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Today is Thursday, May 26, the 147th day of 2016. There are 219 days left in the year.

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1521: Martin Luther is banned by the Edict of Worms because of his religious beliefs and writings.

1868: The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal on the remaining charges.

1969: The Apollo 10 astronauts return to Earth after a successful eight-day dress rehearsal for the first manned moon landing.

2011: Congress passes a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers contained in the Patriot Act to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists; President Barack Obama, in France, signs the measure using an autopen machine minutes before the provisions are set to expire at midnight.

2015: Challenging Hillary Rodham Clinton from the left, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders formally kicks off his Democratic presidential bid in Burlington, Vt., with a pitch to liberals to join him in a “political revolution” to transform the nation’s economy and politics.

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1991: Lester Robinson Jr., an Army Reservist who has been serving in the Persian Gulf for eight months, has been ruled ineligible to run for re-election to the Farrell school board. The Mercer County Office of Registration and Elections rejected petitions that had been circulated by his wife, who had been given Robinson’s power of attorney.

New Wilmington, Pa., continues to offer its residents community-owned cable TV, at a cost of about $8 a month while residents of other communities are paying $20.

Two former Mahoning Valley physicians are among top leaders of the Ohio State Medical Association. Dr. Joseph Sudimack Jr., former Trumbull County coroner, is installed as president of the association, while Dr. John F. Kroner Jr., a Youngstown native, was re-elected secretary-treasurer.

1976: Youngstown Mayor Jack C. Hunter joins Republican mayors and legislators in Columbus to meet with President Gerald Ford, who is seeking their support in the Ohio Republican primary election.

Frank A. Nemec, president of the Lykes Corp. and its subsidiary Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., calls for a relaxation of federal standards governing smoke emissions from his company’s steel mills and others of the Mahoning Valley.

Vandals remove ignition wires form 21 school buses on the grounds of Poland Seminary High School, causing 2,700 public and parochial students to find other ways to get to classes.

Youngstown native Ed O’Neill, star of TV’s “Married ... With Children” has a new feature film coming out in June, “Dutch.”

1966: Five East High School teachers who have a record of more than 200 years of teaching Youngstown students, are retiring. They are Alice Weber, Genevieve Clemens, Jeanette Clarke, Arthur Schwartz and Roy Stine.

Youngstown University receives a grant of $39,879 from the Office of Economic Opportunity toward the $48,704 Upward Bound summer program. Dr. Howard Jones, YU president, says the university will bear the balance of the expenses.

Brookfield Township trustees offer the township hall to the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Department for use as a substation.

1941: George A. Hoffman is elected president of the Rotary Club to succeed Fred W. James. Hoffman is manager of the Standard Oil Co. and is president of the Youngstown Club.

Members of the finance and legislative committees of Struthers City Council cancel plan to build a garbage incinerator due to cost. William Meredith, the current garbage collector, is ordered to continue service at the rate of 50 cents per month per family.

Myron A. Wick, former Youngstowner, resigns as vice president in charge of finance and a director of Republic Steel Corp.