YEARS AGO
YEARS AGO
Today is Thursday, Sept. 17, the 260th day of 2015. There are 105 days left in the year.
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On this date in:
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, Va., 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.)
1964: The James Bond movie “Goldfinger,” starring Sean Connery, premieres in London.
The fantasy sitcom “Bewitched,” starring Elizabeth Montgomery, debuts on ABC-TV.
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 White-stone 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.
2010: Thousands of cheering Catholic schoolchildren fete Pope Benedict XVI on his second day in Britain, offering a boisterous welcome, as the pontiff urges their teachers to make sure to provide a trusting, safe environment.
2014: The Republican-controlled House votes grudgingly to give the administration authority to train and arm Syrian rebels as President Barack Obama emphasized anew that American forces “do not and will not have a combat mission” in the struggle against Islamic State militants in either Iraq or Syria.
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1990: Mark Pelini of Cardinal Mooney and Dan Beatty of East Liverpool are two of five captains for the Ohio State football team, which is marking its 101st season of intercollegiate competition.
Charles P. Henderson, 79, of 2249 Fifth Ave., mayor of Youngstown from 1949 through 1953 and a retired Mahoning County probate judge, dies of a heart attack in LaGuardia Airport. He and his wife were departing for a cruise in the Bahamas when he was stricken.
Kathy Wess, a 17-year-old Hubbard High School senior, returns from a 10-day trip to the Russian space academy with nine other U.S. students.
1975: Sen. Robert Taft Jr., R-Ohio, says inclusion of Amtrak rail service between Youngstown, Pittsburgh and Cleveland is still a possibility.
Cleveland banker J. Maurice Struchen tells about 250 Youngstown area business leaders at the annual luncheon of the Regional Growth Foundation that “it looks as though we’ve hit bottom” of the economic recession.
The WRTA accepts a $55,570 contract with the Ohio Department of Transportation to continue to provide half-price fare for elderly riders.
1965: Ohio University President Dr. Vernon R. Aiden is principal speaker at the closing banquet of the annual convention of Ohio’s Conference of NAACP branches at the Hotel Pick-Ohio in Youngstown.
Speaking at a meeting of the Youngstown Chapter of the Association of Industrial Advertisers, Robert E. Williams, vice president of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., proposes a concentrated effort to give the area an industrial renaissance.
Attendance at Cedar Point sets a record of 2 million visitors during the 110-day season.
1940: Methodist Bishop H. Lester Smith assigns two new pastors to Youngstown, C. Foster Anderson to Richard Brown Memorial Church and D.L. Custis to McGuffey Memorial Church.
By a vote of 4-3, Youngstown City Council defeats an ordinance pledging the city’s cooperation with the federal government for construction of a $2 million McGuffey low-cost housing project.
Paul C. Hartman of Brooklyn, N.Y., is appointed physical director at Youngstown’s Central YMCA by Paul Davis, general secretary. Hartman is a graduate of Springfield College.