Saturday, September 16, 2017
Today is Saturday, Sept. 16, the 259th day of 2017. There are 106 days left in the year.
ASSSOCIATED PRESS
On this date in:
1498: Tomas de Torquemada, notorious for his role in the Spanish Inquisition, dies in Avila, Spain.
1857: The song “Jingle Bells” by James Pierpont is copyrighted under its original title, “One Horse Open Sleigh.” (The song was actually written for Thanksgiving.)
1908: General Motors is founded in Flint, Mich., by William C. Durant.
1940: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Selective Training and Service Act.
1953: “The Robe,” the first movie presented in the widescreen process CinemaScope, has its world premiere in New York.
1977: Maria Callas, the American-born prima donna famed for her lyric soprano and fiery temperament, dies in Paris at age 53.
1987: Two dozen countries signed the Montreal Protocol, a treaty designed to save the Earth’s ozone layer by cutting emissions of harmful chemicals.
1994: A federal jury in Anchorage, Alaska, orders Exxon Corp. to pay $5 billion in punitive damages for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.
2007: O.J. Simpson is arrested in the alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors in Las Vegas.
2012: The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said there is no evidence that the attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, was premeditated.
VINDICATOR FILES
1992: A jury finds downtown Warren hot dog vendor Veronica Dotson not guilty of assaulting Police Chief Thomas Hutson during an April confrontation over the placement of her cart on a sidewalk near the courthouse.
Cleveland Browns Quarterback Bernie Kosar will be out for six weeks after suffering a hairline fracture in his right ankle in the Browns 27-23 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Monday night football.
Youngstown resident Ron Daniels suffers a major setback in his independent bid for president, failing to get on Ohio’s November ballot.
1977: About 85 Western Reserve Transit Authority bus drivers are on strike, leaving about 12,000 city and parochial school students and several thousand adult workers on their own in finding a way to school or work.
The Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. will sell or close its conduit products plant in Niles that employs 130.
Atty. Edward Cox, chairman of the Youngstown Park and Recreation Commission, will propose to city council that it consider selling some city-owned land at Lake Milton to finance pay increases for commission employees.
1967: E.M. Estes, GM vice president and Chevrolet general manager, hints the Chevrolet division regards Lordstown as one of the industry’s largest and most efficient auto assembly plants.
Youngstown Fireman John Berndt is injured during a two-alarm fire that spread through the roof of a three-story frame building at 540-42 Market St.
Common Pleas Judge Sidney Rigelhaupt upholds Mahoning County Board of Elections in throwing out the names of John DeMart and Daniel DeLuco for faulty nominating petitions.
1942: Edward Stiles of Struthers returns after 11 months with the famous Flying Tigers in China and Burma, but he says his greatest thrill was talking to golfer Gene Sarazen on the train from New York.
Sam Seena was driving his wagon over the Belmont Avenue Bridge when the horse suddenly raced down Federal Street, crashing into a pole and sending milk and eggs running in rivers down the street.