YEARS AGO

YEARS AGO

Today is Thursday, Jan. 28, the 28th day of 2016. There are 338 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1547: England’s King Henry VIII dies; he is succeeded by his 9-year-old son, Edward VI.

1813: The novel “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen is first published anonymously in London.

1915: The United States Coast Guard is created as President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill merging the Life-Saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service.

1939: Irish poet-dramatist William Butler Yeats dies in Menton, France.

1945: During World War II, Allied supplies begin reaching China over the newly reopened Burma Road.

1956: Elvis Presley makes his first national TV appearance on “Stage Show,” a CBS program hosted by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey.

1962: The last of the original streetcars in Washington, D.C., make their final runs.

1973: A cease-fire officially goes into effect in the Vietnam War.

1977: Actor-comedian Freddie Prinze, 22, co-star of the NBC-TV show “Chico and the Man,” shoots and mortally wounds himself at the Beverly Comstock Hotel; he died the next day.

1980: Six U.S. diplomats who have avoided being taken hostage at their embassy in Tehran fly out of Iran with the help of Canadian diplomats.

1985: The charity supergroup USA for Africa records the Michael Jackson-Lionel Richie song “We Are the World” at A&M Studios in Los Angeles.

1986: The space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.

2005: Iraqis overseas begin three days of voting in 14 nations.

Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble Co. and Gillette Co. announce a $57 billion merger.

2011: Chaos engulfs Egypt as protesters seize the streets of Cairo, battling police, burning down the ruling party’s headquarters and defying a military curfew.

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1991: The Vindicator prints a full-page replica of the American flag as a show of support for U.S. fighting forces in the Persian Gulf.

Retiring Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge Elwyn V. Jenkins says politics inevitably works its way into a system in which judges are elected, and appointed judges might be preferable. Yet, he says, federal judges are appointed, and there are flaws in that system, too.

William E. Mullane, a teacher at Warren Harding High School, and H. Alexander Pendleton, CEO of the Warren Tool Group, are honored by the Warren Jaycees with the club’s distinguished service and civic awards.

1976: Carl N. Lupi, Trumbull County treasurer, confirms reports that he is considering rescinding his resignation, which he submitted under pressure in September and was due to take effect Jan. 31.

Mahoning County receives approval of $1.1 million in state funds that will match a local contribution for construction of two activity centers and workshops for the adult mentally disabled.

Youngstown postal employees line the sidewalk in front of the downtown post office as the hearse containing the body of retired Postmaster Chester W. Bailey passes by. Bailey, 69, died a month after retiring.

1966: James Cordon of Helena Avenue voluntarily dismisses his taxpayer lawsuit against the city of Youngstown, clearing the way for Strouss- Hirshberg Co. department store to build its new parking deck on Commerce Street.

Dr. Ilarion Dombczewsky is the new superintendent and medical director of the Mahoning Tuberculosis Sanatorium. He has been acting director since the death in November of Dr. H.H. Teitelbaum.

The Columbiana Jerusalem Lutheran Church completes plans for purchase of the Thomas Hyland residence encompassing about 8 acres.

1941: Youngstown Councilman John J. DelBene introduces an ordinance for strict regulation of city’s 22 junkyards. The ordinance requires 7-foot-high fences around the yards.

The 524-piece art collection of the late James Parmelee is given to the Cleveland Museum of Art.