YEARS AGO

YEARS AGO

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 6, the 279th day of 2015. There are 86 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1683: Thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrive in Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America’s oldest settlements.

1884: The Naval War College is established in Newport, R.I.

1927: The era of talking pictures arrives with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson, a movie featuring both silent and sound-synchronized sequences.

1939: In a speech to the Reichstag, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks of his plans to reorder the ethnic layout of Europe – a plan that would entail settling the “Jewish problem.”

1949: U.S.-born Iva Toguri D’Aquino, convicted of treason for being Japanese wartime broadcaster “Tokyo Rose,” is sentenced in San Francisco to 10 years in prison (she ended up serving more than six).

1958: The nuclear submarine USS Seawolf surfaces after spending 60 days submerged.

1973: War erupts in the Middle East as Egypt and Syria launch a surprise attack on Israel during the Yom Kippur holiday. (Israel, initially caught off-guard, suffered heavy losses before rebounding and pushing back the Arab forces before a cease-fire finally took hold in the nearly three-week conflict.)

1976: In his second presidential debate with Democrat Jimmy Carter, President Gerald R. Ford asserts there is “no Soviet domination of eastern Europe.” (Ford later conceded that was not the case.)

1979: Pope John Paul II, on a weeklong U.S. tour, becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House, where he is received by President Jimmy Carter.

1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is shot to death by extremists while reviewing a military parade.

2005: President George W. Bush seeks to rally flagging public support for the war in Iraq, accusing militants of trying to establish a “radical Islamic empire” with Iraq as the base.

2010: A presidential commission says the Obama administration had blocked efforts by government scientists to tell the American public just how bad the Gulf oil spill could become and committed other missteps that raised questions about its competence and candor during the crisis.

2010: The Supreme Court unexpectedly clears the way for a dramatic expansion of gay marriage in the United States as it rejects appeals from five states seeking to preserve their bans, effectively making such marriages legal in 30 states.

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1990: Television talk-show host Phil Donahue will bring his show to Stambaugh Auditorium, and his only guest for taping of a one-hour program will be U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., D-Poland.

The U.S. Senate approves a bill to include Columbiana County in the 13-state area designated as part of Appalachia.

The failure of Congress to pass an emergency budget means the Youngstown Social Security and Internal Revenue Service offices may have to close.

1975: “If inflation hurts you, think how it must hurt those who need our help,” says David R. Gundry, general campaign chairman at the launching of the Youngstown Area United Appeal’s $2 million campaign to raise funds for 34 agencies.

Charles B. Cushwa Jr., industrialist and community leader, leaves an estate appraised at $2.3 million, 15 percent of which will be split among the Youngstown Catholic Diocese, the University of Notre Dame and St. Elizabeth Hospital.

The Pittsburgh Steelers hand the Cleveland Browns their third defeat, 42-6, before 73,596 fans in Cleveland. It is the first time in franchise history that the Browns started a season 0-3.

1965: A cold front sets records on the East Coast. The mercury drops to 28 degrees at Youngstown Municipal Airport.

A Japanese motif is featured in decorations and menu when the Evening Gourmet Club of the New Neighbors League meets at the home of Mrs. Pat Cahill, Lake Forest, with Mrs. Judy Carroll as co-hostess.

Advertisement: Sears exclusive James Bond road- race set, six prewired sections, an Aston-Martin and a Mustang slot-car, $34.95.

1940:One of the reasons President Franklin D. Roosevelt is coming to Youngstown on Oct. 11 is to recognize the staunch support he has received from Rep. Michael J. Kirwan, who repeatedly has stood alone in the Ohio delegation in supporting the president.

The War and Navy departments award contracts to several Ohio companies as defense preparation speeds ahead. Among the companies is Republic Steel Corp.

Oldsmobile dealers in Austintown, D.A. Heindel and A.W. Younger, advertise the new Oldsmobile with Hydra-Matic Drive and no clutch. Prices start at $852.