YEARS AGO

Today is Sunday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2016. There are 328 days left in the year.

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1795: The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, dealing with states’ sovereign immunity, is ratified.

1857: A French court acquits author Gustave Flaubert of obscenity for his serialized novel “Madame Bovary.”

1931: Aviator Amelia Earhart marries publisher George P. Putnam in Noank, Conn.

1940: Walt Disney’s second animated feature, “Pinocchio,” premieres in New York.

1948: Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Army chief of staff; he is succeeded by Gen. Omar Bradley.

1962: President John F. Kennedy imposes a full trade embargo on Cuba.

1965: During the Vietnam War, Viet Cong forces attack Camp Holloway, a U.S. Army helicopter base near Pleiku, killing eight Americans and wounding more than 100 others.

1986: The Philippines holds a presidential election marred by charges of fraud against the incumbent, Ferdinand E. Marcos.

1991: Jean-Bertrand Aristide is inaugurated as the first democratically elected president of Haiti (he was overthrown by the military the following September).

1999: Jordan’s King Hussein dies of cancer at age 63; he is succeeded by his eldest son, Abdullah.

2006: Some 10,000 mourners, including four U.S. presidents, say goodbye to Coretta Scott King during a service in Lithonia, Ga.

2011: Speaking to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, President Barack Obama echoes John F. Kennedy as he prods business leaders to “ask yourselves what you can do for America,” not just for company bottom lines.

2015: Olympic gold medalist Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner is involved in a fatal multiple-vehicle crash on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Calif., that left one woman dead and several others injured.

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1991: The Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs approves a pair of $100,000 grants to help a cookie maker, Charles Specialties, and a railroad-car repair company, American Industries, relocate to Hermitage and Sharon.

Mahoning County commissioners ask Youngstown State University to examine salary costs and workloads in the county offices to determine necessary ways to improve efficiency.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency drafts proposed air-emissions standards for infectious- waste incinerators that would affect Browning-Ferris Industries in Warren, MultiTech Inc. in North Jackson and St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown.

1976: A $5,000 reward is offered by GF Business Equipment Inc. for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who murdered Mrs. Mildred Moseley, 60, wife of GF President George Moseley at their Boardman home Sept. 23.

The Rev. Edward Noga, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Noga of Youngs-town, will be ordained Feb. 15 at St. Columba Cathedral by Bishop James W. Malone.

James Hetzler, 5, of Leavittsburg, dies in Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital of injuries suffered in a fire and explosion Jan. 31 at a North Kingsville gun shop.

1966: Youngstown University student council suggests that the city either close streets in the university area or make them one way with diagonal parking.

More than 500 Youngs-town area churchgoers hear the Rev. Lawrence Robinson, a missionary, discuss the problems of the Congo and other newly independent African nations.

Theodore Baxevandes is honored as Orthodox Man of the Year at the Ukrainian Orthodox Center in Youngstown.

1941: Finishing Mills of the McDonald Works of Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. are closed by a walkout of shippers protesting certain working conditions.

Warren officials are told that $100,000 in fire insurance savings are possible if the city reopens its North Side fire station.

Our Lady of Hungary Parish announces plans to begin construction in the spring of a $21,000 church.