YEARS AGO
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 21, the 265th day of 2016. There are 101 days left in the year.
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1792: The French National Convention votes to abolish the monarchy.
1897: The New York Sun runs its famous editorial, written anonymously by Francis P. Church, which declares, “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.”
1938: A hurricane strikes parts of New York and New England, causing widespread damage and claiming some 700 lives.
1948: Milton Berle debuts as permanent host of “The Texaco Star Theater” on NBC-TV.
1970: “NFL Monday Night Football” debuts on ABC-TV as the Cleveland Browns defeat the visiting New York Jets, 31-21.
1989: Hurricane Hugo crashes into Charleston, S.C. (The storm was blamed for 56 deaths in the Caribbean and 29 in the United States.)
1996: President Bill Clinton signs the Defense of Marriage Act denying federal recognition of same-sex marriages a day after saying the law should not be used as an excuse for discrimination, violence or intimidation against gays and lesbians. (Although never formally repealed, DoMA was effectively overturned by U.S. Supreme Court decisions in 2013 and 2015.)
1996: John F. Kennedy Jr. marries Carolyn Bessette.
2015: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker abandons his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
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1991: Officials say they have taken extraordinary steps to beef up security at the Youth Development Center in New Castle, Pa., where dozens of juvenile offenders regularly escape every year.
After a string of violent incidents on the Niles Route 422 “Strip,” business owners are pooling their resources to hire off-duty city police to keep an eye on the area.
Dave Kubacki, a native of Toledo, is named head coach of the Youngstown State University baseball team.
1976: Residents of Poland attend a special Mass at Holy Family Church for Dave Pavlansky, coach of the Poland Seminary High School football team, who will undergo surgery for removal of a brain tumor in Columbus.
Sam Reese, 51, said he was scared when a man he stopped to help on Salt Springs Road pulled a gun on him, but rather than get out of his car, he gunned the engine, knocking one of the robbers down, and fled.
Six new courses are among the 45 offered at Choffin Career Center in Youngstown: hydraulics, florist shop management, spring landscaping, photography, introduction to arts and crafts and fur remodeling.
1966: Clifford E. Gates of Akron is named director of the Youngstown Area Urban League.
The high-speed chase of a 19-year-old Sharon, Pa., man through Youngstown’s North Side ends when his sports car crashes into a Youngstown police cruiser at Elm Street and Gypsy Lane. Patrolmen Joseph Rainer and James Amrich Jr. are released after treatment for their injuries.
Petrillo’s Pizza on Powers Way offers a special: Buy 10 pieces at the regular price of 10 cents each and get five for free.
A water main breaks along Webb Road leaving much of Austintown without water.
1941: Dr. Hans W. Weigert, a former German judge who dealt with ironing out problems with the Treaty of Versailles, is hired as a professor of social science at Youngstown College.
Howland High gridders strike suddenly for a 19-6 win over an inexperienced Canfield team; Brookfield opens its season with a 24-6 victory over Mineral Ridge.
With one day remaining before the deadline for placing issues on the November ballot, at least 14 Trumbull County townships and schools plan to seek bond issues or tax levies.