Years Ago

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 23, the 266th day of 2014. There are 99 days left in the year.

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1779: During the Revolutionary War, the American warship Bon Homme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, defeats the HMS Serapis in battle off Yorkshire, England; however, the damaged Bon Homme Richard sank two days later.

1780: British spy John Andre is captured along with papers revealing Benedict Arnold’s plot to surrender West Point to the British.

1806: The Lewis and Clark expedition returns to St. Louis more than two years after setting out for the Pacific Northwest.

1846: Neptune is identified as a planet by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.

1889: American newspaperman and columnist Walter Lippmann is born in New York City.

1939: Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, dies in London at age 83.

1952: In what becomes known as the “Checkers” speech, Sen. Richard M. Nixon, R-Calif., salvages his vice-presidential nomination by appearing live on television to refute allegations of improper campaign fundraising.

1957: Nine black students who’d entered Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas are forced to withdraw because of a white mob outside.

1962: New York’s Philharmonic Hall (later renamed Avery Fisher Hall) formally opens as the first unit of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

“The Jetsons,” an animated cartoon series about a Space Age family, premieres as the ABC television network’s first program in color.

1973: Former Argentine president Juan Peron wins a landslide election victory that returns him to power; his wife, Isabel, is elected vice president.

1981: The Reagan administration announces plans for what becomes known as Radio Marti.

1999: The Mars Climate Orbiter apparently burns up as it attempts to go into orbit around the Red Planet.

2004: President George W. Bush denies painting too rosy a picture about Iraq, and says he will consider sending more troops if asked.

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1989: Trumbull County Commissioner Arthur Magee says a Lordstown industrial park is the frontrunner for a new regional distribution center for Toys R Us, the nation’s biggest toy retailer.

The Avanti Automotive Corp. permanently lays off 35 employees at its Youngstown plant and again delays a target date for introduction of its new four-door model.

Vickie Miklic begins her duties as director of youth ministries for the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Boardman.

1974: Ronald A. Daniels of Youngstown, an African studies teacher at Hiram College, is elected president of the National Black Political Assembly during a meeting in Columbus. He succeeds U.S. Rep. Charles Diggs of Michigan.

The Western Reserve Transit Authority rents 20 buses from a Chicago firm at a cost of $24,000 because General Motors Corp. failed to deliver 50 brand new buses.

A Cliff Stout-led offense gives Youngstown State all its points in the first half as the Penguins ride out a 35-21 victory over South Dakota State in Brookings, S.D.

1964: Auto manufacturers begin display of the 1965 models. Ford’s Lincoln Continental is the first new model shown, and its price remains at $5,766 for the four-door sedan.

The Cleveland Indians lose a doubleheader to the New York Yankees, 5-3 and 8-1, giving the Yankees an even tighter grip on first place in the American League.

1939: The Youngstown College Penguins suffer their first setback of their second season, losing to Harvey-Morris College, 7-0, in Charleston, W. Va.

J.L. Mauthe, district superintendent of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., is chairman of the membership drive of the Central YMCA.

A select group of Youngstowners attends an unusual premiere at the Uptown Theater as 15-year-old filmmaker Steve Downer, a student at South High, shows his hometown production of “The Barberton’s Perfect Picnic.”