YEARS AGO FOR DEC. 3

Today is Monday, Dec. 3, the 337th day of 2018. There are 28 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1828: Andrew Jackson is elected president of the United States by the Electoral College.

1833: Oberlin College in Ohio – the first truly coeducational school of higher learning in the United States – begins holding classes.

1964: Police arrest some 800 students at the University of California at Berkeley, one day after the students stormed the administration building and staged a massive sit-in.

1967: A surgical team in Cape Town, South Africa, led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard, performs the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky, who lived 18 days with the donor organ.

1979: Eleven people are killed in a crush of fans at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum, where the British rock group The Who was performing.

1984: Thousands of people die after a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India.

1992: The first telephone text message is sent by British engineer Neil Papworth, who transmitted the greeting “Merry Christmas” from his work computer in Newbury, Berkshire, to Vodafone executive Richard Jarvis’ mobile phone.

2013: Seeking to regroup from his health care law’s disastrous rollout, President Barack Obama insists the sweeping overhaul is working.

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1993: Union workers at the Sealy Stearns and Foster mattress factory in Columbiana are upset that the plant is due to close Dec. 30, but the 80 employees have not yet been given details on severance.

ABC-TV Reporter John Stossel uses U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant as an example of congressmen abusing the Congressional Record. Among Traficant’s insertions in the Record are best wishes for a soap box derby, special notice of the anniversary of his grade school, and a tribute to a local man who advanced to the finals in the “American Gladiators” TV program.

Trumbull County submits two sites and Youngstown three sites for a proposed state maximum security prison.

1978: Over a decade, Andrew J. Marino, a 76-year-old plumber and car salesman by trade, has purchased 10 downtown Youngstown properties. He has spent about $600,000.

Youngstown State University’s bid for an NCAA Division II national championship in football fails as Eastern Illinois rallies in the final quarter for a 26-22 victory.

The 19th Congressional District’s new Republican congressman, Lyle Williams, says he plans to make a lot of noise in Washington about the Mahoning Valley’s economic situation.

1968: Hubbard Mayor Joseph Baldine vetoes an ordinance passed by city council to cut electricity rates by 10 percent saying the loss of revenue would be against the interests of homeowners because the city would be able to maintain its electrical system.

At least five hunters die and a dozen, including an Ellwood City, Pa., man, Joseph Burcik, were wounded as some 20,500 deer are bagged in the first two days of Pennsylvania’s buck season. Three hunters were shot to death and two had heart attacks.

Youngstown Steel Door Co., the Cleveland-based manufacturer of railroad freight car doors and other diversified products, may be merged with American Ship Building Co.

1943: A second suspect in the hold-up murder of Julius Caporossi, North Side Tavern owner, is arrested by police. He is the 27-year-old brother of the first suspect.

Capt. William Powers graduates from the School of Military Government at Charlottesville, Va. Powers is on leave as managing editor of The Vindicator.