YEARS AGO FOR AUGUST 29

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2017. There are 124 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1533: The last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa, is executed on orders of Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro.

1877: The second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Brigham Young, dies in Salt Lake City, Utah, at age 76.

1944: Some 15,000 American troops of the 28th Infantry Division march down the Avenue Champs Elys es in Paris as the French capital continues to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.

1957: The Senate gives final congressional approval to the Civil Rights Act after South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond ends a filibuster that had lasted 24 hours.

1958: Pop superstar Michael Jackson is born in Gary, Ind.

1967: The series finale of “The Fugitive,” starring David Janssen as a doctor on the run after being wrongly convicted of murdering his wife, airs on ABC-TV, drawing an estimated 78 million viewers.

2005: Hurricane Katrina hits the Gulf Coast near Buras, La., bringing floods that devastate New Orleans. More than 1,800 people in the region die.

2016: Huma Abedin, a top aide to Hillary Clinton, announces she is separating from her husband, Anthony Weiner, after the former congressman is accused in yet another sexting scandal.

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1992: Hubbard Police Chief Raymond Moffitt adds three volunteer reserve officers to his 11-member department.

Mahoning County Schools Superintendent Ronald Kendall says 61 county school children are being home-schooled. State laws requires parents or guardians to notify the local school superintendent that a child is being home-schooled.

Youngstown schools Superintendent Alfred D. Tutela issues a five-page report that transfers the balance of power in the district from the central office to building principals.

1977: A powerful explosion heavily damages a $100,000 home under construction at 7491 E. Parkside Drive, Boardman, for Nick L. Warino, operator of the Limelighter Lounge on Youngstown’s South Side.

The Youngstown Hardhats cruise to a fourth victory, with a 66-0 triumph over an out-classed, out-manned Washington, Pa., team before 1,300 fans at Lowellville High School Field.

A tenant is hospitalized with burns and seven Youngstown firemen are treated for minor burns and smoke inhalation in a three-alarm, $25,000 arson at an apartment building at 2528 Market St.

1967: The price of cigarettes in vending machines goes up by five cents to 40 cents a pack because of new Ohio taxes.

Anthony Caserta of Alliance is elected the 23rd national commander of the Amvets.

Boardman trustees vote to sell two township lots to the highest bidder at public auction: the old Boardman Town Hall on Market Street Extension and another at the corner of Indianola and Simon roads.

1942: Miss Natalie G. Reebel, daughter of Atty. and Mrs. R. Gordon Reebel of Youngstown, is one of 436 women commissioned as officers in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corp (WACs).

Red Cross officials appeal for immediate enlistment of qualified registered nurses in the armed forces. Graduate nurses between 21 and 40 and unmarried are eligible.

Audrey Shellenberger of Sharon, Pa., will become a hostess for Pennsylvania Central Airlines.