YEARS AGO

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 25, the 299th day of 2016. There are 67 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1415: During the Hundred Years’ War, outnumbered English soldiers led by Henry V defeat French troops in the Battle of Agincourt in northern France.

1760: Britain’s King George III succeeds his late grandfather, George II.

1854: The “Charge of the Light Brigade” takes place during the Crimean War as an English brigade of more than 600 men charge the Russian army, suffering heavy losses.

1945: Taiwan becomes independent of Japanese colonial rule.

1954: A meeting of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Cabinet is carried live on radio and television; to date, it’s the only presidential Cabinet meeting to be broadcast.

1962: During a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson II demands that Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin confirm or deny the existence of Soviet-built missile bases in Cuba, saying he is prepared to wait “until hell freezes over” for an answer; Stevenson then presents photographic evidence of the bases to the Council.

1971: The U.N. General Assembly votes to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.

1983: A U.S.-led force invades Grenada at the order of President Ronald Reagan.

2006: Acknowledging painful losses in Iraq, President George W. Bush tells a news conference he is not satisfied with the progress of the long and unpopular war, but insists the United States is winning and should not think about withdrawing.

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1991: A Trumbull County jury of seven men and five women deliberate for four hours before finding that the aggravated circumstances in the murder and dismemberment of Tami Engstrom by Kenneth Biros outweigh any mitigating factors, making Biros eligible for the death penalty.

Incumbent Daniel Sferra has outspent his challenger, James J. Cicchillo, $28,168 to $8,620, in the Warren mayoral race.

1976: A new restaurant and sidewalk caf is being developed in the former Commercial National Bank building on Federal Plaza West, which was built in 1880 and features a two-story vaulted ceiling.

Speaker after speaker tell 2,000 unionists at the Mahoning Country Club that Republicans in general and President Ford in particular are not friends of organized labor. The press, too, came in for its share of criticism.

Renault Robinson, an official of the National Black Police Association, speaking at a Youngstown Black Knights banquet, says black police officers, who are a rare resource, must be used in high-crime areas to build a sense of community between the police and the people.

1966: The new Canfield Optimist Club receives its charter. Atty. John Kerensky is president of the club. N. Laird Eckman of Boardman is named secretary of the Youngstown Area Development Foundation, the group charged with promoting industrial development in the area.

Canfield Fire Chief Kelley Oakley says 40 firefighters and five trucks fought a fire that destroyed the third-floor balcony on the Mahoning County Home on Herbert Road.

Mrs. Clifford Simms of Chicago Avenue, Youngstown, receives a telephone call from Spec. 4 Clifford N. Simms, one of her two sons serving in Vietnam. The call was forwarded by a Canton “ham” radio operator.

1941: Atty. Harry Manchester, a 33rd-degree Mason, is honored with a special program by Argus Lodge 545 of Canfield. Friends presented the lodge, of which Manchester is a past master, with an oil painting by Youngstown artist Ralph Ellis.

Members of the Youngstown Safety Council approve renting a billboard from General Outdoor Advertising Co. to remind the public that safety is important to defense.