YEARS AGO

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 8, the 313th day of 2016. There are 53 days left in the year. This is Election Day.

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1864: President Abraham Lincoln wins re-election as he defeats Democratic challenger George B. McClellan.

1923: Adolf Hitler launches his first attempt at seizing power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich.

1932: New York Democratic Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover for the presidency.

1960: Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy defeats Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the presidency.

1966: Edward W. Brooke, R-Mass., becomes the first black candidate to be elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote. Republican Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California, defeating Democratic incumbent Pat Brown.

1974: A federal judge in Cleveland dismisses charges against eight Ohio National Guardsmen accused of violating the civil rights of students who were killed or wounded in the 1970 Kent State shootings.

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1991: The Ohio Democratic Caucus rejects U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr.’s bid for a coveted spot on the Ways and Means Committee, saying they’d be laughed out of the room by other Democrats if they nominated Traficant.

Austintown Township trustees eye creation of their own water district, but Youngstown Mayor Patrick Ungaro notes that the city owns the lines now laid in the township and buying them would not be cheap. Also, both Niles and Youngstown would have to agree to sell MVSD water to the township.

Radio personality Paul Harvey, who came to Youngstown for the Junior League lecture series, says he expected to see rusting steel mills, but found instead beautiful parks, a thriving university, a world-class art museum and a symphony center.

1976: Winter returns to the Youngstown district with snowfall of 2.5 inches downtown and between 4 and 6 inches at the Youngstown Municipal Airport in Vienna.

Quarterback Brian Sipe and running back Greg Pruitt lead the Cleveland Browns to a 21-7 victory over the Houston Oilers.

1966: Irate parents from several sections of the city ask the Youngstown Board of Education to reduce the limit for bussing of students from a mile and a half to one mile. Also representatives of two teacher groups appear at the Youngstown Board of Education. The Youngstown Education Association asks for a 5-mill levy to finance pay increases, and the Youngstown Federation of Teachers is seeking an employee election to determine a bargaining agent.

U.S. Post Office officials from Washington and Cincinnati arrive in Youngstown to tour the city and study proposed sites in the urban renewal area for a new post office.

Hostesses for a progressive dinner for members of the Optimists of Liberty Township are Mrs. Charles Ropar, Mrs. Peter Margiotta, Mrs. Patricia Modarelli and Mrs. Arthur Hagg.

1941: Youngstown College joins the undefeated gridiron elite, jolting Akron University, 19-0, before 7,000 fans in Rayen Stadium to complete a season with seven victories and a tie with Geneva College in the opener.

Three Youngstown men, Clarence Short, Robert Sargent and Robert Saunders, serving as aviation cadets, have been transferred to Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas, for a final 10-week course.

For the first time, Boy Scouts in Youngstown will participate in the annual Armistice Day parade. The parade will have 20 musical units and 5,000 marchers.