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Today is Saturday, Feb. 25, the 56th day of 2017. There are 309 days left in the year.

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1836: Inventor Samuel Colt patents his revolver.

1905: The Upton Sinclair novel “The Jungle” is first published in serial form by the Appeal to Reason newspaper.

1913: The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving Congress the power to levy and collect income taxes, is declared in effect by Secretary of State Philander Chase Knox.

1956: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev harshly criticizes the late Josef Stalin in a speech before a Communist Party congress in Moscow.

1964: Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) becomes world heavyweight boxing champion as he defeats Sonny Liston in Miami Beach.

1991: During the Persian Gulf War, 28 Americans are killed when an Iraqi Scud missile hits a U.S. barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

2016: Brawling from the get-go, a fiery Marco Rubio goes after Donald Trump during their Republican debate in Houston, lacerating the front-runner’s position on immigration, his privileged background, his speaking style and more.

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1992: About 210 diemakers in the fabricating plant at the General Motors plant in Lordstown are told that they will be transferred to other plants. GM Chairman Robert Stempel announced that 12 GM plants in the U.S. are being closed.

The Army Corps of Engineers refuses a request by the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District that it be given unlimited access to the water reserves of the Berlin Reservoir and recommends that the MVSD institute mandatory conservation measures to offset low water levels.

Youngstown State University’s Mike Alcorn breaks his own school record for three-point goals in a game with 11 on his way to 35 points in leading the Penguins to a 107-63 victory over Pitt-Bradford.

1977: In the final year of an unprecedented fourth term, Youngstown Mayor Jack C. Hunter decides not to seek re-election but doesn’t rule out a run for Congress.

The Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. is on the verge of purchasing the San Francisco 49ers for an estimated price of $17 million. Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. is expected to oversee operations.

Trumbull Memorial and St. Joseph hospitals in Warren have both been turned down by the Ohio Department of Health in their bids to buy expensive CAT-scanners. The department says there are two of the units in Youngstown.

1967: Youngstown Mayor Anthony Flask asks Juvenile Court Judge Harold Rickert to “get tougher” on juvenile law breakers. Rickert in turn asks Flask to put more police officers on night duty.

The mercury falls to -5, a new low for the date at Youngstown Municipal Airport.

Twelve people are trapped in an elevator at the Trumbull County Jail, the latest in a series of glitches at the new building.

The E.W. Bliss Co. in Salem announces a continuance of its scholarship program for the 12th-consecutive year. Thirty-three students, chosen in competitive interviews are studying engineering.

1942: One of the sailors lost when a Navy ship went aground off the coast of Newfoundland is believed to be Chief Gunners Mate Joseph Vrabel, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Vrabel of Youngstown.

The state board of agriculture says Ohio’s state fair may have to be canceled because of the war.

The Youngstown Safety Commission asks city council to consider a one-way street system in the downtown area, despite the long-standing objections of traffic commissioner Clarence Coppersmith.