YEARS AGO
Today is Monday, Oct. 19, the 292nd day of 2015. There are 73 days left in the year.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
On this date in:
1765: The Stamp Act Congress, meeting in New York, adopts a declaration of rights and liberties, which the British Parliament ignores.
1781: British troops under Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown, Va., as the American Revolution nears its end.
1789: John Jay is sworn in as the first chief justice of the United States.
1814: The first documented public performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” takes place at the Holliday Street Theater in Baltimore.
1864: Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early’s soldiers attack Union forces at Cedar Creek, Va.; the Union troops are able to rally and defeat the Confederates.
1914: The U.S. Post Office begins delivering mail with government-owned cars, as opposed to using contracted vehicles.
1935: The Council of the League of Nations imposes sanctions against Italy for invading Abyssinia.
1944: The U.S. Navy begins accepting black women into WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service).
1951: President Harry S. Truman signs an act formally ending the state of war with Germany.
1960: The United States begins a limited embargo against Cuba covering all commodities except medical supplies and certain food products.
1977: The supersonic Concorde makes its first landing in New York City.
1987: The stock market crashes as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges508 points, or 22.6 percent in value, to close at 1,738.74.
1990: Kevin Costner’s Western epic “Dances with Wolves” has its world premiere in Washington, D.C.
2004: A defiant Saddam Hussein pleads innocent to charges of premeditated murder and torture as his trial opens under heavy security in the former headquarters of his Baath Party in Baghdad.
2010: The Pentagon directs the military to accept openly gay recruits for the first time in the nation’s history.
2014: Pope Francis beatifies Pope Paul VI, concluding a remarkable meeting of bishops debating family issues that draws parallels to the tumultuous reforms of the Second Vatican Council that Paul oversaw and implemented.
An Associated Press investigation found that dozens of Nazis war criminals and SS guards had collected millions in U.S. Social Security pension payments after being forced out of the United States.
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1990: Youngstown State University is reducing operating expenses by 10 percent and imposing a hiring freeze in anticipation of a state cut in appropriations to state universities.
Two elite Soviet runners, Nicolay Tabac and Zoya Ivanova, arrive in Youngstown for the International Peace Race.
The Mahoning Valley Sanitary District is preparing to fight a $125,000 fine issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for discharging pollutants into Meander Creek.
1975: Despite meetings with several third-party mediators, including Gov. James A. Rhodes, time is apparently running out on the effort to save Rockwell International bumper plant in Newton Falls.
Gary Pollock is the new president of the Downtown Kiwanis Club, succeeding Robert C. Trucksis.
Harvey H. Hood, a Lords-town home builder, constructs a solar heat collector behind his home on E. Carson-Salt Springs Road.
1965: The General Duty Nurses Association accepts a 10-cent per hour raise for part-time nurses at the Youngstown Hospital Association.
Weatherbee Coats Inc. announces plans for $600,000 expansion of its East Federal Street plant, where 200 are employed.
A slowdown in steel production brings an increase in applications at the Mahoning County Welfare Department. Director James E. O’Brien says there were 59 new cases in October.
Youngstown-area highways, county roads and parks are crowded on a Sunday afternoon as crowds of people take advantage of sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s to enjoy the brilliance of the autumn foliage.
1940: Youngstown police arrest 16 juveniles for using two caverns they dug beneath the raps at the South High School Stadium as a way of getting into football games for free.
Traffic Commissioner Clarence W. Coppersmith says the intersection of Oak Hill Avenue and the new Marshall Street Bridge is a traffic hazard, and a traffic signal is needed.
Niles First Baptist Church celebrates its 50th anniversary.