Years Ago

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 17, the 260th day of 2014. There are 105 days left in the year.

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1787: The Constitution of the United States is completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

1862: More than 3,600 men are killed in the Civil War Battle of Antietam in Maryland.

1908: Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge of the U.S. Army Signal Corps becomes the first person to die in the crash of a powered aircraft, the Wright Flyer, at Fort Myer, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C.

1937: The likeness of President Abraham Lincoln’s head is dedicated at Mount Rushmore.

1939: The Soviet Union invades Poland during World War II, more than two weeks after Nazi Germany had launched its assault.

1944: During World War II, Allied paratroopers launch Operation Market Garden, landing behind German lines in the Netherlands. (After initial success, the Allies were beaten back by the Germans.)

1954: The novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding is first published by Faber & Faber of London.

1964: The James Bond movie “Goldfinger,” starring Sean Connery, premieres in London, and the fantasy sitcom “Bewitched,” starring Elizabeth Montgomery, debuts on ABC-TV.

1971: Citing health reasons, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, 85, retires. (Black, who was succeeded by Lewis F. Powell Jr., died eight days after making his announcement.)

1978: After meeting at Camp David, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat sign a framework for a peace treaty.

1984: Progressive Conservative leader Brian Mulroney takes office as Canada’s 18th prime minister.

1994: Heather Whitestone of Alabama is crowned the first deaf Miss America.

2011: A demonstration calling itself Occupy Wall Street begins in New York, prompting similar protests around the U.S. and the world.

2004: President Vladimir Putin says Russia is “seriously preparing” for pre-emptive strikes against terrorists, as Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev takes responsibility for a school hostage-taking and other attacks that have claimed more than 430 lives.

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1989: Trumbull County Democratic Party Chairman William Timmins says he would support “100 percent” Don L. Hanni Jr. of Mahoning County if he runs for state chairman of the Democratic Party when James Ruvolo steps down.

Warren Western Reserve’s football team – its first game delayed by a teachers strike – rolls over Niles McKinley High, 39-0, before 4,000 fans at Mollenkopf Stadium.

The Ellwood City Police Department is debating whether to auction off a 1926 Thompson submachine gun, which could be worth $5,000, or keep it for its historic and sentimental value.

1974: A section of Ohio’s one-day-old abortion law forbidding public payment of abortion bills for women on welfare is ruled invalid by Federal Judge Robert Duncan.

Federal Plaza East from Walnut Street to South Avenue is closed to traffic to allow the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus to set up its tents.

James J. Cappy is elected president of the Youngstown Area Board of Realtors, succeeding Elaine B. DeLaCroix.

1964: Speaking in Cleveland, U.S. Sen. Stephen M. Young, D-Ohio, says “right-wing extremism” is the major issue in America, and Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater “has emerged or been built into the charismatic spiritual leader” of the extremists.

Fall enrollment at Youngstown University is 9,673, about 700 more than last fall and twice what it was 10 years earlier.

1939: Count and Countess Maurice de Bosdari of Paris arrive in New Castle, Pa., for a visit of undetermined duration with the countess’ mother, Mrs. Charles H. Johnson of Moody Avenue. They declare they are glad to get to the United States after seeing what is going on in Europe.

Willie James Clark, 10, of 1880 Cherry St. is electrocuted at the Wilkoff Co. scrapyard when he comes in contact with a live wire while climbing a fence to get grapes near an electric transformer.

More than 1,200 Shriners from all parts of Ohio converge on Youngstown for a parade, banquet and initiation of 24 new members.