, playing high-class ball.