YEARS AGO FOR NOV. 23

Today is Thursday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2017. There are 38 days left in the year. This is Thanksgiving Day.

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On this date in:

1765: Frederick County, Md., becomes the first colonial American entity to repudiate the British Stamp Act.

1889: The first jukebox debuts in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon. (The coin-operated device consisted of four listening tubes attached to an Edison phonograph.)

1936: Life, the photojournalism magazine created by Henry R. Luce, is first published.

1942: During World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a measure establishing the U.S. Women’s Coast Guard Reserve.

1945: Most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, will expire by day’s end.

1963: President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims Nov. 25 a day of national mourning following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

2007: A Canadian cruise ship, the MS Explorer, strikes submerged ice off Antarctica and begins taking on water, but all 154 passengers are plucked to safety by a passing cruise ship.

2012: Actor Larry Hagman, best known for playing the scheming oil baron J.R. Ewing on TV’s “Dallas,” dies in Dallas at 81.

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1992: Mahoning County Prosecutor James A. Philomena challenges two Common Pleas Court rulings that allowed shock probation for people convicted of crimes involving guns. Philomena says gun offenders should not be eligible for early release.

As expected, Youngstown State University is selected to play in the 1992 NCAA 1-AA playoffs. The Penguins first will meet Villanova at home.

Despite more than 100 arrests a week earlier, more protesters oppose the Waste Technologies Industries hazardous-waste incinerator at East Liverpool. More than 75 people are arrested.

1977: Three U.S. Coast Guardsmen rescue an 11-month old girl after she was thrown in the Ashtabula River by her 22-year-old father, a former Youngstown man who has been charged with attempted murder.

Treasury Undersecretary Anthony M. Solomon questions members of the Mahoning Valley Steel Communities Coalition for 90 minutes on how they propose to reopen steel plants such as the Campbell Works of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.

Three prominent businessmen, William W. Bresnahan, Donald W. McGowan and Paul N. Wigton are elected directors of the Youngstown Area Chamber of Commerce.

1967: A resolution guaranteeing that the Mayor Anthony B. Flask administration will negotiate wages with all city-employee labor groups is passed by City Council, guaranteeing strong employee support of a 5-mill income-tax increase appearing on a Dec. 14 special ballot.

A new chain of fast-service Italian restaurants, Mama Mia Pizza International Inc., will open its first two drive-in restaurants in the Mahoning Valley in February.

William Columbus confirms plans to purchase and renovate the 160-room Castleton Hotel in New Castle at a cost of about $735,000.

1942: Three Youngstown district Marines are reported killed at Guadalcanal: Sgt. Paul Slater, 17, of Youngstown, Pvt. John R. Fox of East Liverpool and Pvt. George Bees of Sharon.

Capt. Robert Hughey, son of Mrs. J.B. Hughey, Alameda Avenue, is awarded a Silver Star for gallantry in action in the Southwest Pacific.

The All-Indiana football team selected by W. Blaine Patton, Indianapolis sports editor, from eight universities includes two Ohioans, Bob Dove of Youngstown and John Travener of Granville.