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Today is Saturday, Sept. 10, the 254th day of 2016. There are 112 days left in the year.

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1608: John Smith is elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia.

1813: An American naval force commanded by Oliver H. Perry defeats the British in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. (Afterward, Perry sent out the message, “We have met the enemy and they are ours.”)

1846: Elias Howe receives a patent for his sewing machine.

1935: Sen. Huey P. Long dies in Baton Rouge two days after being shot in the Louisiana state Capitol, allegedly by Dr. Carl Weiss.

1955: The Western series “Gunsmoke,” starring James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon, begins a 20-season run on CBS Television.

1963: Twenty black students enter Alabama public schools after a standoff between federal authorities and Gov. George C. Wallace.

1987: Pope John Paul II arrives in Miami, where he is welcomed by President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan as he begins a 10-day tour of the United States.

2006: On the eve of the anniversary of 9/11, President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, place wreaths at ground zero in New York.

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1991: Austintown Police Chief John Cannon says patrols will be beefed up on Raccoon Road after Fitch High School football games to stop disorderly conduct and fistfights in the area.

Youngstown Police Capt. Donald Komara, who is acting chief in the absence of Randall Wellington, orders the closure of a minimum-security detention center that had been established in a former fire station at Oak and Fruit streets.

Niles teachers and school administrators say they are no closer to resolving a teachers strike than when it started eight days ago.

1976: Judge John J. Lynch of Youngstown, a member of the 7th District Court of Appeals, is elected chief justice of Ohio Court of Appeals Judges.

A $1.2 million, 100-bed nursing care facility is being planned by Ralph Slepian and John Masternick on Vestal Road, east of Meridian Road.

The leader of the U.S. Communist Party, Gus Hall, whose local ties go back to the 1930s as a union organizer, brings his campaign for the presidency to the Valley. He promises a period of reconstruction as radical as that following the Civil War if he is elected.

1966: Niles police continue their opening-of-school crackdown of speeders with 53 arrests in one day.

Finishing touches are put on a two-month face-lift of Meander Dam. The dam was faced with 2 inches of fresh concrete, which must be constantly watered for a week to 10 days to cure it properly.

Alex Antonio Jr., one of the area’s best amateur golfers, turns pro. He leaves for PGA school in Palm Beach, Fla., says his father, Alex Sr., the pro at Squaw Creek.

1941: Youngstown’s new superintendent of schools, George A. Bowman, making his first appearance before the district’s teachers, urges them to work for passage of the district’s 3.6-mill levy.

Construction of Warren’s $1.5 million storm-sewer project is to resume within 30 days after the Cleveland office of the Works Progress Administration approves the use of 400 workers on the job.

Sebring Board of Education approves the creation of a dental clinic in the schools. Youngsters will be charged $1 per visit, which will include cleaning and minor fillings.