YEARS AGO

YEARS AGO

Today is Friday, Feb. 12, the 43rd day of 2016. There are 323 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1554: Lady Jane Grey, who claimed the throne of England for nine days, and her husband, Guildford Dudley, are beheaded after being condemned for high treason.

1809: Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, is born in present-day Larue County, Ky.

1818: Chile officially proclaims its independence, more than seven years after initially renouncing Spanish rule.

1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded.

1914: Groundbreaking takes place for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

1915: The cornerstone is laid for the Lincoln Memorial.

1963: A Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 720 breaks up during severe turbulence and crashes into the Florida Everglades, killing all 43 people aboard.

1973: Operation Homecoming begins as the first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam conflict takes place.

1999: The Senate votes to acquit President Bill Clinton of perjury and obstruction of justice.

2000: Charles M. Schulz, creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip, dies in Santa Rosa, Calif., at age 77.

2006: A record 26.9 inches of snow falls in New York’s Central Park over a two-day period.

2015: European leaders agree on a truce to halt fighting in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russian-backed separatist rebels.

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1991: Kenneth Biros, 32, of Brookfield Township pleads not guilty in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to charges of murder and abuse of a corpse in the death and dismemberment of Tami Engstrom, 22, of Hubbard.

James L. D’Eramo, superintendent of Austintown schools, says passage of a 4.9-mill, five-year levy in a special election means elementary art and middle-school home economics and industrial arts classes will be back on the fall class schedule.

Craig Beach Village Council votes 5-0 to set an election date and spell out ballot language on whether to have the community of 1,400 surrender its corporate power and merge with Milton Township.

1976: Youngstown Councilman Richard Hughey, D-1st, says repeated incidents of guns being used to settle personal disputes and in crimes points to the need for some type of gun control, although he made no specific recommendation.

Two area women, Mrs. D.S. Beal and Mrs. Charles McClure, return from Guatemala, where they had been during that country’s worst earthquake in history. They are attempting to raise $3,000 to help earthquake victims in rural areas.

Two men take cash from the register and $250 from seven patrons during an armed robbery at Gabriel’s Restaurant and Lounge at 2307 Market St.

1966: Ingenious burglars escape with a 300-pound safe from Ideal Department Store on Main Street in Niles.

Six teenage boys are arrested by Sharon police on charges of intoxication. Charges are filed under a new state law that prohibits drinking by juveniles.

Leo Gilboy Sr., who has been deaf since age 4, is one of the most experienced and most accurate printers in Youngstown. He is retiring from United Printing Co. after a career of 46 years.

1941: General Fireproofing Co. reports that 1940 was one of its best years, with profits of $1.1 million.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt approves $57,622 toward construction of a park in Campbell. The city will provide $11,524 and name the park for the president.

Dr. Geneveive Delfs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Delfs of Canfield, will do medical research in Birmingham, Ala., on how vitamins affect nutrition.