YEARS AGO FOR MARCH 16

Today is Thursday, March 16, the 75th day of 2017. There are 290 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

A.D. 37: Roman emperor Tiberius dies; he is succeeded by Caligula.

1517: The 12th and final session of the Fifth Lateran Council of the Catholic Church takes place in Rome, almost five years after the council began.

1802: President Thomas Jefferson signs a measure authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.

1926: Rocket science pioneer Robert H. Goddard successfully tests the first liquid-fueled rocket at his Aunt Effie’s farm in Auburn, Mass.

1945: During World War II, American forces declare they had secured Iwo Jima, although pockets of Japanese resistance remain.

1974: The Grand Ole Opry House opens in Nashville with a concert attended by President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat.

1987: Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis announces his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.

1991: A plane carrying seven members of country singer Reba McEntire’s band and her tour manager crashes into Otay Mountain in southern California, killing all on board.

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1992: Trumbull County Commissioner Arthur Magee withdraws from the 32nd District Senatorial Democratic primary race, throwing his support behind Anthony Latell in an effort to unseat Republican Charles “Chip” Henry.

A 27-year-old Stiles Avenue man, Gregory Mauzy, on his way to the store to buy laundry detergent, is fatally shot in a car in the 1900 block of McGuffey Road. It is the city’s 10th homicide of 1992.

The Mahoning Valley Sanitary District is asking the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for permission to divert water from Lake Milton so that the MVSD can use more water from nearby Berlin Reservoir.

1977: Youngstown Mayor Jack C. Hunter paints an optimistic picture for the Midwest in an address to Youngstown Area Association of Credit Managers.

Louis G. Spada, president of the San Francisco 49ers, announces that Youngstown developer Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. has sold the football team to his 31-year-old son, Edward J. DeBartolo Jr.

Jeff Covington, a Youngstown State University junior, is named to the second team of the Associated Press All-American basketball team.

1967: A number of Trumbull County farmers dump tanks of milk into their fields in answer to a call from the National Farmers Organization to withhold their supplies in an effort to boost prices.

A one-room schoolhouse is laboriously moved from the intersection of Knauff and Leffingwell roads to the Canfield Fairgrounds, where it will become part of the Pioneer Village.

Youngstown Mayor Anthony B. Flask threatens to ignore all bids submitted by General Motors dealerships on city contracts unless the Lordstown plant and Packard Electric agree to withhold income tax from employees who live in the city.

1942: The first Sunday in history that the Youngstown Internal Revenue offices were opened resulted in 1,500 people filing tax returns, one day before the deadline.

Lt. Col. Donald Lynn, executive director of the Mahoning County Office of Civilian Defense, says that if there are any doubts about the need for passing a tax levy in Youngstown, one need only follow the air raids in Europe and Asia.

Dr. George M. Wilcox, dean of Youngstown College, and A.P. Steckel of Crandall Avenue, inventor of the cold-rolling process for steel, are among those listed in Who’s Who in America.