Today is Saturday, Oct. 28, the 301st day of 2017. There are 64 days left in the year.
Today is Saturday, Oct. 28, the 301st day of 2017. There are 64 days left in the year.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
On this date in:
1636: The General Court of Massachusetts passes a legislative act establishing Harvard College.
1726: The original edition of “Gulliver’s Travels,” a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift, is first published in London.
1886: The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, is dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.
1940: Italy invades Greece during World War II.
1958: The Roman Catholic patriarch of Venice, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, is elected Pope; he takes the name John XXIII.
1962: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informs the United States that he has ordered the dismantling of missile bases in Cuba.
1965: Pope Paul VI issues a Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions which, among other things, absolves Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
1980: President Jimmy Carter and Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan face off in a nationally broadcast, 90-minute debate in Cleveland.
2012: Airlines cancel more than 7,000 flights in advance of Hurricane Sandy.
2016: The FBI drops a political bomb on the Hillary Clinton campaign when it announces it is investigating whether emails on a device belonging to disgraced ex-congressman Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of one of Clinton’s closest aides, Huma Abedin, might contain classified information.
VINDICATOR FILES
1992: General Motors is exploring the possibility of adding J-car production to the Lansing Automotive Division. The Lordstown plant has been the sole producer of Cavaliers and Sunbirds.
Mahoning Valley Sanitary District directors Edward A. Flask and Frank DeJute set limits for employees traveling on district business to $50 a day for lodging, $20 for meals and nothing for alcohol, entertainment or gratuities.
Cortland’s planning commission approves preliminary plans for a 23-unit condominium off East State Street.
1977: During a mayoral debate at the McGuffey Center, Curtis McCullum, an activist in labor circles, asks independent candidate Ron Daniels why he stopped wearing a dashiki and began wearing three-piece suits. Daniels responds that he remains a proud African-American, but times have changed.
Sharon Steel Corp. announces net earnings of $6 million for the third quarter of the year and $15 million for the first nine months, bucking the trend in a troubled steel industry.
There are only six seniors on the Youngstown State University football squad: Ron Pentz, Dan McCloud, Jack Dever, Rod Morris, Fred Thomas and Max Maley.
1967: Dr. Albert L. Pugsley, president of Youngstown State University, urges city voters to approve a 6.1-mill levy for Youngstown schools.
Youngstown Area United Appeal reports at its final meeting that $1.7 million was raised, or 94.9 percent of the goal.
Delta Kappa Gamma’s Beta Chapter observes Pennsylvania Dutch Night in Canfield High School with Etheleen Hugli and Madeline Pucci in charge.
1942: Mary Dolwick, Elm Street, is named fifth annual homecoming queen of Youngstown College. Members of her court are Marie DeMolli, Connie Taylor, Helen DeCicco and Dorothy Otterman.
Truscon Steel Co.’s big Youngstown plant, 400 miles inland from the Atlantic, is in the shipbuilding business, pre-fabricating big tank-landing barges and shipping the sections east for assembly.
Evelyn Johnson leads the Ladies Dogpatch Bowling League with an average of 166. She rolled the week’s top game and set with 211 and 546. Bertha Wolschlag ties for second with Peg Gabler.