YEARS AGO

Today is Friday, June 26, the 177th day of 2015. There are 188 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1483: Richard III begins his reign as King of England (he was crowned the following month at Westminster Abbey).

1870: The first section of the Atlantic City, N.J., Boardwalk opens to the public.

1925: Charles Chaplin’s classic comedy “The Gold Rush” premieres at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

1936: President Franklin D. Roosevelt is nominated for a second term of office by delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

1945: The charter of the United Nations is signed by 50 countries in San Francisco.

1950: President Harry S. Truman authorizes the U.S. Air Force and Navy to enter the Korean War.

1959: President Dwight D. Eisenhower joins Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in ceremonies officially opening the St. Lawrence Seaway.

1963: President John F. Kennedy visits West Berlin, where he delivers his famous speech expressing solidarity with the city’s residents, declaring: “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner).

1973: Former White House counsel John W. Dean tells the Senate Watergate Committee about an “enemies list” kept by the Nixon White House.

1974: The supermarket price scanner debuts in Troy, Ohio, as a 10-pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit chewing gum costing 67 cents and bearing a Uniform Product Code is scanned by a Marsh Supermarket cashier.

1990: President George H.W. Bush goes back on his “no-new-taxes” campaign pledge, conceding that tax increases would have to be included in any deficit-reduction package worked out with congressional negotiators.

2014: The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rules that President Barack Obama exceeded his executive authority in 2012 when he appointed members to the National Labor Relations Board without Senate confirmation.

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1990: Ohio Clean Fuels Inc., the proposed $225 million coal liquification project in Warren, has new life with a new owner and six more months to find a site for its plant and customers for its project.

A fire at the Park Vista Retirement Community in Youngstown causes the evacuation of 48 residents, half of whom are taken to hospitals for treatment of smoke inhalation.

The Niles Board of Education names Rocco D. Adduci as the principal of Garfield Elementary School.

1975: The Northeast Ohio Manpower Consortium will receive $7.8 million for public service employment projects in Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana and Ashtabula counties.

William Welden, 21, of Baden, Pa., drowns in rain-swollen Beaver Creek near Fredericktown in an unsuccessful attempt to save Sharon Ann Knox, 16, of Rochester, Pa., who fell into the stream. They are the third and fourth drownings in the creek in five days.

Chester A. Amedia is honored as the new president of the Youngstown Rotary Club at its annual President’s Ball. Outgoing president is Dr. Sidney Berkowitz.

1965: The Youngstown Board of Control signs an offer to buy the Elms Ballroom on Elm Street from L.A. Cavalier Jr. and Olga Cavalier for $145,000. The property is part of the expansion program for Youngstown University.

Two 8-year-old classmates at Monroe School are crushed between a moving car and a parked car after running into Kenmore Avenue. Killed instantly was Cindy Mae Speerbrecher; injured was Nancy Huish.

Two jailbreakers from Lorain are nabbed near Steubenville after they kidnapped Argel Wilson of Boardman and stole his car.

1940: Nearly 1,000 young people attend the opening of the 55th annual convention of the Ohio Christian Endeavor Union at First Presbyterian Church in Youngstown. It is the first time the convention has taken place in Youngstown since 1894.

Despite cool breezes and occasional showers, hundreds of youngsters turn out for the opening of Youngstown’s new North Side swimming pool.

Bill Konold, a 13-year-old Warren boy, is the youngest assistant sergeant-at-arms at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.