YEARS AGO FOR NOV. 1

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 1, the 305th day of 2017. There are 60 days left in the year. This is All Saints Day.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1512: Michelangelo’s just-completed paintings on the ceiling of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel are publicly unveiled by the artist’s patron, Pope Julius II.

1604: William Shakespeare’s tragedy “Othello” is presented at Whitehall Palace in London.

1765: The Stamp Act, passed by the British Parliament, goes into effect, prompting stiff resistance from American colonists.

1861: During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln names Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan General-in-Chief of the Union armies, succeeding Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott.

1936: In a speech in Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini describes the alliance between his country and Nazi Germany as an “axis” running between Rome and Berlin.

1967: The prison drama “Cool Hand Luke,” starring Paul Newman, is released by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.

1979: Former first lady Mamie Eisenhower dies in Washington, D.C., at age 82.

2016: Most of an African-American church in Greenville, Miss., is destroyed by an arson fire. The building is spray-painted with the words “Vote Trump.”

VINDICATOR FILES

1992: Al Alli, shop chairman of UAW Local 1112, which represents 7,800 workers at the Lordstown assembly plant, says the union has been given assurances that the J-car will continue to be produced at Lordstown through 1996.

In a Vindicator poll, more than half of the voters contacted said they feel future generations will be worse off than today. The poll also shows a majority of voters supporting Democrat Bill Clinton over President George Bush and Independent Ross Perot.

Before a homecoming crowd of 13,856 at Stambaugh Stadium, the Youngstown State University Penguins rally in the second half to defeat Eastern Illinois, 28-19.

1977: Reflecting the Mahoning Valley’s rapidly growing use of domestic water, the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District sold a record 14 billion gallons of water during the fiscal year, or a daily average of more than 40 million gallons a day.

Two young bulls that wandered New Castle streets after escaping from the Dess Greenhouse are shot dead after eluding police and Dess family members for 24 hours.

Walter Poole of Hubbard is the rushing and total offense leader in the Steel Valley Conference with just two games remaining. He has rushed for 898 yards on 119 carries.

1967: An alert dispatcher, Mrs. Blanche Clarett, foils an attempted break by as many as five of the Mahoning County jail’s most dangerous inmates.

To help teachers deal with students individually, Salem Senior High School has initiated “team teaching” in two classes.

Jack Lemke of Warren purchases Trinity Chevrolet at 1620 Market St., Youngstown, and sells his Ford dealership in Warren to John Baglier of Liberty.

1942: Pay raises and back pay checks are issued to 15,000 Youngstown District employees of Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp.

Pfc. James Jackett, stationed with the Quartermaster Corps at Walla Walla, Wash., sees his sister Betty for the first time in six years while in Youngstown on furlough.

All-American Frank Sinkwich connects with George Poschner, a Youngstown school chum, for two touchdowns to give the Georgia Bulldogs a come-from-behind 21-10 victory over Alabama. Notre Dame beats Navy 9-0 with the only touchdown scored by Youngstown’s Bob Dove.