YEARS AGO FOR OCT. 19

Today is Thursday, Oct. 19, the 292nd day of 2017. There are 73 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1781: British troops under Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown, Va., as the American Revolution nears its end.

1944: The U.S. Navy begins accepting black women into WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service).

1967: The U.S. space probe Mariner 5 flies past Venus.

1977: The supersonic Concorde makes its first landing in New York City.

1987: The stock market crashes as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges 508 points, or 22.6 percent in value (its biggest daily percentage loss), to close at 1,738.74 in what would come to be known as “Black Monday.”

2012: The Dow Jones industrial average has its worst day in four months, sinking 205.43 points, or 1.5 percent, to close at 13,343.51.

2016: In the third and final 2016 presidential debate, Republican Donald Trump stuns the forum in Las Vegas by refusing to say he would accept the results of the election if he were to lose. Democrat Hillary Clinton declares Trump’s resistance “horrifying.”

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1992: David Tabak, chief engineer of the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District, says the MVSD would be able to supply the 7 million gallons of water a day that Azco Salt Co. would need if it opened a plant in Jackson Township.

A burglary suspect is in serious condition at Southside Medical Center after being shot several times by Youngstown Police Sgt. Robert Davis after a chase that ended when the suspect’s car crashed on Hudson Avenue.

Keith Dowling of Pittsburgh is the first man across the finish line in the 10K Youngstown Peace Race and Laurie Gomez-Henes, a Boardman High graduate, is the first woman.

1977: Dr. Albert S. Pugsley, 68, the second president of Youngstown State University, dies of a heart attack after falling into a lake while fishing at his retirement community in Atlantis, Fla.

Mahoning County Commissioner Thomas Barret says that when a local delegation meets with federal officials in Washington, the Mahoning Valley’s ample water supply and sewage treatment facilities will be touted as an asset that should attract industrial development.

John B. Tidwell, who has been charged in the murder of Trumbull County industrialist Walter Holmquist and his wife, Dorothy, is charged in Orange County, Calif., with the execution-style murder of a California burglar.

1967: Allegheny Airlines and Lake Central Airlines agree on terms of a merger, which would give the Youngstown district a much stronger secondary air service with a more useful route pattern.

Youngstown Cartage Co. is the target of dynamiters at its Youngstown and Philadelphia terminals as the nine-week strike by steel haulers continues in 11 states.

A Federal Communications Commission review board grants authority to Daniel Enterprises for a 500-watt daytime radio station in Warren.

1942: Carmine Ficocelli, coordinator of the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, will trade his symphony baton for an Army gun when he reports to Fort Hayes. He is the 13th member of the orchestra to enlist.

First Lt. Albert Heyman, Oakwood Avenue, already cited for heroism, has been decorated with the Silver Star, as announced at Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters in Australia.

George Miller cards a 266 game, a high for the season in The Vindicator All-Star Bowling League at the Champion alleys.