YEARS AGO

Today is Thursday, Oct. 6, the 280th day of 2016. There are 86 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1683: Thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrive in Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America’s oldest settlements.

1927: The era of talking pictures arrives with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson, a movie featuring both silent and sound-synchronized sequences.

1939: In a speech to the Reichstag, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks of his plans to reorder the ethnic layout of Europe – a plan that would entail settling the “Jewish problem.”

1960: The historical drama “Spartacus,” starring Kirk Douglas and directed by Stanley Kubrick, has its world premiere in New York.

1973: War erupts in the Middle East as Egypt and Syria launch a surprise attack on Israel during the Yom Kippur holiday.

1976: President Gerald R. Ford, in his second presidential debate with Democrat Jimmy Carter, asserts that there is “no Soviet domination of eastern Europe.” (Ford later conceded such was not the case.)

1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is shot to death by extremists while reviewing a military parade.

1989: Actress Bette Davis dies in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, at age 81.

2006: The U.N. Security Council adopts a statement warning North Korea of unspecified consequences if it carried out a nuclear test.

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1991: Youngstown Mayor Patrick J. Ungaro offers suburban townships the opportunity to swap lower water rates for the establishment of enterprise zones in the suburbs.

The Packard Museum, which had been housed in the Kinsman House, has been moved to the W.D. Packard Music Hall, where it will be open when concerts are being held and by appointment.

Bob Johnson of Poland, driving his No. 35 Chevrolet Camaro, wins the 1991 late-model stock car championship at the Barberton Speedway

1976: Jack Carter, presidential candidate Jimmy Carter’s eldest son, assails the paucity of leadership in Washington during an address to about 300 students at Youngstown State University.

Mayor Jack C. Hunter says between 100 and 150 city employees face layoffs if the city’s budget is to be balanced after agreeing to new two-year contracts that include 6 percent and 8 percent pay raises.

The Youngstown Area Community Action Program suggests pursuing a pilot project that would allow the recovery of heat waste from area steel mills to heat the homes of low-income families.

1966: An ordinance setting up an annual motor-vehicle inspection is requested in Youngstown by 5th Ward Councilman Jack C. Hunter.

The triennial financial campaign of the East Palestine Volunteer Fire Department was launched as firemen explain the need for money. They will distribute 2,397 letters. A 50-year-old siren needs to be replaced by a modern alarm system.

Two men wearing stocking masks escape with $188 from Ken’s Sunoco at 55 McCartney Road. Attendant Andy Bednarik says the men also took his wallet.

1941: Robert C. Henderson, former Struthers High School football star, will be a running mate of Notre Dame’s Benny Sheridan when the cavalry replacement training center football teams gets underway against a strong group of college and pro teams.

John Ranz and Clarence Kane gain the finals of the Mill Creek Scratch Golf Championship.

Schools in North Lima and Germantown, closed for two weeks because of a polio outbreak, are reopening.