YEARS AGO

YEARS AGO

Today is Saturday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2016. There are 343 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1516: King Ferdinand II of Aragon, who with his late queen consort, Isabella of Castile, sponsored the first voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492, dies in Madrigalejo, Spain.

1789: Georgetown University is established in present-day Washington, D.C.

1845: Congress decides all national elections will take place on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

1933: The 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the so-called “Lame Duck Amendment,” is ratified as Missouri approved it.

1944: Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (“The Scream”) dies near Oslo at age 80.

1950: The Israeli Knesset approves a resolution affirming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

1960: The U.S. Navy-operated bathyscaphe Trieste carries two men to the deepest known point in the Pacific Ocean, reaching a depth of more than 35,000 feet.

1964: The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, is ratified as South Dakota became the 38th state to endorse it.

1968: North Korea seizes the Navy intelligence ship USS Pueblo, charging its crew with being on a spying mission. (The crew was released 11 months later.)

1973: President Richard Nixon announces an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War, and would be formally signed four days later in Paris.

1989: Surrealist artist Salvador Dali dies in his native Figueres, Spain, at age 84.

1995: The Supreme Court, in McKennon vs. Nashville Banner Publishing Co., rules that companies accused of firing employees illegally could not escape liability by later finding a lawful reason to justify the dismissal.

2005: Former “Tonight Show” host Johnny Carson dies in Los Angeles at age 79.

2006: Ford Motor Co. says it will cut up to 30,000 jobs and idle 14 facilities in North America by 2012.

2011: Allies and adversaries of President Hugo Chavez take to the streets of Caracas by the thousands, staging rival demonstrations to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of Venezuela’s democracy.

Fitness guru Jack LaLanne dies in Morro Bay, Calif., at age 96.

The Pittsburgh Steelers advance to their third Super Bowl in six years with a 24-19 victory over the New York Jets to win the AFC championship. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Chicago Bears, 21-14, in the NFC championship game.

2015: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, 90, the powerful U.S. ally who had fought against al-Qaida and sought to modernize the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom, dies in Riyadh.

VINDICATOR FILES

1991: The state of Pennsylvania appears to have missed its deadline for filing an appeal of a Common Pleas Court ruling that dismissed its request for an injunction to put a Mercer County midwife, Grace Lucille Sykes, out of business.

State Sen. Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, introduces a proposal that would require women seeking abortions in Ohio to be advised in advance of the potential impact.

Ohio Edison Co. says its equipment is not for sale if the city of Youngstown decides to set up its own municipal power company. Anthony N. Gorant, vice president of Ohio Edison’s division operations, also says the city would lose $6 million a year without Ohio Edison.

1976: A 15-story apartment building costing about $3 million is expected to be constructed by developers Andrew Burin and David E. Braun on the site of the old Tod Hotel downtown. The Cafaro Co. announces that it will remodel the adjacent Realty Building to match the new building.

Gov. James A. Rhodes talks to some 75 Trumbull County residents during a meeting in his cabinet room over the increased valuation of property taxes in the county and increasing property taxes.

A statutory six-year reappraisal of residential, industrial, mining, agricultural and commercial property in Mahoning County results in a 31 percent increase in the county’s valuation, from $716 million in 1974 to $944 million in tax year 1977.

1966: General Motors’ new Lordstown plant faces the prospect of operating for only a few months in the spring and summer before having to shut down for retooling for the 1967 model year.

Commencement exercise for the 35 graduates of the 25th class to complete training in the Choffin School of Practical Nursing will take place at Princeton Junior High School.

The Mahoning County Medical Society adopts a theme for 1966 of “Concern,” emphasizing the need to address the health problems of people in the Mahoning County.

1941: With less than a week to go, the campaign to raise funds for the President’s Ball to fight infantile paralysis shifts into high gear. Postmaster John Doyle announces that letter carriers will have charge of ticket sales in the downtown areas. Tickets are $1.

Reopening of the coke ovens at the Old Cherry Valley Iron Co. in Leetonia to make industrial domestic coke is announced by Wilson Bros. Coal Co. of Toronto.

A clearance sale at Printz’s Men’s Store has hand-tailored, exclusive-fabric suits at $39 and shirts for $1.39 or three for $4.