YEARS AGO

Today is Thursday, Dec. 15, the 350th day of 2016. There are 16 days left in the year.

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1791: The Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, goes into effect following ratification by Virginia.

1890: Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members are killed in Grand River, S.D., during a confrontation with Indian police.

1938: Groundbreaking for the Jefferson Memorial takes place in Washington, D.C., with President Franklin D. Roosevelt taking part in the ceremony.

1939: The Civil War motion picture epic “Gone with the Wind,” starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, has its world premiere in Atlanta.

1966: Movie producer Walt Disney dies in Los Angeles at age 65.

2011: The flag used by U.S. forces in Iraq is lowered in a low-key Baghdad airport ceremony marking the end of a war that has left 4,500 Americans and 110,000 Iraqis dead and cost more than $800 billion.

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1991: The Youngstown State University Penguins defeat Samford University 10-0 before 17,003 fans to advance to the Division 1-AA championship game against Marshall. The Penguins scored when Chis Vecchione recovered a fumble and ran it into the end zone and on a Jeff Wilkins field goal.

As 1991 draws to a close, Youngstown has a record 57 homicides, many attributed to drug wars. The number of murders dwarfs the toll from mob wars of the 1960s, when the city had the nickname “Murdertown.”

Researchers at the University of Dayton develop an electronic device that will pinpoint when a car needs an oil change, replacing the old fashioned dipstick. The technology was originally developed for the Air Force.

1976: The body of Earl Matola, 23, of Hubbard is found on the shore of Lake McKelvey near Jacobs and Liberty roads.

Robert D. Rowland will end a 44-year banking career when he retires Jan. 1 as president of the Dollar Savings & Trust Co. He will be succeeded by Don W. McGowan.

F.E. “Fern” Anderson is elected president of the Rescue Mission of Youngstown and the New Life Center of Vienna.

1966: City Engineer Phillip Richley recommends that Youngstown eliminate city pick-up of garbage and burnable rubbish at commercial establishments and establish a fee for residential pickup.

The state Board of Control approves $62,447 to equip the new $5 million science building at Youngstown State University. The building on Lincoln Avenue will open in July.

Youngstown will receive a bill for more than $16 million in the changeover to a statewide pension program for police and firefighters. The city would have 20 years to make the payments.

N.E. Colla Jr., partner in the N.E. Colla & Son Barber Shop on Southern Boulevard, is elected to his 14th term as president of Youngstown Barbers Local 84.

1941: Chairman Harry Rownd names 117 people to a committee that will raise the area’s $170,000 quota toward the American Red Cross goal of $50 million.

On the stage of the Palace Theater in downtown Youngstown for three days only, the one and only Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, world-famous tap dancer.

Maurice Cheslin leaves with a group of 10 Marine Corps recruits for Cleveland, but he wouldn’t let Uncle Sam pay for his transportation to the induction center. He said he could afford to pay his own way and gave the money to the government.

Akron Powder Co. announces that 50 men a day will be hired for work at the Ravenna Arsenal.